When the body is in hypotension, ie at low blood pressure below 90/60 mm Hg, it makes you feel dizzy, tired, weak, difficult to concentrate, blurred vision, tiredness, up to fainting; this is a response of the body to prepare itself not to use more energy than necessary.
The power supply for low blood pressure, therefore, involves the intake of those foods, such as dates, licorice, coffee or cocoa, which thanks to their active ingredients are able to avoid a glycemic drop or regulate blood pressure. Let's find out better.
> 1. What is low blood pressure or hypotension
> 2. The supply for low blood pressure
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Licorice against low blood pressure
What is low blood pressure or hypotension
Many people suffer from low pressure, especially in hot periods such as summer where the lumen (section) of the arteries widens.
In fact, blood pressure is the force, the thrust, which is exerted by the blood in the arteries of the systemic circulation. This pressure has maximum and minimum parameters to ensure that everything works correctly.
When the body is in hypotension, ie at low blood pressure below 90/60 mm Hg, it makes you feel dizzy, tired, weak, difficult to concentrate, blurred vision, tiredness, up to fainting; this is a response of the body to prepare itself not to use more energy than necessary.
Although the symptoms are unpleasant, it is not a clinical risk situation, on the contrary it is a safety "bodily intelligence" to save energy in critical moments.
Power supply for low pressure
In case of heat, given the copious sweating with loss of liquids and mineral salts and widening of the lumen of the arteries, the following will be indicated:
<br>• drink a lot of water
• hold up the quantity of mineral salts in the diet
<br>• stay cool and wash with cold water for an effect di vasoconstriction
In addition to the heat the low blood pressure can be given by a drop in blood sugar, that is, to a lowering of blood sugars.
So it is recommended to bring a sachet of brown sugar in your bag to be taken dissolved in water at the critical moment. Better still if taken under the tongue for faster assimilation.
Brown or wholemeal sugar is better than white sugar because it still contains part of the mineral salts of the plant extract while white sugar has only a sweet taste and does not contain other useful elements.
The help of the honey especially if it is artisanal compared to the industrial one, always for a greater richness of substances and active ingredients. Sugary fruits such as dates and raisins.
There are many products that nature gives us to help us maintain the correct pressure.
First of all la licorice is a plant which helps modulate blood pressure; it is possible to use it in candies and in root sticks to chew directly even if the most correct and effective form is pure licorice juice. This remedy is useful but should not be abused, in fact the dosage of glycyrrhizin, its most important active ingredient, is a maximum of 0,5 gram per day.
Other foods that help with their active ingredients are coffee, tea and cocoa which favor the rise in pressure. Alcohol and wine are not recommended always because they favor the dilation of blood vessels.
To increase theintegration of mineral salts, especially magnesium and potassium, we can pay more attention to some foods. For potassium we have: especially dried apricots, dark cocoa, white beans, potatoes, spinach, pumpkins and zucchini, bananas, dried grapes and almonds.
For magnesium we have: green leafy vegetables, bitter chocolate, almonds, pistachios, oily fruit in general, brown rice and bran.
The properties and nutritional values ​​of zucchini, useful against low blood pressure
They are excellent and useful drinks with tamarind and karkadè (the hibiscus flowers).
The last tip for a correct diet in case of low blood pressure is to eat light meals and maybe more often, preferring the choice of green leafy fruits and vegetables.
The dishes on the other hand can be tasty and well spiced with herbs and aromatic plants. First among all rosemary: lhe use of this queen plant of the Mediterranean climate is both as an aroma to flavor dishes and as a preventive-curative use in the herbal field.
An infusion made with rosemary leaves keeping the lid tightly closed of the tea pot allows to avoid the evaporation of the precious essential oils. You can drink up to 3 cups a day. We can also use rosemary in the form of glycerine macerate by taking 20 drops three times a day.
Did you know that
In the herbal field, other plants can help us in case of hypotension.
Adaptogenic plants such as eleutherococcus, rodiola rosea, ginseng and guarana. There are various ways of taking: just go to a good herbalist and get advice from a qualified herbalist.
For example, for eleutherococcus, 50 drops in the mother tincture can be taken in the morning on an empty stomach for a maximum of three months. Do not take these products before going to sleep due to the risk of insomnia.
Furthermore also from the world of bees we can use royal jelly and pollen indicated as natural supplements that remineralize the body and strengthen the immune defenses. They also promote the appetite and "recharge" the subject who in case of low blood pressure needs to get up and start again in a great way.
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