High Blood Pressure Remedies

[ThanhPhero]

A nun at a convent I donate to in Viet Nam developed high blood pressure and was in the town dispensary- I can’t call it a ‘hospital’- for three weeks. The doctors there are pretty good-considering; the one Sister went to was Western-trained- but there are no medicines. I got her a long-distance prescription for medication from a doctor here when her doc sent a diagnosis by email. Because of her tiny size, though, there was some concern about dosage and effects. I then consulted the web and the local health-food guru and sent her a batch of herbal stuff called Pressur-Lo, mostly hawthorn, that has done the trick. It is a bit more expensive than the prescription stuff but not so scary. The first bottle cost $47 at the store. Subsequent bottles (each=45 days worth) come from the web and cost $17 each. Plus shipping which brings the price back up. Unfortunately I can’t find the stuff in plastic bottles and have to pay the postage for the weight of the glass. And it has to go airmail because that takes normally 2 weeks while surface is anywhere from 4 weeks to 4 months.

[hsmomx3]

I was thinking—yesterday my BP at the dtrs office using the old fashioned cuff device was 160/110!!

I have a digital device which has been pretty accurate for a long time and today my BP was 140/90.

Not sure how it could change so drastically.

I am just wondering how accurate all of these devices really are.

[woofie]

My cardiologist said Metropolol (Low Pressure) which I take has saved more lives than any other drug. I had some Docs tell me my blood pressure was high ...I said I would start exercising and lose weight... a few months later I had a serious heart attack, the kind that kills people, followed by a by-pass. I take the medicine

For what its worth

[Dutch Boy]

Bring it in and have it checked by your doctor. Have him take it his way then have him show you on yours. Mine was very close.