Our hearts beat throughout our lives, an estimated three billion beats per lifetime on average. It never stops as long as we are alive, that is! When we worry about a deadline, run to catch a bus, read a book or email, cheer for our favorite team, and even when we are asleep, it keeps [...]
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Exercises that arrest blood pressure
High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. So many people today have a problem controlling their blood pressure. In America alone one in three adults have high blood pressure. The numbers are rising rapidly in women, and men are not getting it under control either.
Any blood pressure control program you go [...]
Hawthorn: Blood-Control HQ
Botanical name:
Crataegus oxycantha
Description:
Thorny bush or tree of the rose family standing up to 15 feet tall. Blooms in the spring, mostly in the month of May with clusters of white, cream, or pink or red flowers which the ship Mayflower was named after. Leaves are alternate, lobed or toothed. Fruits are blood-red spherical berries.
Properties:
Alterative, Anti-Spasmodic, [...]
Tips On Controlling Blood Pressure
Hypertension is so prevalent that it is almost a fashion fad. Despite advances in detection techniques, measuring devices, and medical advances a vast majority of adults are still naïve as far as blood pressure control is concerned.
Is it because they are unwilling to change? Or because high blood pressure show little or no symptoms? Or [...]