Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiovascular problem and increasingly common for that garlic may be a good natural remedy. Physicians like Hippocrates used garlic to strengthen the heart and high blood pressure cure.
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of the foods and natural remedies most studied in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases like high blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease, etc.. The origin of the garlic must be seen in Asia. In Ancient Egypt and Classical Greece enjoyed a lot of garlic to treat many medical acceptance emphasizing care diseases of the heart, high blood pressure, etc..
The allicin apparently one of the most significant active or potent garlic.
Presentations and ways to take the garlic
Tradition says that “cooked garlic, garlic lost” because experience has proven popular raw garlic is more effective than cooked garlic, especially in the treatment of high blood pressure.
* The Mediterranean cuisine garlic has always had a special place (along with olive oil). The most common is that finely cortadito serve with olive oil and sometimes with a little parsley. Very typical Mediterranean dishes such as gazpacho, pesto, aioli sauce (ajoaceite), bread with tomato, aubergine, etc.. always contain garlic.
* There are people who swallow one or two whole garlic cloves half a meal (two to four cloves of garlic per day). Keep in mind that there are “stomachs” not tolerate crude.
* The macerated garlic oil has been one of the most common ways of taking garlic for good health and fight, especially against high blood pressure. In a liter of olive oil will, for at least three weeks, about 20 cloves of garlic, peeled and cut in half. We can take a couple of teaspoons of the oil on bread or on food.
* In the herbalists and pharmacies often find garlic capsules, tablets, tincture or extract in the form of operculum or “pearls” of jelly with garlic oil. Its development is usually very careful so that one side feels good, we do not disturb the stomach and of course nobody our breath “not betray us.” The dose depends on the concentration of the product (see packaging) and the patient.
Garlic, great remedy for High Blood Pressure
Garlic can assume in most cases a unique natural remedy for high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases as “attacks” these issues from several angles:
* Garlic is hypotensive or lower high blood pressure (hypertension).
* You hypercholesterolemic or helps reduce cholesterol and triglycerides. While garlic is increasing, in many instances, or good cholesterol HDL.
* Work in regulating high blood glucose or sugar in the blood.
* Improves elasticity of the arteries and heart, while keeping them clean of fat and the circulating blood is more fluid because of its purifying effect.
Thus in cases of high blood pressure can help, with garlic, to improve the whole “circuit” cardiovascular.
Contraindications of garlic
Whether you take several garlic raw or in pill form daily to be taken into account should not consume those who have blood clotting problems, tendency to bleeding and people with stomach problems, without consulting your doctor.
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One trick to prevent us repeat that garlic extract is the green that is inside. Chewing a coffee bean is very helpful to our breath does not smell like garlic. At first some people smell like garlic or lightly perspire but is an effect or discomfort as only indicates momentary normally we are discharging toxins from our body.
In all cases we recommend checking with your doctor, therapist or other qualified health provider.