Hypertension or high Blood Pressure (BP) affects practically every organ including heart, kidney and the brain. According to rough estimates, in India one out of four people of urban population suffer from it. Blood Pressure can be defined as the pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of any blood vessel. The normal BP in a human being is 90/60 to 140/90 while High BP is more than 140/90. The low BP however is less than 90/60.
Hypertension often exhibits no real symptoms. Many people continue to live with it for years without discovering it. But uncontrolled High BP without any proper treatment could damage a person. This is the reason that it is called a ‘Silent Killer’. The common symptoms of High BP include; headache, irritability, general weakness redness of skin, bleeding from the nose, impotency, palpitation, insomnia, loss of memory, polyuria (excessive urine), and loss of hair. It is necessary to undergo certain laboratory tests like lipid profile renal functions, electrolysis, ECG, and Urine analysis, to determine exact nature of pathology of blood pressure. The simple way is got the BP checked by a physician three times on different days; some of the BP checking instruments give faulty figures also. .
There are many reasons for developing high BP the growing age, obesity (those weighing about 30 percent of ideal weight) consumption of alcohol beyond prescribed limits and ‘Tamsik’ life style besides excessive salt intake. Emotional and physical stress at work place or at home also leads to high BP and it could be the major cause. .
In Ayurveda however a very effective treatment is available without any side effects because of holistic approach. There is also the possibility that after following Ayurvedic treatment regularly for specific period depending upon the state of disease and the diseased, the BP could be managed without medicines by following diet regulations and changes in life style. .
Dr Prasher has treated successfully in the last 10 years nearly 7650 patients suffering from High BP and another 2200 with low BP symptoms with herbal formulations prepared from Jatamanshi, Vacha, Ashavagandha, Shankhapuspi, Punarnava, Arjuna, Shati, Pushkarmoola, Triphala, Pipali, Brahami, Sarpagandha. In a few cases, some Panchakarma treatments like Basti, Shirodhara were resorted to depending on the condition of the patients. .
The center has also developed an Anti Hypertension Herbal tea, which has been found to be quite effective in controlling and reversing the unrelenting disease process. .
There are a number of Home Remedies for High BP. These include:

No Smoking,

Controlled drinking,

avoid fried, preserved and packed food material,

avoiding excessive stress and releasing it with yoga or talking it over with friends and relatives.

Further turmeric (Haldi) powder is natural blood thinner avoiding high salt intake, as also fats and sugar, with regular exercise like walking, swimming and cycling. .
In addition Garlic and Parval vegetable are helpful in lowering down the Cholesterol level, as also taking two spoonful of Amalaki juice in warm water in the morning regularly.