Contents of the article:
- Toning treatment
- Water procedures
- Sleep
- Therapeutic gymnastics
From this article you will learn about the best ways how to raise blood pressure at home. Author's rating of methods( in descending order of effectiveness, the rating is based on real reviews of hypotension):
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taking tonic drugs,
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water procedures,
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sleep,
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therapeutic gymnastics.
To choose the most suitable way to increase blood pressure for you - contact a cardiologist or therapist.
Next, we consider what action each of the methods of this rating has, their positive and negative sides.
1. Tonic aids for rapid pressure increase
With low blood pressure( hypotension) at home, many people use herbal tonic, which can be purchased at the pharmacy without a prescription. This eleutherococcus, lemongrass, ginseng. And coffee.
Coffee
A cup of strong coffee is the most popular method by which you can quickly increase the pressure at home and raise the overall tone of the body. Caffeine rapidly narrows the blood vessels, eliminating weakness and drowsiness, but the effect lasts for a short time and the vessels expand again, sometimes even more than before.
Frequent consumption of coffee leads to the formation of tolerance of the organism to its effects and dependence on it. Over time, the nerve receptors become less sensitive to caffeine, and to increase pressure, more coffee is required. And the effect of weaning from coffee is accompanied by fatigue, headache and dizziness.
Therefore, to use coffee to increase the pressure, you can, but in a small amount( no more than two servings per day) and, if necessary, a quick effect.
Eleutherococcus
This plant has a stimulating effect on the nervous system. Eleuterococcus tones up and raises blood pressure. With a single admission, its hypertensive effect is noticeably manifested, however it does not last long. In order for it to become entrenched and reach stability, eleutherococcus tincture should be taken for two months.
Schisandra
At home, hypotension often uses tincture of Chinese magnolia vine. He normalizes the pressure, that is, with a tendency to increase it( to hypertension), the plant can have quite the opposite effect. Therefore, it is advisable to take lemongrass with hypotension after consulting a doctor.
Ginseng
Ginseng is a powerful remedy for increasing blood pressure. When you use it, you observe both a short-term effect and a cumulative effect. Periodic administration of ginseng preparations leads to a stable normalization of the indices.
Because of the high content of active substances in the root of the plant, it should take no more than 1.5 months. Exceeding the dosage indicated in the instructions can cause unpleasant side effects: a sharp pressure surge, nosebleeds, vomiting.
Advantages of using plant tonic at reduced pressure - this is the rapid achievement of the result in a single application and fixing the effect for prolonged use. But remember that these plants are medicines that have contraindications. Before using them to increase pressure, consult your doctor.
2. Raising blood pressure with water treatments
How can pressure be increased at home using water procedures:
- Take two containers. In one pour warm, slightly hot water, and in the other - cool. Alternately, lower your feet into one pelvis, then into the other, keeping them in the water for 7-15 seconds. It is enough to do 6-8 repetitions. Finish in cold water.
- Daily do a contrasting showering. The contrast should not be too sharp. As in the previous case, the water should be a bit hot and not too cold. The duration of one dousing is 3-7 seconds. Finish with cool water.
- Rinse your head with cool water. If at once such a procedure seems aggressive, you can first use a warm, and then gradually add a cold one. Reflex vasoconstriction will increase the pressure.
- Wrap a towel soaked in cold water around the head to touch the forehead, ears, the area under the ears and the back of the neck. The vertex can be left open. This method also narrows the lumen of the blood vessels. So you can lie a little( 15 minutes), but you can not lie.
Comparison of these methods:
Contrast baths for feet | Contrast showering with shower | Head rinsing | Using cold compress | |
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Offensive effect | Remote | Fast | Fast | Fast |
Suitable for work, outdoors | No | No | No | Sometimes |
Resilience of result | Continuous | Continuous | Short-term | Short-term |
3. Sleep as a method of normalizing pressure
In hypotensive patients, there is an increased need for sleep. This is due to their physiology, and these people need a longer recovery period. To feel good, you should sleep at least 9 hours. It is necessary to plan your day in such a way that this condition is strictly observed.
Sleep is an ideal way to normalize the pressure, which can both raise it( under reduced pressure) and lower( at increased pressure).
Of course, daytime sleep is not available for those who are currently at work, and this is a serious drawback of this method. Otherwise, this method will calm the nervous system, relieve the headache, eliminate lethargy and dizziness.
Note also the features of awakening hypotensive. Jump and immediately "take the bull by the horns" is unacceptable even if you are awakened by a phone call or a knock at the door. Any active movement at this time can cause a sharp dizziness, even to fainting.
Having woken up, it is necessary to make several measured movements with stops, hands, head. You can do massage of the auricles, palms and feet. Going to the sitting position, you need to stretch, do inclines forward, sideways, massage your neck. Then you can finally get up. Such actions will not take a lot of time, but they will help redistribute blood in the body, normalize the pressure and prepare the body for more active activities.
4. Physiotherapy under reduced pressure
Performing a specially selected set of exercises will not only increase the pressure, but also restore the activity of the circulatory, endocrine and respiratory systems. The result of regular exercise is elimination of headache, dizziness and increased efficiency.
The complex consists of 5 exercises. Perform them every day, without hurrying up, without sudden movements, in the supine position( gymnastics in standing position can lead to dizziness).Breathing should be smooth, measured and deep. Each exercise needs to be done 5-6 times, then increasing to 10-12.
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Having stretched in a line, simultaneously pull on itself stops and tear off a head from a floor. Hold this position for 4-6 seconds, and then return to the starting position.
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Pull the elongated legs towards yourself, bending at the knees, without lifting the stop from the surface. When they are completely bent at the knees, lift them up and straighten them. Hold your legs slightly in this position( 5-7 seconds), and then do the exercise in reverse order, also without tearing off the floor.
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Feet stretched out straight, arms outstretched. Simultaneously tear off the head from the floor and lift one leg in such a way that you can make a cotton under it. Returning to the starting position, follow the exercise with the second leg.
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Do the exercise "bike", moving your legs first from yourself, and then to yourself.
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Place your hands under your head. Legs first bend, not lifting the foot off the floor, then straighten up. Straightened legs cross over several times, again bend, putting feet on the floor, return to the starting position.
Advantages and disadvantages of lowering blood pressure with such gymnastics:
Pros | Cons |
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Pronounced pressure increase | Effect appears only in the second week of performance |
Steady result persists for a long time | Not suitable in case of a sudden drop in pressure,for example, at work |
Takes a little time - it is necessary to regularly engage in | |
Serves as an excellent prophylaxis for varicose veins |
With hypotension any physical activity is usefullnost. The more you move, and the more diverse the movements - the better will be your state of health. Bed rest with low blood pressure is not the best way, as the vessels from such "treatment" suffer greatly: without load, their tone decreases even more. Therefore, hypotension 3-6 times a day you need to do measured swings with your legs and hands, slopes, sit-ups, turns of the neck and body.
The considered ways by which it is possible to raise arterial pressure, have helped many "hardened" hypotenics. After all, it's better to spend 15 minutes on gymnastics or a shower than to suffer from a headache or to fall somewhere in the store. Tempered, strengthen your body with herbs, move more, properly rest and be healthy!