What is the better option for you in treating your high blood pressure? Do you prefer swallowing medications and pills that have a number of side effects on the body or try a safe and natural way of treating your high blood pressure? Well, because of the growing consciousness of a lot of individuals these days with regards to health and conventional medicine, more and more are ceasing to avail of pharmaceutical capsules and tablets and turning to safe and more natural forms of treatment for their disorders and diseases.
One of the best forms of natural and alternative treatments one can experience is acupuncture. This therapy is especially helpful when it comes to addressing hypertension. Acupuncture has been verified to effectively lower your blood pressure and bring it down to normal levels.
When your arteries start to narrow down, high blood pressure generally develops. The narrowed blood vessels cause your heart to exert more pressure against the arterial walls. When this occurs over some time, the pressure starts to wreak damage to the blood vessel walls. If left untreated. This can lead to the hardening of your arteries.
Acupuncture can take on different forms when it comes to treating high blood pressure. The best form of acupuncture treatment for high blood pressure is electro-acupuncture which is traditional acupuncture combined with electric stimulation therapy.
Electro-acupuncture is the injection of acupuncture needles into acupuncture points located in the forearm, just above the wrist. When the needles are inserted into the skin, they are electrically stimulated. The mild electrical current travels to the needles and to the other parts of the body. Low frequency electrical impulses are used to quicken the lowering of your blood pressure.
The principle behind acupuncture is quite simple. When the needles are inserted on the acupoints on the leg, forearm and wrist, they immediately elicit stimulation of the brain cells causing these cells to produce and release certain chemicals into the bloodstream. These chemicals affect the heart muscles that can lead to the lowering of activity of these muscles. As the heart muscle activity is reduced, the body’s demand for more oxygen is also reduced. These all lead to the lowering of your blood pressure.
Besides treating hypertension, acupuncture can also provide benefits that improve the health of your heart. This is the reason why regular acupuncture treatments can result in a healthy and longer life.
Although acupuncture can help lower blood pressure, you still need to adopt a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diet in order to maintain a normal blood pressure level.
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