Sedentary lifestyle causes many disorders in our body. High blood pressure is one of them.
More people around the world are falling prey to high blood pressure mainly due to lack of physical activities, eating junk food and not taking enough rest.
Most doctors recommend lifestyle changes to deal with it.
You can use ginger to reduce blood pressure. It improves blood circulation and relaxes muscles of the blood vessels.
Ginger Basics
Ginger is a flowering plant whose roots are widely used as a spice and as a remedy for many stomach related conditions. Ginger roots are normally called ginger.
Ginger is packed with antioxidants which prevent stress and oxidative damages to the body. It helps your body fight off chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease and lung problems. It also slows down symptoms of aging.
Ginger also contains vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B3 and vitamin B6, vitamin C, iron, potassium, phosphorus, zinc and folate.
Can Ginger Tea Reduce Blood Pressure?
Ginger is an effective blood thinner and anti inflammatory agent. It relaxes the walls of blood vessels, thus improving circulation as well as making the mind and body alert and healthy. It calms you down and reduces blood pressure. It doesn't happen overnight as lowering blood pressure is a long battle to be fought in small steps to win.
Research also support the claims of Ginger reducing hypertension. (1
Drinking ginger tea is one such small step towards achieving normal blood pressure along with other steps of improving nutrition and exercise.
So go for ginger tea and work on other areas too to fulfill your objective of reducing your blood pressure.
How to Use Ginger to Reduce Blood Pressure ?
If you don't want to live your entire life with hypertension medication then you will have to change your lifestyle.
Start with taking ginger tea regularly to reduce your blood pressure. Then begin to eat and sleep on time and do exercises and proper breathing to see the impact in your overall health including normal BP.
Here is how ginger tea helps to lower your blood pressure. But first let as address your curiosity.
You can make ginger tea in two different ways. Both ways will lower your blood pressure.
1. Ginger Tea of Dried Ginger
Making ginger tea with dried Ginger powder is the easiest way to make this tea.
- Pour 1 glass of water in a heating pot and put it on the burner at low heat
- Add half teaspoon of Ginger powder
- Let it simmer for 5 minutes
- Remove the pot from burner and let it cool to a palatable temperature.
- Sip and enjoy the tea
2. Tea from Fresh Ginger Roots
Making tea from Ginger roots is also very effective but is a little more cumbersome method as compared to the Ginger powder tea. It requires some extra preparations.
- Cut an inch of Ginger root in small slices or grate it.
- Add these pieces into a cup of boiling water and let it simmer on low heat for 2-3 minutes
- Strain and let it cool to palatable temperature.
- Sip and enjoy
- Do it 2-3 times daily.
You can add lemon or honey or both to add taste. It doesn't matter which method you have used to make ginger tea. Both honey and lemon also helps you to calm down which helps in reducing blood pressure.
3. Beetroot Juice and Giger
You can extend the impact by adding Ginger in beet root juice. Beetroot juice is a rich source of potassium which helps negate the effects of sodium which disturbs the water balance of the body and tend to obstruct smooth blood flow.
In addition, the nitrates in beats relax blood vessels and improve blood flow.
Combining beetroot and ginger juice is a very good home remedy for reducing blood pressure.
Add 1 teaspoon of ginger juice in a cup of beetroot juice to make a tasty and healthy drink for your hypertension.
Takeaway
Ginger is a potent remedy to reduce your high blood pressure. You can drink Ginger, add Ginger juice in other juices and in your cooking. Regular use will produce good results over a period of time.
If you are taking any blood thinners then check with your doctor before you start taking regular ginger tea as it also thins blood.
1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30972845/