Heart & arteries
Hypertension
High blood pressure — the "silent killer"
The healthy design
In a healthy body, elastic arteries and clear passages let blood flow at an easy, steady pressure. Blood pressure rises only as arteries harden, narrow, and the blood itself thickens.
What prepares the way
The habits behind this condition — and the law of health each one breaks.
Habitual overeating, even of good food, raises blood pressure; one rarely overeats on simple natural food.
Breaks: Proper DietHigh sodium holds water and drives pressure up — hidden in salt, MSG, baking soda, soy sauce, softened water.
Breaks: Proper DietThese, with drug abuse and oral contraceptives, are named causes of hypertension.
Breaks: TemperanceFear, anger, and pain raise pressure; a sedentary life lets it settle in.
Breaks: ExerciseCorrecting the cause
How the body is invited to heal
Caught early, blood pressure comes down as the causes are removed. Stop overeating; leave off salt, sodium, dairy, tobacco, coffee, and alcohol; eat a high-fibre plant diet; exercise out-of-doors daily and rest well at night. Garlic tends to normalize pressure; sunlight lowers it further.
The remedies this calls on
Natural remedies for this condition
Supportive and educational — always used with the counsel of a health professional.
Diet & eating
- Stop overeating — reduce all foods; omit rich pastry, desserts, and excess protein.
- Use no salt. Read labels for salt, sodium, soda, "Na", MSG, baking soda, soy sauce, diet sodas, softened water.
- Eliminate dairy (high sodium); avoid processed meats and canned vegetables.
- Eat high-fibre (oat bran is excellent); take fresh vegetable juices; use no animal fat; drink distilled water.
Herbs & nutrition
- Garlic (fresh, raw) definitely lowers high blood pressure and normalizes it.
- Add supplemental calcium; avoid chocolate, alcohol, and aged cheeses.
Daily habits
- Daily out-of-door exercise reduces the effects of stress that raise pressure.
- Get sufficient rest at night; do not eat within several hours of bedtime.
- Sunbaths lower blood pressure about 8%; with exercise, about 15%.
Water treatments
- Calming neutral baths ease the stress and tension that push blood pressure up.
“He whose life consists in ever receiving and never giving soon loses the blessings he has.”
Encouragement
Continue tracing
Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
Chronic acid reflux
Acid meant to stay in the stomach washes up and burns the food-pipe — day after day the lining is forced to change.
Atherosclerosis
Plaque hardening of the arteries
Injury to the smooth artery lining invites fat, foam cells, and plaque — narrowing the vessel until blood can no longer pass.
Type 2 Diabetes
Adult-onset diabetes mellitus
Years of sugar, refined food, and overeating overwhelm the body's handling of glucose until sugar floods the blood.
Arthritis
Joint inflammation & rheumatic disease
Acids and wastes from a poor diet collect in the joints until the lining inflames, the cartilage wears, and movement hurts.
Hiatal Hernia
Hiatus hernia
The stomach slips up through a weakened opening in the diaphragm, and acid escapes upward into the throat.
Educational only. Not intended to diagnose, prescribe, or treat disease. Use in cooperation with a qualified medical or health professional.