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  • Hi! I'm robo-Suzie and today I'll talk to you about Hypertension. Treating High Blood

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  • Hawthorn has, for hundreds of years, been used throughout Northern Europe and parts

  • of Asia as an effective natural hypertension treatment. Yet, in as little as two generations

  • this effective natural remedy was almost forgotten having been replaced by pharmaceutical products.

  • Following several scientific studies, the benefits of hawthorn are being recognized

  • anew.

  • Of the many species of the shrub, crataegus orycantholdes is most commonly used to help

  • lower high blood pressure. Hawthorn is a hedgerow shrub related to the rose and is common across

  • Northern Europe and parts of Asia.

  • Why Treating Hypertension with Hawthorn was Almost Forgotten?

  • There are a number of possible reasons for this including:

  • Traditionally, the leaves, berries and flowers were collected from wild hawthorn shrubs to

  • make the extract used to treat hypertension. These are only available seasonally.

  • The extract was made by the local herbalist and there were inconsistencies in the quality

  • of the end product. Medical training in the twentieth Century

  • leaned heavily toward allopathic medicine, which is now the prevailing norm in Western

  • medicine. It is strongly influenced by modern pharmaceutical products, which have consistent

  • quality. Nineteenth Century medical practitioners were more familiar with natural and herbal

  • treatments, which their modern counterparts often viewed as unscientific and ineffective.

  • In recent years, there has been renewed interest in using herbs and other botanics to compliment

  • Western medicine's arsenal of treatments. Hawthorn extract is one such natural remedy

  • that is coming back into popularity. Some hawthorn plantations have been established

  • and are cultivated under strictly controlled conditions. Making the extract from the berries,

  • flowers and leaves is also done under strictly controlled conditions to ensure a consistent

  • and high quality product.

  • How does Hawthorn Lower Blood Pressure?

  • Hawthorn reduces hypertension by:

  • Dilating blood vessels by blocking an enzyme called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE).

  • This action improves circulation and lowers blood pressure;

  • Hawthorn is also a mild diuretic, which lowers blood volume, and this is another way hawthorn

  • functions as a hypertension treatment. Because of this, you should only use this

  • supplement under medical supervision if you are already taking any form of hypertension

  • medication. If your blood pressure is in the range of

  • 140/90 to 160/100mm Hg, and you are otherwise healthy and free of risk factors, your doctor

  • might suggest that, in addition to improving your diet and taking more exercise, you take

  • a natural treatment such as hawthorn extract before considering prescribing one or more

  • of the standard high blood pressure treatments.

  • Hawthorn extract is now widely available and is sometimes combined with other beneficial

  • herbs and botanics such as ginko biloba, passion flower and cramp bark for broader heart and

  • circulation support.

  • Other Medicinal Uses of Hawthorn.

  • Hawthorn is not only used in the treatment and prevention of hypertension; it has also

  • been found to be useful in treating congestive heart failure, lowering rapid pulse, improving

  • arrhythmias, lowering cholesterol levels, and in the treatment for hardening of the

  • arteries.

  • Hawthorn works by inhibiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme and also by reducing blood volume.

  • These characteristics and combined with the lack of side effects make hawthorn an excellent

  • natural treatment for reducing hypertension.

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Hi! I'm robo-Suzie and today I'll talk to you about Hypertension. Treating High Blood

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