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This herb has long been glorified as the king of natural blood pressure medicine. <\/p>\nThis herb has long been glorified as the king of natural blood pressure medicine. <\/p>\n
Repeated studies- even the ones sponsored by Western medicine – show the benefits of this particular herb to combat high blood pressure. <\/p>\n
Now, a meta-analysis (one that looks at previous studies) on this herb has been released. And yes, without a doubt, this herb can cure high blood pressure.<\/p>\n
But there is a catch. You must use it in a specific way.<\/p>\n
A meta-analysis is a study that is conducted on the research done in a number of previous studies that all look at the same thing. It looks for common trends, research anomalies, discrepancies, and anything else to scrutinize the conclusions of the various studies.<\/p>\n
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension<\/em> recently published the result of one such meta-analysis, looking at the effects of garlic on hypertension, or high blood pressure.<\/p>\n The meta-analysis looked at randomly chosen studies that occurred between 1946 and 2013, selecting 18 for comparison.<\/p>\n Across the many decades and methods of garlic consumption, the analysis not only showed an average of at least 3.75 mm\/Hg drop in systolic pressure for the participants, but also a 3.39 mm\/Hg drop for diastolic. This was for all participants. For those who had high blood pressure to begin with, the drop was more, at an average of 4.4 mm\/Hg systolic.<\/p>\n The common reason that most of the studies agreed upon for the reason garlic is so effective at dropping blood pressure is that it contains a powerful antioxidant called allicin, which fights free radical damage throughout the body.<\/p>\n While allicin isn\u2019t present n fresh garlic, processing it into powder and garlic salt, crushing it, or cooking it, will start the reaction process to create it from a precursor enzyme called allinaze. <\/p>\n So grab a garlic clove to drop your blood pressure 3-4 points. But if your blood pressure is so high that you need to lower it more than 3-4 points, you\u2019ll have to use a more effective natural method.<\/p>\n The most powerful method I know to lower blood pressure naturally is this program of 3 easy blood pressure exercises, used by thousands of readers to effectively bring their blood pressure below 120\/80.<\/p>\n