Use of honey in the treatment of hypertension

Hypertension (arterial hypertension) is a chronic disease, the key manifestation of which is persistent high blood pressure (BP). It occurs due to dysregulation of vascular tone, changes in the functioning of the heart and kidneys. Hypertension leads to functional and organic damage to the most important organs - the heart, kidneys and central nervous system.

Up to 20% of all people experience high blood pressure. With age, the frequency of hypertension increases and is most often detected in patients after 40 years of age, but it happens that an increase in blood pressure is also observed in adolescents. Arterial hypertension (AH) causes the development of vascular atherosclerosis and often leads to life-threatening complications. The combination of these two diseases is one of the most common causes of death in people.

Useful properties of honey

Honey is an effective natural remedy that:

• Has a beneficial effect on the functioning of all major organs,
• Improves blood composition,
• Strengthens vascular walls,
• Rejuvenates the entire body
• Strengthens the hair structure,
• Helps with anemia
• Relieves symptoms and improves the patient's condition with liver diseases, colitis, stomatitis, sore throat, constipation and hemorrhoids.
• It contains biologically active components, vitamins, minerals, proteins and enzymes, carbohydrates and microelements.

For hypertension, any type of honey can be used, but the most useful are:

Floral. It stimulates the cardiovascular system, can reduce blood pressure and is especially recommended for older people,

Buckwheat, which contains a large amount of iron. If you take one teaspoon daily, you can lower your blood pressure and enhance the effect of medications.

Many people argue whether honey increases or decreases blood pressure and whether it can be used for hypertension. It is both possible and necessary. There are a number of special recipes for hypertensive patients that lower blood pressure.

But this natural product in some cases can have the opposite effect. These include:

• Malnutrition and poor nutrition,
• Starvation,
• Nervous breakdowns
• Acute inflammatory processes,
• Gastrointestinal diseases,
• Heart failure.

The use of a natural product for the treatment of hypertension activates the hypothalamus, which is responsible for the release of the hormone of joy. The result is relaxation of the body, muscle tissue and blood vessels, blood pressure decreases, anxiety and irritability go away.

Causes of hypertension

Primary or essential hypertension accounts for more than 90% of all cases. The root causes of hypertension are unknown, but the increase in pressure is based on a violation of vascular tone and water-electrolyte balance. Treatment of hypertension is aimed at eliminating this imbalance

Secondary or symptomatic hypertension in the general structure accounts for less than 10% of cases. This form of the disease is one of the symptoms of the underlying disease. Most often the reasons are the following:

• kidney diseases (pyelonephritis, hydronephrosis, glomerulonephritis, etc.);
• thyrotoxicosis;
• hypothyroidism;
• damage to the adrenal glands (pheochromocytoma);
• stenosis (narrowing) of the renal artery.

It is important to consider not only the causes of hypertension, but also the factors that influence the increase in blood pressure. These include:

• frequent nervous breakdowns, repeated intense overstrain, severe anxiety;
• night work, as well as work in conditions of constant noise and vibration;
• burdened heredity;
• excess salt intake;
• the presence of other chronic diseases - obesity, diabetes, kidney disease;
• bad habits (smoking, overeating, alcoholism);
• physical inactivity.

Hypertension at a young age is more common in men, and in the older age category, heart disease occurs in approximately equal proportions. Often women experience hypertension for the first time during pregnancy. After menopause, women often notice an increase in blood pressure, this is due to hormonal changes in the woman’s body: estrogens, actively produced at a young age, prevent the development of hypertension, and then their quantity drops sharply.

Composition of honey

The benefits of natural sweetness are determined by its composition. According to scientists, it contains about 300 components. Among them:

• Water,
• Fructose,
• Glucose,
• Sucrose,
• Maltose,
• Dextrins,
• Nitrogenous substances
• Protein substances
• Useful enzymes
• Free amino acids
• Alkaloids,
• Minerals,
• Vitamins,
• Natural flavors,
• Organic acids,
• Flavonoids,
• Phytoncides,
• Hormones,
• Fats,
• Hydroxymethylfurfurals.

The main acids included in the product:

• Lemon,
• Dairy,
• Sorrel,
• Oily,
• Ant,
• Maleic,
• Gluconic,
• Vinegar.

In large quantities, any of the varieties contains:

• Tin,
• Potassium,
• Magnesium,
• Iron,
• Copper,
• Sodium,
• Manganese,
• Phosphorus.

Many also have:

• Zinc,
• Zirconium,
• Silver,
• Chromium.

It is also rich in vitamins: thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, pantheonic acid, pyridoxine, folacin, vitamin C.

How to take honey to treat hypertension

Honey is most effective for hypertension in the early stages of the disease. And the treatment of hypertension with honey is explained by its ability to strengthen the walls of blood vessels and the heart muscle. You can also use bee venom, bee bread, royal jelly and propolis.

To get the best results, it is recommended to take 30 to 55 g of the product daily. After consuming honey for a month, relief and normalization of your blood pressure occurs. If you take honey for a year, you can stabilize your blood pressure and stop taking medications.

To combine the effect of lowering blood pressure and sedative, it is recommended to drink it at night with milk or tea. It is worth remembering that you should not mix honey with boiling water. In this case, most of its beneficial substances are destroyed. But a mixture of sweets with other foods or drinks should be taken strictly as prescribed by a doctor and established recipes.

Although the effect of treatment with traditional methods and honey has been proven by scientists, the natural product of beekeeping does not replace the medications prescribed by the doctor.

Symptoms of hypertension

The severity of the manifestations of hypertension depends on the level of pressure and the involvement of target organs in the pathological process. The latter include the brain, kidneys, heart, blood vessels and retina.

It should be noted that (hypertension) is most often asymptomatic, so the only way to detect an increase in pressure is to measure it with a tonometer.

According to the degree of blood pressure increase:

In some cases, the disease manifests itself as ailments:

• headache;
• decreased performance;
• rapid heartbeat or, conversely, weak;
• dizziness;
• anxiety;
• facial redness;
• numbness of fingers;
• swelling of the limbs, eyelids, face;
• chills;
• sweating

The longer and more severe the hypertension, the more dangerous the consequences of the disease.

Contraindications

The main limitation is pancreatic disease. As a result of its malfunction:

• Normal carbohydrate metabolism is disrupted,
• Sugar levels increase
• The functioning of the heart and blood vessels deteriorates.

High blood sugar often accompanies high blood pressure. You should not eat honey if you have diabetes or allergic reactions. Eating sweets in large quantities does not have the most beneficial effect and leads to nausea, rashes, vomiting, allergies and digestive problems.

Recipes with honey for hypertension

• A mixture of honey and aloe juice normalizes heart function, increases blood circulation and lowers high blood pressure. To prepare, take 4 stems of the plant, squeeze the juice out of them, and mix well with 2 tablespoons of honey. Take a dessert spoon in the morning, before lunch and shortly before bed.
• Another useful and simple recipe: beet juice and honey, mixed in proportions of 4 to 1. The mixture is stirred until the honey is completely dissolved, and then poured into a jar and placed in the refrigerator. Daily dosage: a teaspoon before each meal. The course is 7 days of admission, 7 days of rest, again 7 days of admission, etc.
• You can also make a delicious mixture of honey and cinnamon. It will have a diuretic effect and promote weight loss. A tablespoon of honey is taken by mixing it with a teaspoon of cinnamon.

• A cure for hypertension can also be made from lemon juice, horseradish, beets and carrots. They must be mixed in equal quantities, and about 100 g of honey should be added to 400 ml of juice. This mixture can be stored in the refrigerator for several days, and take no more than 3 tablespoons every 6 hours.
• The second option for a remedy for hypertension from juices: 200 g of honey, the same amount of horseradish and carrot juice, and 50 ml of rosehip tincture. Root vegetables are grated on a fine grater, beets can be passed through a juicer. The mixture should be allowed to brew for 3-4 hours. Take 3 tablespoons for three months.
• To strengthen blood vessels, you can mix walnuts (about 100 g) and honey (55-60 g). The course lasts 45 days. You can add lemon and dried apricots, raisins, prunes, red or black dates to the resulting honey-nut mass. The first dose is in the morning, before breakfast, a teaspoon. The second teaspoon is eaten in the evening. The course is designed for a minimum of 45 days.
• The following recipe has also worked well. Grind 300 g of viburnum with honey, add 3 cups of boiling water. Leave for about 2 hours. You need to drink 100 ml 2 times a day.
• Hypertension can also be treated with a mixture of beet juice, cranberries, honey, vodka and lemon. The quantities of these products are approximately the same: 250 g of beekeeping product, two glasses of juice, a glass of vodka and one lemon. All components are mixed well. Take a tablespoon before each meal. The duration of the course is 3 months.
• You can also use a decoction of dried calendula flowers mixed with natural sweetness. The decoction has rejuvenating properties, normalizes blood pressure, and increases overall tone.

Honey cake

A healthy and easy-to-make tasty medicine is honey cake for hypertensive patients. It is able to quickly free arteries from plaques, increase the elasticity of vessel walls, lower blood pressure, strengthen the immune system and increase the overall tone of the body. It can be eaten both as a preventive measure and as an addition to drug treatment.

Daily recipe:

• A tablespoon of flax seeds,
• A tablespoon of poppy seeds and the same amount of sesame seeds,
• Half a teaspoon of turmeric,
• 45 g honey.

Fry sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden brown. Cool and grind with a coffee grinder along with poppy seeds and flax. Add honey and turmeric, mix all ingredients. The finished mass can be combined with kefir, natural yogurt or low-fat sour cream. Before each meal, eat two tablespoons of honey cake.

Diagnosis of hypertension

If you have high blood pressure, this is a reason for a comprehensive examination that will identify the causes of this phenomenon. In the cardiology center of the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, each patient has the opportunity to quickly, without wasting time, consult with all specialists and undergo the necessary tests in order to promptly identify the disease and begin treatment.

Arterial hypertension, or hypertension, is diagnosed through the following tests:

• appointment and consultation with a therapist and/or cardiologist;
• regular determination of blood pressure, including 24-hour monitoring;
• clinical blood and urine tests;
• blood biochemistry with mandatory determination of the lipid spectrum (cholesterol and various types of lipoproteins), study of the level of ions (potassium, sodium, chlorine) and glucose;
• ECG in 12 leads (if necessary, Holter monitoring);
• Ultrasound of the abdominal cavity and kidneys with adrenal glands;
• ophthalmoscopy;
• EchoCG.

Extended evaluation is necessary to determine the severity of hypertension, the degree of end-organ involvement, and eliminate the risk of symptomatic hypertension.

To prevent and treat hypertension, it is necessary to undergo regular medical examinations. By making an appointment with a doctor at the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, you will quickly undergo the necessary examinations. When risk factors are identified, a preventive program will be selected for you and recommendations will be given to prevent this disease.