Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure

The list of foods that lower high blood pressure is pretty extensive. Depending on the cause of the hypertension, different combination of foods need to be used.

So foods that lower blood pressure can be those to nourish blood and yin if the hypertension is caused by those deficiencies, they can be cleansing foods if hypertension is due to excess in the liver, and they could be foods that nourish kidney-adrenal system.

More often than not, the condition is the result of combination of deficiencies in various forms.

Foods to nourish and build Yin, the deepest reserves of nourishment:

tofu, mung beans and their sprouts, kidney beans and most other beans, barley, watermelon and other melons, blackberries, mulberries, blueberries, seaweeds, water chestnuts, wheat germ, black sesame seeds, beetroot, spinach, sweet potato, potatoes.

Foods that nourish blood, the immediate nourishment for the body:

apricot, beef, beetroot, bone marrow, egg, dandelion, dark leafy greens, date, fig, grape, kidney beans, liver, nettle, oyster, parsley, sardine, spinach, watercress.

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