Reasons For High Blood Pressure

What are the reasons for high blood pressure? What causes it?

In order to be able to effectively treat it, we need to know and understand the root of the problem.

Mainstream medicine divides hypertension into two types:

primary hypertension, which means that the reason for high blood pressure is unknown, and

secondary hypertension, which is the consequence of other health conditions, and the causes for high blood pressure are known.

Most of those who have high blood pressure (95%) fall into the first type with unknown cause and only 5% under the secondary type with the known causes.

Some of those known causes for high blood pressure are:

• Diseases of the kidneys
• Endocrine disorders
• Certain medications
• Pregnancy

Treatments for high blood pressure then need to to be directed at these underlying causes.

It's interesting to learn what causes high blood pressure according to Chinese medicine.

There are a few reasons for high blood pressure:

1. deficiency of energy (qi) and blood
2. weakening kidney-adrenal system
3. deficiency of yin
4. overactive liver, either due to emotions or related to yin deficiency

Let's demystify the esoteric Yin and Yang a little. Almost everybody has heard about them, but what are they exactly? They are nothing more than the terms used to describe the relationship between things in the universe. The Yin/Yang theory says that everything has two aspects, two opposite yet complementing each other polarities, and there needs to be balance between yin and yang for things to run smoothly and to experience homeostasis. In high blood pressure - and all diseases - this balance is lost.

We associate yin with qualities such as nourishment, moisture, darkness, calmness, passiveness; and yang with movement, dryness, heat and light. When in balance, they supplement each other and control each other creating perfect health and harmony.

In the body, Yin is the nourishing, cooling and moistening aspect. It is the blood, lymph and all the bodily fluids. Deficiency of yin causes imbalance of yin/yang and leads to exuberance and lack of control of yang. The result is overheated body, yang rising out of control (the natural tendency of heat is to rise) causing high blood pressure.

Loss of yin is considered an inevitable part of aging and is especially noted in elderly, as are other deficiencies. These are the reasons why high blood pressure is mostly seen in the later stages in life. But Yin can be replenished through the specially designed daily diet and healthy eating. More about foods for high blood pressure and natural remedies for high blood pressure.

It is important to know the dangers of high blood pressure and seek medical help immediately if any high blood pressure signs and symptoms are present.

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