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Are there any alternative therapies for high blood pressure?

Losing weight, reducing alcohol intake, increasing physical activity, not smoking, and eating a healthy diet can all help lower your blood pressure.

Evening Primrose (such as Nutrica Efamol Evening Primrose Oil) and hawthorn (such as >GNC Herbal Plus Fingerprinted Hawthorn) are herbs that may be effective for lowering mildly high blood pressure, when used in combination with lifestyle changes. Never substitute herbal products for prescription medications without first consulting your doctor. If lifestyle changes with or without herbal therapies aren't enough, there are many types of prescription drugs for treating high blood pressure.

Sources:
Integrative Medicine Access. Integrative Medicine Communications, 1999.
Foster, S., V.E. Tyler. Tyler's Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Products. The Haworth Press, 1999.
Peirce, A. The American Pharmaceutical Association Practical Guide to Natural Medicines. William Morrow & Co., 1999.
The Review of Natural Products. Facts and Comparisons, 2001.
The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Pharmacists Letter Inc., 2001.

This answer prepared 2/1/01.