About Your Heart and Taking Care of it – Naturally! – spa health
Posted: October 3, 2010 at 6:00 am
For your information, there are thousands of miles of blood vessels in our body, and the heart must beat regularly and steadily, 70 or so times a minute, 700 000 times a week, and some 2.5 thousand million times in the average lifetime.
With only as big as a decently sized apple, the heart normally does its job with relative ease, squeezing out 4-5 liters of blood every minute and as much as 24 liters when exercise makes it necessary. However sometimes things go wrong with this extremely important that is electrically regulated and full of muscles. The diseases that affect the cardiovascular system (comprising the veins, arteries and the heart itself) are very significant in all parts of the world, especially the developed nations. The complications arising due to these diseases are the major cause of deaths in the developed world.
Cardiovascular diseases
Some of the most common cardiovascular diseases are
- Angina Pectoris
- Arrhythmia (Cardiac Arrhythmia, Fibrillation, Ventricular Fibrillation)
- Arteriosclerosis (Atherosclerosis, Coronary artery Disease, Hardening of the Arteries) – It is the No. 1 killer in America, affecting more than 12 million Americans.
- Blood Vessel (Capillary)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Diseases
- Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure(CHF))
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension, Vascular Pressure)
- High Cholesterol
- Low Blood Pressure
- Poor Circulation
- Heart valve problems
- Heart defects
Natural remedies for cardiovascular diseases
Natural and holistic treatments are very effective in the treatment of cardiovascular spa health. Treatments such as herbal and homeopathic remedies are safe and gentle to use and improve the overall functioning of the heart, arteries and the entire cardiovascular system.
Herbs such as Crataegus oxyacantha (Hawthorn) have well known cardio-protective properties. Hawthorn is highly praised for its beneficial effects on heart spa health, and has been traditionally used to reduce arrhythmias. Hawthorn is known to regulate heart actions, normalize blood pressure, and strengthen the heart muscles, thus reducing the occurrence of heart related problems. It also protects against the damage caused by plaque build up in the coronary arteries.
Passiflora incarnata is a calmative herb which also relaxes blood vessels and reduces blood pressure.
Viburnum opulus (Guelder Rose bark) is a very effective cardiac tonic and muscle relaxant.
Ginkgo biloba acts as a circulatory stimulant and anti-inflammatory. These herbs also help to reduce the underlying triggers of arrhythmias such as stress, muscle convulsions and high blood pressure.
The beneficial effects of Red Yeast Rice (Monascus purpurea) on balancing blood cholesterol levels have also been clinically demonstrated in a number of double blind, placebo controlling studies involving thousands of people. These studies have demonstrated that Red Yeast Rice can cut levels of LDL (’bad’) cholesterol by as much as 15%, which compares favorably with similar cholesterol lowering effects of prescription drugs, and that too, without any side effects!!
Recent studies have shown that gugulipid, a highly prized and well known Ayurvedic herb, can be even more effective than many prescription medications in lowering cholesterol and tryglyceride levels in the blood (between 14 and 27% reduction in cholesterol levels over a 12 week period). Even more importantly, gugulipid has also been shown to increase levels of protective HDL cholesterol. Other studies have demonstrated that regular use of gugulipid has helped to prevent the build up of plaque in t
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