Symptoms:

The pressure exerted by blood upon the walls of the arteries, depending upon the force of the heart beat, the elasticity of the vessel walls, the resistance of the capillary network and the volume and viscosity of the blood.  In Back to Eden, p.  448, we find the following: “Blood pressure shows the contractile powers of the heart and resistance of the blood vessels.  The blood pressure increases every two years about one degree.  The normal blood pressure is approximately 125 and at sixty it is 140.  Persons who are weak physically have a slightly lower pressure.  Those who exercise have higher blood pressure” The old accepted routine of taking the blood pressure count has been 100 systolic plus the age, wherein a person of thirty years, it was felt, should have a normal blood pressure of 130, and a person of forty a blood pressure of 140, etc.  But this is very erroneous, because at any age heavy meat eaters will have a higher blood pressure than vegetarians.  There is actually no hard and fast rule on blood pressure.

Cause:

See:  “high blood pressure” and “low blood pressure.”

Herbal aids:

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Useful herbs:See:  “high blood pressure” and “low blood pressure.”