Sunflowers treat blood pressure and headaches
These are foods and medicines for people with high blood pressure and headaches.
Besides high blood pressure, there is also low blood pressure. Below are foods and remedies for people with one of these two conditions, and also people who often have headaches, according to the instructions of physician Pham Nhu Ta.
High blood pressure
- Use 100g fresh sunflower leaves, 100g fresh Chinese clematis herb, boil (boil) to get water to drink.
- Use 50g sunflower and 30g dried grass to cook and drink.
- Use 50g sunflower, 30g corn silk, cook with a little rock sugar to get water to drink.
- Eat peeled sunflower seeds and drink 1 glass of celery juice every day.
- Take 15g jasmine flowers, 15g pagoda flowers, 10g chrysanthemum, and 10g frangipani flowers, boil water and drink instead of tea during the day.
Low blood pressure
- Normal people eat 10-12g of salt per day; people with high blood pressure should eat less than 6g of salt per day; and people with low blood pressure should use more than 12g of salt per day.
- Use drinks that increase blood pressure such as: coffee (should drink 1-2 cups of strong coffee per day, but do not drink too much coffee as it can cause insomnia and heart rhythm disturbances); use strong tea.
Cure headaches
- Take 1-2 sunflowers, add enough rock sugar and cook to make drinking water.
- Take some sunflower leaves, crush them to extract the juice, then put them in a bowl with a little rock sugar, and steam to get the broth.
- Take 60g of sunflowers and boil them in water to drink; or take the boiled water and mix it with 2 egg yolks to drink.
- Take some sunflower seeds, peel them, then simmer them with chicken (seasoned with spices) to eat.
- Take a few sunflower seeds, peel them, roast them until golden brown, grind them finely, put them in a sealed jar for later use. Use 10g every day, before going to bed (mix with sugar water to use).
- Take 100g sunflower roots, chop them, and boil them to make drinking water.
- People with chronic headaches can use the following remedy: Every day, boil chrysanthemum greens to get 30g of water to drink.
You can use heated chrysanthemum leaves and apply them to the top of the head and temples at night before going to bed, or whenever you have a headache to relieve the pain.
According to Thanh Nien - NT