Ayurvedic doctor Gitanjali Arora, who hails from Delhi, India, is the author of the popular book Kitchen Clinic. East Indians in Trinidad and Tobago still cook with a lot of the same ancient ingredients their ancestors used in India.This was the pleasant discovery made by Arora when she visited T&T earlier. Her book tells about the great medicinal value of simple cooking ingredients like garlic, onion, saffron, ginger and clove. She is soon to release another book.People can contact Arora for a consultation and pulse analysis at 322-5366 (c) and 778-8010 emaildraroraindia@gmail.com .The following is an educational excerpt on blood pressure from Arora's book, Kitchen Clinic.
Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. During each heartbeat, BP varies between a maximum (systolic) and a minimum (diastolic) pressure. The mean BP, due to pumping by the heart and resistance to flow in blood vessels, decreases as the circulating blood moves away from the heart through arteries.Blood pressure drops most rapidly along the small arteries and arterioles, and continues to decrease as the blood moves through the capillaries and back to the heart through veins. Gravity, valves in veins, and pumping from contraction of skeletal muscles, are some other influences on BP at various places in the body.
The measurement "blood pressure" without further specification usually refers to the arterial pressure measured at a person's upper arm. It is measured on the inside of an elbow at the brachial artery, which is the upper arm's major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. A person's BP is usually expressed in terms of the systolic pressure over diastolic pressure in mmHg (millimetres of mercury), for example 140/90.
Blood pressure recipes
1. Mix two parts of orange juice with one part of coconut water. Drink one or a half cup of this juice twice or thrice a day.
2. Lemon juice is also good home remedy for high blood pressure.
3. Eat dried and roasted seeds of watermelon. It has proven results in the treatment for high blood pressure.
4. Take amla juice daily in the morning. It is an effective herbal remedy for high blood pressure.
Cholesterol
1. Add one teaspoon of honey and one teaspoon of lime juice in one cup of hot water. Take it daily in morning for natural lowering cholesterol.
2. Boil two tablespoons of dry seeds of coriander in a glass of water and strain the decoction after cooling. Take this decoction twice a day for lowering cholesterol
3. Take onion juice to reduce cholesterol.
4. Regularly take garlic (lahasun) cloves for a few days.
5. Decoction of guava leaves is very good remedy for cholesterol.
