Hibiscus tea and pomegranate juice for HBP

costellomom
costellomom Posts: 18 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
I've heard that drinking hibiscus tea and pomegranate juice will lower blood pressure. Does this work? Have you tried it? What did you do and what were your results? Thanks!

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  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    Pomegranate juice is tasty...I dilute it with water to make it last longer, since it's also kind of pricey. Can't speak for its effect on blood pressure tho. oh...it's nice in a smoothie with blueberries, too!
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  • costellomom
    costellomom Posts: 18 Member
    That's kinda my thought too. Not encouraging this, just curious.
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  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    If you can't reduce & control HBP with exercise, you probably do need pharmaceutical intervention. My husband and are natural remedies first people, and pomegranate juice, hibiscus tea and Hawthorne tea are all things he tried before prescription meds with no appreciable reduction. (and some days his BP was higher)
    He feels much better on the meds.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    I drink beet juice because I like it, but it is sometimes marketed as good for the heart. My blood pressure has gone down, but only a tiny bit.
  • tequila5000
    tequila5000 Posts: 128 Member
    From what I understand, hibiscus tea is a folk remedy and it it thought to be a diuretic, so if true, I guess it could help with high blood pressure. Maybe?
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