Tips to Handle Hypertension

Mr VC Ajith Kumar, a physician with Ayush Ayurverdic, and Senior Physician Liu Xing from Eu Yan Sang Premier TCM Centre recommends the following tips to handle hypertension:

Ayurveda Physician Recommends that You

EAT MORE: orange, banana, guava, apple, bitter gourd, patola, bimbi

EAT LESS: hot and spicy foods, salt, hydrogenated oils

DO MORE: prayer, meditation, rest

DO LESS: late nights, lifting of heavy weights

TCM Physician Recommends that You

EAT MORE: celery, carrot, milk, walnut, fish, banana, tomato, bitter gourd

EAT LESS: alcohol, salty and highcholesterol foods

DO MORE: sleep, calligraphy, painting

DO LESS: smoking, high-stress activities

Photo courtesy of Thinkstock. This article first appeared in NATURA magazine issue No.2. Find NATURA at Eu Yan Sang retail outlets, newsstands and major bookstores in Singapore.