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【United Online Planning / Excerpted and compiled from the book "Relying Solely on Blood Pressure Medication is a Death Wish"】
2012.06.07 11:58 am
You read the title correctly—the primary cause of high blood pressure is actually insufficient blood pressure! To be more precise, it’s the inadequate pressure in the countless capillaries at the entrance of cells throughout most of your body’s organs!
Imagine your blood vessels are like using a rubber hose to water plants or put out a fire. When the faucet is turned on at one end, but the water flowing out from the other end is weak and slow, most people instinctively pinch the hose to increase the water pressure. Similarly, when the body experiences insufficient blood pressure, it systematically initiates a series of self-rescue responses, which ultimately manifest as the high readings on a blood pressure monitor: hypertension.
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Of course, this is the body’s warning signal. Unfortunately, for decades, people have misunderstood the meaning of this signal, opting instead to simply eliminate it, as if that would solve the problem. How tragic! This is precisely the "new way of thinking" under fast-food culture. So, naturally, you end up taking these slow-acting poisons three times a day to "mask" your high blood pressure!
To fundamentally resolve hypertension, we must start by debunking the myths about its causes!
Because blood pressure is insufficient, the body constricts blood vessels to save itself!
The heart acts like a pump, pushing blood out through the aorta, limb arteries, smaller arteries, and finally branching into capillaries that are 18 times thinner than a hair. All cells obtain "oxygen" from the red blood cells flowing through these capillaries. For blood to flow, it requires pressure to propel it. If the upstream pressure is too low, the red blood cells will move as slowly as a turtle, drastically reducing the cells’ access to oxygen, resulting in a "semi-hypoxic state." At this point, the central nervous system urgently issues a command to constrict blood vessels to increase blood pressure! Only when the capillary blood pressure is satisfied can the cells survive healthily. However, when a blood pressure monitor measures the upstream pressure in the arm’s aorta, the reading is alarmingly high—'hypertension' has arrived!
Strengthening the heart’s power is the fundamental solution!
Since the root of blood pressure lies in the heart, hypertension is a symptomatic manifestation of weakened cardiac output. Therefore, strengthening the heart’s power is the top priority for addressing hypertension at its root.
Currently, the scientific community has identified only two categories of methods to enhance heart power, with all others posing serious issues. The first category involves inhibiting the sodium-potassium pump enzyme (Na+/K+-ATPase) mechanism, achieving enhanced myocardial contraction without additional energy expenditure. However, to date, only one antioxidant plant extract has been proven safe, effective, and suitable for long-term use. All other substances (whether natural or synthetic) fall under the category of steroids, which are unsuitable for long-term use and cannot serve as a fundamental solution for hypertension! Among all currently approved blood pressure-lowering products, only those plant extracts approved by the Department of Health have the function of strengthening cardiac contraction (which can be discerned by a moderated heart rate).
The second category aims to increase the number of energy-producing organelles (mitochondria) within myocardial cells, thereby boosting the energy available for heart contractions. Unfortunately, aside from progressive, sustained aerobic exercise (such as walking over 6,000 steps daily) to train heart function, there are currently no drugs or foods that can assist in this regard.This article is reprinted from Dr. Chen Zhiming's book "Only Using Blood Pressure Medication is Suicidal," published in May 2012 by Microscope Culture Publishing.
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Shock! Main Cause of High Blood Pressure: Insufficient Blood Pressure
2012.06.07 11:58 am
You read the title correctly—the primary cause of high blood pressure is actually insufficient blood pressure! To be more precise, it’s the inadequate pressure in the countless capillaries at the entrance of cells throughout most of your body’s organs!
Imagine your blood vessels are like using a rubber hose to water plants or put out a fire. When the faucet is turned on at one end, but the water flowing out from the other end is weak and slow, most people instinctively pinch the hose to increase the water pressure. Similarly, when the body experiences insufficient blood pressure, it systematically initiates a series of self-rescue responses, which ultimately manifest as the high readings on a blood pressure monitor: hypertension.
Image provided by Microscope Culture
Of course, this is the body’s warning signal. Unfortunately, for decades, people have misunderstood the meaning of this signal, opting instead to simply eliminate it, as if that would solve the problem. How tragic! This is precisely the "new way of thinking" under fast-food culture. So, naturally, you end up taking these slow-acting poisons three times a day to "mask" your high blood pressure!
To fundamentally resolve hypertension, we must start by debunking the myths about its causes!
Because blood pressure is insufficient, the body constricts blood vessels to save itself!
The heart acts like a pump, pushing blood out through the aorta, limb arteries, smaller arteries, and finally branching into capillaries that are 18 times thinner than a hair. All cells obtain "oxygen" from the red blood cells flowing through these capillaries. For blood to flow, it requires pressure to propel it. If the upstream pressure is too low, the red blood cells will move as slowly as a turtle, drastically reducing the cells’ access to oxygen, resulting in a "semi-hypoxic state." At this point, the central nervous system urgently issues a command to constrict blood vessels to increase blood pressure! Only when the capillary blood pressure is satisfied can the cells survive healthily. However, when a blood pressure monitor measures the upstream pressure in the arm’s aorta, the reading is alarmingly high—'hypertension' has arrived!
Strengthening the heart’s power is the fundamental solution!
Since the root of blood pressure lies in the heart, hypertension is a symptomatic manifestation of weakened cardiac output. Therefore, strengthening the heart’s power is the top priority for addressing hypertension at its root.
Currently, the scientific community has identified only two categories of methods to enhance heart power, with all others posing serious issues. The first category involves inhibiting the sodium-potassium pump enzyme (Na+/K+-ATPase) mechanism, achieving enhanced myocardial contraction without additional energy expenditure. However, to date, only one antioxidant plant extract has been proven safe, effective, and suitable for long-term use. All other substances (whether natural or synthetic) fall under the category of steroids, which are unsuitable for long-term use and cannot serve as a fundamental solution for hypertension! Among all currently approved blood pressure-lowering products, only those plant extracts approved by the Department of Health have the function of strengthening cardiac contraction (which can be discerned by a moderated heart rate).
The second category aims to increase the number of energy-producing organelles (mitochondria) within myocardial cells, thereby boosting the energy available for heart contractions. Unfortunately, aside from progressive, sustained aerobic exercise (such as walking over 6,000 steps daily) to train heart function, there are currently no drugs or foods that can assist in this regard.This article is reprinted from Dr. Chen Zhiming's book "Only Using Blood Pressure Medication is Suicidal," published in May 2012 by Microscope Culture Publishing.
Source: http://udn. com/ NEWS/ NATIONAL/ AD2/ 7143855. shtml#ixzz1x7lDgHjI