Easy exercises to lower blood pressure

The problem of blood pressure has always been a topic of discussion among the elderly. Now that living standards have improved and food is more abundant, food contains many substances that are not good for the elderly. Eating too much can cause increased pressure in blood vessels, and in severe cases it may endanger life. There is a saying that goes, "In old age, thinness is priceless." Only thin people will have lower pressure in their blood vessels than those who appear wealthy, and these problems will not bother them.

1. Preparatory action

Sit on a chair or sofa with a naturally upright posture, look straight ahead, let your arms hang naturally, and place your palms on your thighs. Keep your knees at a 90-degree angle, your feet shoulder-width apart, your muscles relaxed, and your breathing even.

2. Massage the temples

Press and rub your temples, rotating clockwise, one circle as one beat, do about 32 beats. This "pressing and kneading method" can relieve wind and relieve exterior symptoms, clear the brain and eyesight, and stop headaches.

3. Massage Baihui Point

The Baihui point is located in the center of the top of the head. Place your left or right palm close to the Baihui point and rotate it. One circle is one beat. Do this for 32 beats in total. This method can lower blood pressure, calm the mind and clear the brain.

4. Press and rub Fengchi acupoint

Use the ribbed surface of your thumbs to press and rub the Fengchi points on both sides in a clockwise rotation, with one circle as one beat, and do about 32 beats.

5. Massage your head to clear your mind

Spread the five fingers of both hands naturally, and use the hypothenar to massage from the forehead to behind the ears, moving in an arc from front to back. One beat is one beat, and do about 32 beats. This method has the effects of: relaxing muscles and tendons, calming the liver and extinguishing wind, lowering blood pressure, and clearing the brain.

6. Rubbing the neck can lower blood pressure

First, use the thenar of your left hand to rub the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the right side of your neck, then use your right hand to rub the left side of your neck. Each time counts as one beat, and do this for 32 beats in total. This method can relieve sternocleidomastoid muscle spasm and lower blood pressure.

7. Massage the Quchi acupoint

To lower blood pressure, first use your right hand and then your left hand to massage the Quchi point at the elbow joint. One rotation counts as one beat, and do this for 32 beats in total. This method can clear away heat and lower blood pressure.

8. Knead the chest

First, use the thumb of your right hand to press and rub the Neiguan point on your left hand, and then use your left hand to press and rub the Neiguan point on your right hand. Press and rub in a clockwise direction for one circle as one beat, and do this for 32 beats in total. The effect is to relax the mind and open the chest.

9. Leading blood downward

Use the thumbs of your left and right hands to massage the Zusanli acupoints on both sides of your calves. One rotation counts as one beat, for a total of 32 beats. This method is effective in massaging the interior, invigorating the body, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and guiding blood downward.

10. Expand your chest and regulate your breath

Relax your hands and let them hang down, then make fists, bend your elbows and lift them up, lift your shoulders and expand your chest backwards, and finally relax and return to the original position.

It takes about 10 minutes to perform the blood pressure lowering exercise. It is simple and easy to learn, and the effect is obvious. The acupoints should be accurate when massaging, and the degree of massage should be determined by local soreness and swelling and slight redness of the skin. Patients with stage 1 and 2 hypertension should do this exercise 2 to 3 times a day. It can lower blood pressure, clear the brain, relieve pain, relax the chest, calm the nerves, and keep blood pressure stable.

Therefore, doing more health-care exercises that can reduce the pressure in blood vessels is good for your body. And since you can solve such problems without having to hang up an IV or take medicine, why not do it?