Stinging Nettle Tea and High Blood Pressure
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Stinging nettle tea is an effective natural diuretic and diuretics are often used to lower blood pressure. In the United States, doctors commonly prescribe pharmaceutical diuretics. In Germany and other parts of the world, however, herbal remedies are more accepted, and nettle is often prescribed by physicians for treating high blood pressure, among a host of other medical conditions.
According to the affluent German herbalist Rudolph Fritz Weiss, M.D., stinging nettle is an effective treatment in diuretic therapies. It is safe and well-tolerated by most patients, which is not typically the case with pharmaceutical diuretic drugs.
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