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How much garlic should be consumed for new blood pressure patients not on any medications? He has blood sugar and a little overweight for which he has been taking allopathic medicines for the past seven years. Medications as follows: metformin 1gm sr + glimepiride 2 mg in the morning before breakfast. Metformin 1gm +1 mg glimepiride + 20 mg atorvastatin in the night. Please advise.
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Not proven role of garlic in blood pressure treatment. No idea about this, though you can start low salt diet not more than 2.3 gm salt per day. Reduce fat in food and increase exercise or walking. Chack your sugar if you are diabetic. Uncontrolled diabetes is also cause of high blood pressure.
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2-3 cloves of garlic empty stomach to be swallowed Or First crush 4-5 garlic cloves Then add salt n chilli powder Add small quantities of ghee Fry on low flame till its brown Eat with chapati in breakfast.
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