With Reflexologist Nuria Weaver
Home Remedies for Palpitations
The fluttering and pounding of heartbeats is what is known as heart palpitation or simply palpitation. Palpitations in most cases need not be worry about as the heart pumps effectively. However, this can be symptom of a more severe heart problem like that of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) which may require some medical aid.
Causes of Palpitations
The major cause of palpitation is not found. Nevertheless, some of the common symptoms of palpitations are mentioned below:
- Stress or anxiety which is associated with strong emotional responses.
- Strenuous exercise
- Nicotine and caffeine
- Hormonal changes which is associated with pregnancy, menstruation and menopause.
- Fever
- Using medication for cough and cold that contains a stimulant for palpitation called pseudo ephedrine.
- Asthma inhaler medications may probably contain the stimulants
- Excessive smoking can also give rise to heart palpitation
Although in many occasion of heart palpitation, there can be sign of a serious, chronic underlying problem which may be like:
- A thyroid gland which is overactive (hyperthyroidism)
- Abnormal heart beat called arrhythmia
- There can also be slow heart beats called (bradycardia)
- Irregular heart beats called atrial fibrillation
Symptoms of Palpitations
The palpitations can occur when you are at rest, standing, seated or lying down. It can be felt in the throat, neck as well as the chest of the body.
The common symptoms you can feel are:
- The heartbeats are skipped
- Flutters heartbeats
- These heartbeats can be too fast
- They pump harder than usual
- The pulse rate become faster than normal
Diagnose and Tests for Palpitations
The tests that the doctor can perform are listed below:
- ECG or electrocardiogram which helps to detect the irregularities of heartbeat.
- Holter monitoring also records a continuous ECG and used for detecting the heart palpitation.
- Chest X-rays which helps to determine the structure of the heart which may also be the reason to cause palpitations.
- Echocardiogram that involves examining which includes the ultrasound of the chest.
Home Remedies for Palpitations using fruits and honey
- Guava helps to relieve palpitation and hence eat a ripe guava in empty stomach. This also calms the effect whenever you experience nervousness.
- Grapes are also useful for palpitation. You can either take it in the raw form or have a glass of juice of grapes. This relieves palpitation to a great extent.
- Honey is used for all kinds of diseases. It is also used for palpitations. Add a tablespoon of honey in a glass of water and a half cup of lemon juice. Drink this before going to sleep to feel better.
Home Remedies for Palpitations using snake gourd leaves and chamomile tea
- The leaves of snake gourd are very effective for treating palpitations. Prepare a mixture of this leaves and then make a paste out of it. Use cheesecloth to extract the juice of the leaves. Drink one or two tablespoon of the juice for at least three times a day. This will reduce the palpitations and ease your pain.
- Another and one of the natural home remedies for palpitations are steeping two cups of chamomile tea in a day. You can also prepare a medicinal tea by steeping two of medicinal tea bags in two cups of water. Boil this and add some shredded leaves of vegetables like cabbage. This tea-soup is an excellent treatment for palpitation.
Home Remedies for Palpitations using peppermint tea and black haw root bark
- Peppermint tea is effective if the palpitation troubles occasionally. Drinking a cup of this tea also calms any kind of heart problem.
- The bark of the black haw root also reduces palpitation. It is antispasmodic that supplies phytosterols that can calm down the heart. Use 25 drops of the extract in water and drink it to relief from palpitation.
Home Remedies for Palpitations using aniseed, dry coriander and Indian spikenard
- A mixture of powdered coriander, aniseed and jaggery if taken in equal quantities are effective for the treatment of palpitation. This reduces the discomfort associated with chest. This one of the well-known home remedies for palpitation.
- An herb which is effective for the cure of palpitations is the Indian spikenard. It is beneficial if taken in doses of three grams everyday. To this add a pinch of cinnamon or camphor which is also effective home treatment.
Home Remedies for Palpitations using Ayurvedic herbs
- To treat palpitation, you can also go for herbs like Brahmi, Shatavari and Ashwagandha. All these have the properties to nourish the heart and make it healthy. You can either go for one of the herb or use a drug that contains the mixture of all these herbs.
Avoiding food that causes palpitation and getting proper adequate sleep and rest, and engaging in daily exercises, meditation and yoga will all help minimizing palpitation and are therefore are regarded as the best home remedies for palpitation.
Apart from all the home remedies for palpitation, a well-balanced diet that includes fresh fruits, raw vegetables that are raw or lightly cooked helps in building the immune system and also helps in the circulation of blood in the body.
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