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Dr Sarah Brewer

Shinrin-yoku Forest Bathing Can Lower A High Blood Pressure

mylowerbloodpressure.com

Shinrin-yoku forest bathing is a popular traditional practice for reducing stress and high blood pressure in Japan. Forest bathing and communing with nature and green vegetation produces beneficial physiological whether you walk in a forest area, or simply sit or lie down to view the forest landscape.

Forest bathing has beneficial effects against high blood pressure by:

- lowering levels of stress hormones (cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline)
- slowing heart rate
- promoting blood vessel dilation via the autonomic nervous system

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