INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Coenzyme Q10 is a natural supplement and antioxidant that has the ability to reduce blood pressure by 17 mmHg (systolic) over 10 mmHg (diastolic) when taken regularly. The supplement dilates your blood vessels, making it easier for the heart to pump blood through them. Ask your doctor about the supplement. He or she make recommend that you take a 60 to 100 mg CoQ10 supplement up to three times daily. Diuretics flush excess sodium and water out of the body. Since sodium is a known culprit of high blood pressure, the removal of excess sodium can cause a significant drop in blood pressure. Beta-blockers cause the heart rate to drop. As a result, the heart pumps out less blood, thereby lowering your blood pressure. ACE stands for "Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme." This enzyme causes your body to produce angiotensin, a chemical responsible for constricting the arteries throughout the body. An ACE inhibitor causes your blood vessels to open, making it easier for blood to flow through them and causing your blood pressure to drop. This medication directly blocks the effect of angiotensin, which is responsible for causing the arteries to constrict. Angiotensin needs to join with a receptor in order to affect the blood vessel. These medications block the receptors, thereby preventing the chemical from having an impact. Calcium channel blockers work by blocking calcium from entering the heart and arteries.  Calcium causes smooth muscle cells in these areas to become hard, which means that the heart must use more force to pump blood through the arteries. This medication relaxes narrow blood vessels, thereby lowering blood pressure. Alpha blockers reduce resistance in the arteries. As a result, vascular muscles relax, making it easier for blood to flow through. This medication reduces the function of the sympathetic part of the involuntary nervous system. This means that less adrenaline is produced. Adrenaline, along with other stress hormones, can cause blood vessels to constrict. These are a first-line of defense for patients facing crucially high blood pressure and drop blood pressure quicker than most other medications. This medication reduces the resistance put up by your arteries and cause your heart rate to drop. These medications prevent your blood vessels from contracting quite as easily, thereby making it easier for your blood to flow through them. Note that the effect is similar to that accomplished by alpha-beta-blockers. The brain is the primary target of this group of medications. Neurotransmitters responsible for telling the smooth muscles of your heart and blood vessels are blocked when taking these medications, so the message telling those blood vessels to constrict never reaches its destination. These medications only cause the blood vessel muscles to relax. As a result, they dilate, allowing blood to flow through with less pressure.

SUMMARY: Take CoQ10 supplements. Ask about diuretics. Consider beta-blockers. Try ACE inhibitors. Learn about angiotensin II receptor blockers. Inquire about calcium channel blockers. Find out about alpha blockers. Ask about alpha-2 receptor agonists. Take a combined alpha-beta-blocker. Learn about central agonists. Find out about peripheral adrenergic inhibitors. Take a blood vessel dilator or vasodilator.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It generally takes 21 days for an activity to become an ingrained habit. Make sure you consistently do your routine tasks every day for 3 weeks to get fully accustomed to your new routine.  You will probably still form a habit after 21 days if you miss 1 day somewhere in those 3 weeks. However, if you find that you skip your routine on 2 or more days, consider redesigning your routine to make it easier for you to accomplish every day. Once you start doing the activities in your routine without thinking, then you’ve successfully formed a habit! You’ll probably make a mistake or slip up in implementing your routine at some point. Instead of berating yourself, give yourself some leeway to accomplish only some or even none of your routine for that day, then set out to be successful the next day.  For example, if part of your workout routine involves doing 40 pushups, don’t beat yourself up if you only do 20 during 1 workout. Instead, recognize that you still accomplished part of what you set out to do and try to do better next time. Don’t give up on your routine if you fail early on; it will get easier over time. At the end of each week, check in on your progress towards your goals and see whether your routine is helping you reach those goals. If it isn’t, consider what aspects of your routine might need improvement.  For example, if the purpose of your routine was to make you more productive in the mornings, look back over your week and see how many times you’ve arrived to work earlier or later than usual. If your routine has made you get to work earlier every day, that’s a good sign that it’s making you more productive in the mornings. For more long-term goals (e.g., losing weight), it might be better to check in with your routine at the end of each month. Once you’ve designed your routine and have had time to test out, don’t be afraid to go back and make tweaks over time. Whether you want to add or subtract tasks or recalibrate your activities for a new goal, treat your routine as a fluid and ever-changing list. For example, if you find that your workout routine has gotten too easy, consider going back and adding more difficult exercises into the mix.

SUMMARY: Follow your routine consistently for 3 weeks to make it a habit. Forgive yourself when you slip up. Keep track of your progress to gauge whether your routine is working. Make changes to your routine as needed.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Add water to a bottle of aspirin until the aspirin dissolves into a paste. Then, apply the aspirin paste to your nose ring bump each night. Let it sink in overnight and then wash it off in the morning.  Make sure you continue to clean your nose ring as you normally would before and after applying aspirin paste. The strength of the aspirin does not matter, but stronger aspirin could potentially be more effective. Place a bag of chamomile tea in warm water to get it slightly damp. Then, press the bag on your nose ring bump for about 10 minutes. If the bag loses heat during this time, dab it in some warm water before reapplying it to the bump. Tea tree oil should never be applied directly to the skin, as this can cause a rash and irritation. Add only a few drops of tea tree oil to a small amount of a carrier oil such as olive oil. Then, dab a cotton ball in your oil. Swab the cotton ball around the bump to reduce swelling. Some people respond poorly to essential oils, so cease using this method if you notice a rash or another bad reaction. Baking soda's grainy texture can be used as an exfoliating agent, which may help reduce swelling and bumps associated with nose rings. Mix a teaspoon of baking soda with a drop of water to make a paste. Then, rub your paste into your piercing. Then, rinse the paste off with warm water.

SUMMARY:
Try an aspirin paste. Use a chamomile tea compress. Apply tea tree oil. Try exfoliating with baking soda.