Stroke is a condition which occurs when the blood supplied to the brain is disrupted. It results into the cerebrovascular accident and also causes brain cells to die. When the flow of the blood is disrupted due to any reason then the oxygen and the glucose are not delivered to the brain properly.
The causes of the stroke are many. It may be due to -
1. Blockage of artery - it is usually the main cause of the stroke. The cells of the part of the brain die due to deprived blood and oxygen and result into stroke. This condition may be due to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes.
2. Embolic stroke - in this condition there may be clotting of the blood originally from the heart chamber only which causes irregular heart rhythm.
3. Cerebral hemorrhage-in this condition there is a bleeding in the surrounding brain tissue as there is a rupture of the blood vessels in the brain.
Some other causes of the stroke are migraine headache, vasculitis and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Major symptoms of strokes are-without no reason sudden severe headache, weakness and numbness occurs suddenly on the face, leg or arm, loss of voluntary movement partial or may be complete, sudden confusion in understanding as well as in speaking, trouble in seeing from one or both the eyes and sudden problem in walking, feeling dizziness and there is problem in balancing the coordination also.
Some of the important herbal medicines which reduces the possibilities of stroke -
1. Use of garlic usually prevents the stroke in three ways as its consumption reduces the blood pressure, lowers the level of cholesterol and it also acts as an anticoagulant. It is an important herb for the prevention of heart attack. It improves the circulatory function. It is having the property of blood thinning which controls the high blood pressure. Everyone should increase the intake of garlic. You can also use it in the cooking, add it in your salad or you can take it as capsules. You must take 500 milligrams at least three times daily.
2. Ginger is also very effective as it is a cardiac tonic. It helps in decreasing the cholesterol and also improves the poor circulation.
3. Turmeric is also very helpful as it prevents the formation of blood clot.
4. Consumption of carrot significantly reduces the chances of stroke.
Other things which are useful for reducing stroke are the consumption of English pea, pigweed, pineapple, bilberry, cayenne pepper, calamus and many more.
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