Hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure
According to a recent study, drinking hibiscus tea lowered blood pressure in a clinical trial of 65 pre-hypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults, aged 30 to 70 years. For six weeks, about half the group was randomly selected to drink three cups of hibiscus tea daily while others drank a placebo beverage containing artificial hibiscus flavoring and color. The findings show that the volunteers who drank hibiscus tea had a 7.2 point drop in their systolic blood pressure, compared to a 1.3 point drop in the volunteers who drank the placebo beverage. The study was co-sponsored by Celestial Seasonings tea company.