It is not necessarily a disease of aging and neither essential nor idiopathic !!! The age of a Man is as old as his arteries and healthy arteries is happiness !!!
Blood Pressure is a sign of DiseaseSick Circulatory system, Sick heart, blood vessels & blood causes the pressure to rise. No one dies of this sign, they die from failing tissues.
Nearly ⅓ of the population suffers from Hypertension with BP more than 140/90 mm Hg. It is conventionally believed that the heart pushes blood forward like a pump but stops it ; it twists the collected blood in the form of whirlpool ( vortex inside the left ventricle ) into the aorta which can generate the kinetic force by itself to keep up the circulation. Circuit : Heart - artery ( Mars )- capillaries - vein ( Venus ) Upanishads mentions , " heart is an inverted lotus with its base slightly towards the left & Circulation occurs by God’s energy "
The rise in blood pressure is a compensatory response or adaptation to stress , for example .
More than 90 % of Hypertension is due to
Hence it is not beneficial to start antihypertensive medications unless the Blood pressure is more than 150/90 mm Hg.