The norms for blood pressure (BP), as modern medicine interprets them, change periodically. It was once believed that it was 120/80 and nothing else. Now it is believed that the upper (systolic) should not rise above 140 mm Hg. Art., and the lower (diastolic) – above 90 mm Hg. Art. If the numbers are higher, this is classified by modern medicine as hypertension and a reason to take blood pressure-reducing pills for the rest of your life.
However, Ayurveda looks at it differently. She says that blood pressure naturally increases with age. And at the age of 60 and above, the upper limit may be higher than today’s “norms”. If it does not manifest itself with any symptoms, then there is no need to worry too much – that’s what Ayurveda says. In any case, you should not knock it down, because if the body has increased the pressure, then most likely this is necessary for normal blood supply to the main organ – the brain. But if there are symptoms, then this is a deviation from health and needs to be treated.