Hibiscus tea

[DENISE]

Hello, has anyone drank hibiscus tea ( organic loose) i'm hypothyroid and only took a few sips and felt very dizzy and no energy!!

[Justiina]

Maybe it dropped your blood pressure? Not sure if few sips can do it, but I occasionally drink hibiscus tea and I can feel a bit dizzy. I have low blood pressure so I have assumed that's it as hibiscus can affect blood pressure.

[DENISE in reply to Justiina]

It had to be the hibiscus tea, i literally had a few small sips and whoosh dizzy lethargy..Very scary from a simple hibiscus tea.

[diogenes Remembering]

Just put into Google "Hibiscus tea/ blood pressure" and you'll soon see reasons to avoid if you have normal blood pressure

[DENISE in reply to diogenes]

My blood pressure is currently high..My Dr has run some blood tests, results in a couple of days. I bought it because it states it's brings high blood pressure down..

[Justiina in reply to DENISE]

Maybe your blood pressure ain't that high in the end? Have you done measuring at home for a week or two?

Anyway maybe your tea was way stronger than mine. Mine is hibiscus and rose hip just market brand and I usually drink a whole cup before feeling weird. But as hibiscus is also antioxidant I sometimes drink it.

[greygoose]

I drank endless cups of it when I was in Egypt. Every shop you go in, they all want you to sit down and have a cup before discussing prices and things. They believe it's very good for you. I met a chap whose family grew hibiscus on their farm, and he gave me a load to bring back. And I never once had any problem with it.

[dgleds in reply to greygoose]

yummy stuff..i take it for high blood pressure, its helped a bit...

[DENISE]

Just an update on Hibiscus tea.. Shortly after that I had on a few occasions felt extremely weak, and feint, a visit to the doctor then hospital after lots of tests revealed Border Pulmonary hypertension. I looked into drinking hibiscus tea and it's effect on blood pressure and low and behold it stated it can affect it.

[greygoose in reply to DENISE]

Yes, but hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure, it doesn't raise it. HYPERtension means high blood pressure, so the hibiscus tea didn't cause that.

[DENISE in reply to greygoose]

I have drank hibiscus tea in Egypt many times I even purchased some..But this Hibiscus tea I purchased online was different..The effect was immediate..Dizzy, palpitations etc..It could only have been due to that..

[greygoose in reply to DENISE]

Due to lowering your blood pressure, not causing hypertension.