My son's dad has horrible blood pressure (Jamaican, high level of salt in diet because he thought his dick would go soft without it
) and refused to listen to me about the salt.. finally had a Dr. scare the hell out of him and he gave it up. But even with meds its still high. one day about a year ago i was looking for an alternative remedy to exema which my rug-dawg has.. in reading about basil .. i found that in studies by the JAMA that basil in the diet significantly lowered the BP. He started taking 1 Wholy Basil pill a day and adding fresh basil into some of his food (not daily on the add in) .. it has lowered his BP and his cholesterol significantly.