The practice of some shapes of meditation would have the effect of lowering the arterial tension, according to the results of several studies. This decrease would be comparable to the one that one can observe when one follows the recommendations of the health professionals: to lose the weight, to make the exercise and to abstain from consuming salt and the alcohol.
Of the researchers of the Maharinis University of Management (house-mother of the transcendental meditation) and of the Faculty of medicine of the university of the Kentucky analyzed the results of 23 clinical tests, with groups witnesses, led by 960 topics hypertendus1. Six of these tests were about the transcendental meditation (hinduism origin technique). According to the results, the practice of this meditation had the effect of lowering the arterial tension of an average of 5 mmHg/-2,8 mmHg (millimeter of mercury column). The results generally gotten with a suitable food régime and a program of exercise are of -4,25 mmHg/-3,1 mmHg.
The other tests analyzed in this last survey were about interventions in biofeedback, relaxation, acrogenous training, management of stress and other techniques of meditation applied separately or in association. Some of these tests also gave interesting results in relation to the reduction of the arterial tension, but it was not possible to pull a clear conclusion because of contradictory data or a number of topics too restricted.
The American medical authorities published, to the summer 2007, a rapport2 on the state of the medical knowledge as for the beneficial effects of various techniques of stress management for the cardiovascular health. After having led an analysis of the results of 55 clinical tests, the authors confirmed the effects hypotenuse of the transcendental meditation, of the Qi Gong (of Chinese origin) and of the Zen Buddhism (of indo-Japanese origin).
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