Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. High blood pressure is a diagnosis made by your physician or cardiologist after running various tests: • Monitoring blood pressure (BP) for a couple of weeks, record the results to analyze them further • ECG • Echocardiogram • Thyroid function test • Lipid profile panel So, in other words, we should determine if this patient really has hypertension. If yes, we should determine the cause: primary or secondary. And, we want to analyze how her cardiovascular system is running. Now, as the patient is a foreigner and you have low income, then, I can only recommend to: • Cut on salt • Avoid caffeinated drinks (coffee, binged, energetic) • Avoid foods high in calories and fat • Take a clove of slightly chopped garlic with a bit of milk, especially, in the morning • Encourage to take more basil, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, etc., as tea or with food (as spice) or can take as a supplement However, she must see a physician to evaluate her current health situation first. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Khushboo Priya