Music and Blood Pressure 音樂降血壓

高血壓是健康的隱形殺手，血管的壓力增加往往是不知不覺，如果沒有持續維持血壓正常，會讓很多心臟疾病出現的機率大幅加。

剛好看到兩篇關於音樂與血壓的研究，Relax to Music, Ease Blood Pressure 和 Guided Relaxation May Beat Mozart for Easing Systolic Blood Pressure 兩個。可見音樂對於血壓確實有影響，只是不同的音樂程度不同。

提到音樂讓人想起 Copying Beethoven 裡面貝多芬說的一段話：

The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.

WebMD 有個很好的自我檢查工具 Hypertension Health Check - Take the WebMD High Blood Pressure Assessment ，可以幫你評估高血壓方面的知識，可惜是英文的，需要借助一下翻譯，另外需要更多資訊可以參考 中華民國防高血壓協會 或是 WebMD Hypertension/High Blood Pressure Center。