80million Americans suffer from hypertension, which is associated with kidney and liver disease, heart failure and decreased longevity. It's a serious problem and, if you go the medical rout to addresses it, you're going to be taking a beta-blocker, calcium channel blocker, ace inhibitor or some other pharmaceutical.
The problem is these drugs, even if they'll lower your blood pressure, are pretty darn powerful and you can end up feeling worse than if you didn't take any drugs at all.
If you have been diagnosed with hypertension, you should be taking the condition seriously, but you don't necessarily need a drug to deal with it. You can naturally lower your blood pressure by practicing slow deep rhythmic breathing techniques.
Breath in deeply for 10seconds or so, exhale for ten seconds, do this for 5min and you can drop your blood pressure significantly, without medication. And as some side effects, you'll lower your blood pressure and you'll be adding years to your life.