What are the Chinese herbal medicines for lowering blood pressure and blood lipids?

The harm of high blood pressure and high blood lipids is particularly great, and they can easily induce some cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, it is very important to lower blood pressure and blood lipids in time. In addition to paying attention to diet and moderate exercise, you can also take some Chinese herbal medicines that can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, which can also achieve a good health care effect. For example, the Chinese herbal medicine Pueraria root, the Chinese herbal medicine wild chrysanthemum or astragalus all have a good effect of lowering blood pressure and blood lipids.

What are the Chinese herbal medicines for lowering blood pressure and blood lipids?

1. Herbal medicines for lowering blood pressure include Pueraria root

Pueraria root is a commonly used medicine for dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms. Clinical reports show that it is effective in treating hypertension accompanied by neck pain, 15 to 30 grams each time.

2. Wild chrysanthemum is a Chinese herbal medicine for lowering blood pressure

Wild chrysanthemum can clear away heat and detoxify, lower blood pressure and treat hypertension. It can be decocted alone or used together with Prunella vulgaris and Cassia tora, 10 to 15 grams each time.

3. Chinese herbal medicine for lowering blood pressure includes Scutellaria baicalensis

Scutellaria baicalensis can clear away heat and dampness, purge fire and detoxify. It can eliminate symptoms such as dizziness, headache, bitter taste in the mouth, and irritability for hypertension caused by excess heat in the liver meridian. It is often used together with Uncaria rhynchophylla and Cassia tora, 9 to 12 grams each time.

4. Herbal medicines for lowering blood pressure include Prunella vulgaris

Prunella vulgaris is a common Chinese herbal medicine for lowering blood pressure. It has a lip-shaped appearance and has diuretic, liver-clearing, and blood pressure-lowering effects. Its leaves can also be used to make tea. In the past, it has been believed that the active ingredient for lowering blood pressure is the potassium salt it contains. Prunella Vulgaris Decoction (Prunella Vulgaris, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Dragon's Tooth, Mother of Pearl, Radix Rehmanniae, etc.) was used to treat 40 cases of grade 1 and 2 hypertension. The results showed that the total effective rate was 92.5%. Prunella Vulgaris Decoction has a good effect in lowering blood pressure and pulse pressure in patients with hypertension diagnosed as liver-fire ascending and collateral stagnation.

Eucommia ulmoides is a kind of dried tree bark. Don’t underestimate this bark, it is a precious tonic medicinal material, mainly used to treat kidney deficiency, low back pain, fetal movement and leakage, hypertension, etc. The main blood pressure lowering ingredient in Eucommia ulmoides is pinoresinol diglucoside. The water extract of Eucommia ulmoides has an inhibitory effect on the oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein and has a hypotensive effect. The antihypertensive effect is stable, non-toxic, and has no adverse reactions. It mainly lowers blood pressure by directly dilating blood vessels and inhibiting vasomotor centers.

6. Cassia seed is a Chinese herbal medicine for lowering blood pressure

The antihypertensive effect of the protein in Cassia seed is related to the absorption into the blood of amino acids and short polypeptide chains formed after the protein is decomposed in the intestine. The antihypertensive effect of oligosaccharides in Cassia seed is related to its promotion of the proliferation of intestinal bifidobacteria.