How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat high blood pressure?

For some middle-aged people, the most feared thing is a sudden increase in blood pressure, because hypertension is the most common chronic disease among middle-aged people, and it is very likely that the influence of high blood pressure will cause some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and even life-threatening. Therefore, people with high blood pressure must receive timely treatment. If Western medicine treatment is not effective, then you can choose Chinese medicine conditioning methods.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Hypertension

1. Dialectical treatment

1. Hyperactivity of Liver Yang

[Main symptoms] The main points of diagnosis are high blood pressure and dizziness, accompanied by headache, flushed face and ears, irritability, red tongue with yellow coating, and stringy and rapid pulse.

[Treatment] It is advisable to use methods to calm the liver and suppress yang, and nourish the liver and kidneys.

[Prescription] Tianma Uncaria Drink (Gastrodia elata, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Cassia tora, Gardenia jasminoides, Scutellaria baicalensis, Cyathula officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, Leonurus japonicus, Viscum album, Polygonum multiflorum, Poria cocos). This prescription has sedative, analgesic and blood pressure lowering effects, so it is a commonly used prescription for hypertension of liver yang hyperactivity type. If you experience symptoms such as muscle stiffness, cramps in the hands and feet, and a dark red tongue with little coating, you should discontinue use of this prescription.

2. Liver and kidney yin deficiency

[Main symptoms] The key points of diagnosis are high blood pressure accompanied by dizziness, headache, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse.

[Treatment] It is advisable to use methods to nourish the liver and kidneys, and nourish yin and replenish essence.

[Prescription] Qijudihuang Pills (wolfberry, chrysanthemum, cooked rehmannia, cornus fruit, yam, poria, oriental water plantain, moutan bark). This prescription has the effects of reducing peripheral vascular resistance, regulating blood lipids and resisting arteriosclerosis, and is suitable for patients with renal hypertension. It should be noted that patients with weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, and loose stools should choose this medicine under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.

3. Yin and Yang Deficiency

[Main symptoms] The key points for diagnosis are high blood pressure accompanied by dizziness, palpitations and insomnia, soreness of waist and legs, chills and cold limbs, clear and long urination, pale tongue and deep and fine pulse.

[Treatment] It is advisable to use the method of nourishing yin and assisting yang.

[Prescription] Jinkui Shenqi Pills (Aconite root, cinnamon bark, rehmannia root, cornus fruit, yam, poria, oriental water plantain, and moutan bark). This prescription can inhibit lipid peroxidation, protect endothelial cell function, improve microcirculation, and lower blood pressure by regulating higher nervous activity. If you experience symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat, or fever while using this prescription, discontinue use.

4. Phlegm and turbidity blocking the middle

[Main symptoms] This syndrome is more common in obese hypertensive patients. The key points of diagnosis are high blood pressure accompanied by dizziness, heaviness in the head, chest tightness and phlegm, heaviness and numbness of limbs, greasy tongue coating and slippery pulse.

[Treatment] It is advisable to use methods of resolving phlegm and dampness, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach.

[Prescription] Pinellia, Atractylodes, Gastrodia, Tangerine Peel, Poria, Licorice, Ginger, Jujube. Pinellia, Atractylodes and Gastrodia Decoction can effectively improve the blood lipid metabolism of patients with phlegm-obstruction type hypertension, normalize the patients' blood lipid metabolism, prevent cholesterol from depositing in the blood vessel walls, enhance blood vessel elasticity, and thus restore blood pressure to normal. If you experience symptoms such as dry mouth, thirst, and fever in the five parts of your body, you should stop using this prescription.

5. Blood stasis type

[Main symptoms] The key points for diagnosis are high blood pressure accompanied by dizziness, stabbing headache, pain in a certain place, chest tightness and palpitations, purple tongue and thin and wiry pulse.

[Treatment] It is suitable for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain.

[Prescription] Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction (peach kernel, safflower, angelica, raw rehmannia, chuanxiong, red peony root, Achyranthes bidentata, platycodon, bupleurum, fructus aurantii, liquorice). This syndrome is more common in elderly patients with hypertension, often accompanied by atherosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction has the effect of improving microcirculation and blood rheology, and achieves the effect of lowering blood pressure by dilating blood vessels. This prescription should be discontinued for patients with bleeding tendency (coagulation disorder), such as those with hypertension and cerebral hemorrhage.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. For patients with hypertension, they should pay more attention to a reasonable diet, so as to ensure a normal weight, neither fat nor thin, and cholesterol within the normal range. Any food that easily causes stomach gas should not be eaten, including beans or biscuits with strong flavors. Foods high in fat, such as fatty beef and pork, should not be eaten.