Can Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Cure High Blood Pressure?

Hypertension is one of the three high diseases, and hypertension is not limited to any age group, because some young people in life are also prone to symptoms of hypertension, which is very harmful to the body. If hypertension is very severe in middle-aged and elderly people, it can cause serious diseases such as cerebral infarction, so hypertension also needs to be effectively treated. So, can Jiaogulan cure high blood pressure?

Gynostemma pentaphyllum is used to treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia, especially hyperlipidemia, and is difficult to replace by other medicines and foods.

Effects and functions of Gynostemma pentaphyllum:

1. Lowering blood lipids:

Gynostemma pentaphyllum has the effects of significantly lowering cholesterol (TCH), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL), protecting the vascular lining cells, preventing lipid deposition in the blood vessel wall, and resisting arteriosclerosis.

2. Regulate blood pressure and prevent thrombosis:

Gynostemma pentaphyllum has the obvious function of reducing blood viscosity and adjusting blood pressure. It can also prevent the formation of microthrombi and increase the tolerance of myocardial cells to hypoxia, thus playing a role in protecting the myocardium. Thrombosis is caused by a variety of factors. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments have shown that Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract has good disintegration or inhibition functions on thrombi formed by a variety of factors, indicating that Gynostemma pentaphyllum is an anti-thrombotic drug with multiple functions such as inhibiting platelet function, coagulation function and red blood cell aggregation.

3. Prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases:

Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract has a significant protective effect on experimental myocardial infarction: it can reduce the scope of myocardial infarction, inhibit the increase of free fatty acids (FFA) after myocardial infarction, reduce the content of malondialdehyde (MDA), protect the activity of myocardial SOD and creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and correct the metabolic disorder of FFA during myocardial ischemia. Therefore, it has a good protective effect on myocardial ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Gynostemma pentaphyllum's lipid metabolism regulation and antioxidant effects are beneficial to the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. Clinical trials have also demonstrated the good effect of Gynostemma pentaphyllum in treating coronary heart disease. Therefore, Gynostemma pentaphyllum may become one of the ideal drugs for the clinical treatment of coronary heart disease.

4. Regulates Blood Sugar:

Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract has no significant effect on blood sugar, has a significant blood sugar-lowering effect on alloxan diabetes, and can also significantly improve blood sugar tolerance in the elderly. Gynostemma pentaphyllum has been used clinically to prevent and treat senile diabetes, and has achieved certain results.