Many elderly people are at high risk of hypertension. High blood pressure is very harmful to the body. You need to pay attention to controlling blood pressure to avoid rising blood pressure. Diet can also have an impact on blood pressure. Hypertension Patients can eat some foods that can lower blood pressure. So what are the recipes suitable for high blood pressure? What foods are good to eat to lower blood pressure?

1. Recipes for lowering blood pressure

1. Bitter melon and pork ribs soup

300 grams of pork ribs, tempeh, 1 piece of white bitter melon, ginger, 2 tablespoons of rice wine, white 1/2 tablespoon sugar, salt.

① Wash and cut open the white bitter melon, remove the inner white film and seeds, cut into pieces, blanch in water to remove the bitterness, remove and set aside. Wash the ribs, cut into pieces, boil in water and remove.

② Pour boiling water into a large stew pot, then add white bitter melon, ribs, ginger slices, black beans and all seasonings, and close the lid. Place the stew pot into the steamer, cover it with water and steam over high heat for 30 minutes before serving.

2. Cold potato and yam

200 grams of potatoes, 100 grams of yam, appropriate amount of chopped green onion and pepper.

Wash, peel and shred the potatoes and blanch them until cooked. Wash and steam the yams, let cool, peel and shred them and set aside. Put the cooked potatoes and yam shreds into a container, add an appropriate amount of sesame oil, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, white vinegar, white sugar, and ground chili pepper, mix well, put it into a plate, and sprinkle with chopped green onion. Pour about 25ml of cooking oil into the pot, turn up the heat and heat until the cooking oil boils, then pour the boiling oil over the vegetables.

3. Salt and pepper edamame

350 grams of edamame, 5 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, and 8 grams of salt.

Wash the edamame, drain off the water, and use scissors to cut off the sharp corners at both ends. Put the cut edamame into the pot, add pepper and refined salt, add water and level with the edamame. Cover and simmer over high heat for 20 minutes, then remove and serve.

4. Grilled fresh asparagus

500 grams of asparagus, 30 grams of vegetable oil, 15 grams of cooking wine, 5 grams of white sugar, 2 grams of MSG, 10 grams of sesame oil, 3 grams of salt, 10 grams of green onions grams, 5 grams of ginger, 5 grams of pea starch.

Remove the old roots, peel and wash the fresh asparagus. Split the asparagus and cut it into sections. Blanch the asparagus sections in boiling water. Add oil to the pot and simmer the green onion and ginger. Cook cooking wine, add soup, refined salt, sugar, MSG, and put asparagus into the pot. After boiling, thicken the gravy with water starch, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve.

5. Cashew nuts mixed with celery

250 ??grams of celery, 50 grams of cashew nuts, 2 grams of salt, 1 gram of MSG, and 10 grams of sesame oil.

Remove the roots and leaves of celery, wash them, and cut them into diamond-shaped slices. Put it in a pot of boiling water and scald it. When the water boils again, remove and drain. Fry cashews in sesame until light yellow, take out and cool thoroughly. Mix the celery with refined salt, monosodium glutamate and cool sesame oil, sprinkle with cashews and serve.

6. Osmanthus and Lotus Seed Soup

250 ??grams of lotus seeds, 25 grams of agar, 150 grams of white sugar, and 5 grams of sugared osmanthus.

① Soak the lotus seeds in boiling water for 1 hour, peel off the core and pour into a stainless steel pot, add an appropriate amount of water (subject to submersion). After boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat for 2 hours. When the lotus seeds are crispy and tender, the soup becomes a soft soup. Add sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus.

② Cut the agar into shreds, soak it overnight (the ratio of water to agar is 20:1), and then heat it to melt.

③Pour the melted agar liquid into the lotus seed soup paste, stir evenly, remove from the fire, pour into a container of a certain shape, and eat after cooling.

7. Songhua mixed tofu

350g tofu (South), 150g Songhua egg (duck egg), 10g soy sauce, 3g salt, 2g MSG, 5g white sugar , 3 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, 10 grams of vegetable oil, 5 grams of chili oil.

① Heat the oil pan, put in the Sichuan peppercorns, fry until the fragrance comes out, take out the Sichuan peppercorns and discard them, but keep the Sichuan peppercorn oil. Place the soft tofu as it is on a long plate, slice it horizontally, and shred it vertically to allow the tofu to bloom. Wash and dice the preserved eggs and place them in the center of the tofu.

② Take a small bowl, add salt, monosodium glutamate, a little soy sauce, sugar, and pepper oil and mix well to make a juice, pour it on the tofu, and then pour the pepper oil and serve.

2. Tea that lowers blood pressure

1. Chrysanthemum tea

All chrysanthemums should be chamomile, which has a non-bitter taste, especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Raw feverfew or feverfew is best. Use about 3 grams each time to make tea and drink it, 3 times a day. You can also use chrysanthemum mixed with honeysuckle and licorice to drink instead of tea. It has the effects of calming the liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It has significant effects on patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

2. Hawthorn tea

The ingredients contained in hawthorn can aid digestion, expand blood vessels, lower blood sugar, and lower blood pressure. At the same time, regular consumption of hawthorn tea has obvious auxiliary effects on the treatment of high blood pressure. The drinking method is to make tea with 1-2 fresh hawthorn fruits several times a day.

3. Lotus leaf tea

Traditional Chinese medicine practice shows that lotus leaf infusions and decoctions have the effects of dilating blood vessels, clearing away heat and lowering blood pressure. At the same time, lotus leaf is also a good medicine for reducing fat and removing fat. The drinking method for treating high blood pressure is: wash and chop half of a fresh lotus leaf, add an appropriate amount of water, boil and let cool for later drinking.

4. Sophora japonica tea

Pick the flower buds grown on the Sophora japonica tree and dry them, then soak them in boiling water and drink them as tea. Drink them several times a day. It has unique effects on patients with high blood pressure. Therapeutic effect. At the same time, Sophora japonica also has the effects of constricting blood vessels and stopping bleeding.

5. Shouwu tea

Shouwu has the effect of lowering blood lipids and reducing thrombosis. For those with elevated blood lipids, regular consumption of Shouwu tea has very obvious effects. The preparation method is to take 20-30 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, add water and boil for 30 minutes, then drink it as tea after it cools down, one dose per day.

6. Pueraria lobata tea

Pueraria lobata has the effect of improving blood circulation in the brain, and can better relieve symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, backache and leg pain caused by high blood pressure. effect. Regular drinking of Pueraria lobata tea has obvious curative effect on the treatment of high blood pressure. The preparation method is to wash and cut Pueraria lobata into thin slices, add 30 grams per day, boil it with water and drink it as tea.

7. Lotus seed heart tea

The so-called lotus seed heart refers to the green germ in the middle of the lotus seed. It tastes extremely bitter, but it has an excellent blood pressure and fat removal effect. Use 12 grams of lotus heart and brew it into tea for future generations. Drink it once a day in the morning and evening. In addition to lowering blood pressure, it also has the effects of clearing away heat, calming the nerves and strengthening the heart.