Hypertension, also known as essential hypertension, is more common in patients over 40 years old. It is a systemic chronic disease with elevated arterial blood pressure as the main clinical manifestation due to dysfunction of the central nervous system and body fluid system. In recent years, the World Health Organization's diagnostic criteria for hypertension have been set as blood pressure often exceeding 21.33/14.66Kpa (ie, diastolic blood pressure exceeds 14.66Kpa and systolic blood pressure exceeds 21.33Kpa). Most patients have no conscious symptoms, and are occasionally discovered during physical examination, with symptoms such as headache, dizziness, insomnia, boredom, fatigue, and memory loss. In the later stages of hypertension, heart, brain, and kidney diseases often occur. Syndrome differentiation of TCM in the treatment of hypertension Liver Yang hyperactivity type [Clinical manifestations] Dizziness, head swelling and pain, tinnitus, irritability, flushed face, red eyes, red lips and tongue, yellow coating, stringy and rapid pulse. [Therapeutic Medicinal Diet] 1. Mung bean porridge: 50 grams of mung beans, 50 grams of white rice. First cook the mung beans, add a little alkali and alum, until cooked, then add rice and cook into porridge, add sweets, can be used commonly. 2. Jellyfish mixed with spinach: 100 grams of spinach root, 100 grams of jellyfish skin, appropriate amount of sesame oil, salt and MSG. First wash and cut the jellyfish into shreds, then blanch it in boiling water. Then mix the blanched spinach root with the jellyfish and add seasonings, and it is ready to eat. Once a day. 3. Jellyfish and water chestnut soup: 60 grams of jellyfish head (rinse to remove the salty taste), 60 grams of water chestnuts, boil in soup and take it. Once a day. Liver and kidney yin deficiency type [clinical manifestations] dizziness, tinnitus, forgetfulness, insomnia and dreaminess, backache and leg weakness, red tongue with white coating, stringy and thready pulse. [Therapeutic Medicinal Diet] 1. Sea cucumber porridge: 20 grams of sea cucumber, 60 grams of white rice, cook porridge and season it for consumption. 2. Mussels and preserved egg porridge: 30 grams of mussels, 1 preserved egg, 60 grams of japonica rice, cook in porridge and season to taste. 3. Nostoc and oyster porridge: 3 grams of Nostoc, 60 grams of oysters, 50 grams of lean pork, 60 grams of rice, cook in porridge and season. 4. Mussels and seaweed soup: 50 grams of mussels and 6 grams of seaweed. Boil the mussels with water until soft and cooked, then add the seaweed, cook for a while, season and eat. Yang Qi deficiency type [clinical manifestations] dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, soreness of waist and knees, fear of cold and cold limbs, loose stools, long and clear urine, light red tongue, white coating, and heavy and thready pulse. [Therapeutic Medicinal Diet] 1. Stewed pork loin with Eucommia ulmoides: 2 pork loins and 30 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, stew together and season to taste. 2. Guixin porridge: 100 grams of white rice, 7 grams of minced Guixin. First cook the porridge with white rice. Add the minced Guixin when the porridge is half cooked, then simmer for a while and eat it while it is hot. 3. Boiled clam meat with leeks: 100 grams of leeks, 150 grams of clam meat, add an appropriate amount of water, cook, season and serve. Blood stasis blocking collaterals type [Clinical manifestations] Dizziness, forgetfulness, insomnia, palpitations, dark purple face or lips, purple spots or petechiae on the tongue, stringy or thready pulse. [Therapeutic Medicinal Diet] 1. Peach kernel and lotus root soup: 10 grams of peach kernel and 250 grams of lotus root. Wash the lotus root and cut it into small pieces. Add an appropriate amount of water to cook the soup. Season and drink the lotus root. 2. Peach kernel and beef blood soup: 10 grams of peach kernel, 200 grams of fresh beef blood (cut into pieces), add appropriate amount of water to the peach kernel and make a soup, add a little salt to taste, drink the soup and eat beef blood. 3. Vinegar pot blue crab: 250 grams of blue crab, 50 grams of vinegar, cooked, add sugar to taste and take once a day. Tea therapy for high blood pressure Hypertension is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people. In addition to insisting on drug treatment, patients often use traditional Chinese medicine to make tea and drink it, which can also play a very good auxiliary treatment role. Chrysanthemum tea: The chrysanthemum used should be chamomile, which has a non-bitter taste, especially feverfew or feverfew grown in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Use about 3 grams each time to make tea and drink it, three times a day. You can also use chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, and licorice decoction instead of tea to drink, which 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. 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 drinking of hawthorn tea has obvious auxiliary effects on the treatment of high blood pressure. The drinking method is to make tea with 1 to 2 fresh hawthorn fruits several times a day. 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. Sophora japonica tea: Pick the flower buds from 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 a unique therapeutic effect on patients with high blood pressure. At the same time, Sophora japonica also has the effects of constricting blood vessels and stopping bleeding. 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. Pueraria lobata tea: Pueraria lobata has the effect of improving blood circulation in the brain, and has a good effect on relieving symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, backache and leg pain caused by high blood pressure. Regular drinking of Pueraria lobata tea has obvious effects on treating high blood pressure. The preparation method is to wash and cut Pueraria lobata into thin slices, take 30 grams per day, boil it with water and drink it as tea. 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 excellent blood pressure and fat removal effects. 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. Cassia seed tea: The traditional Chinese medicine Cassia seed has the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. Regular consumption of cassia seed tea can treat high blood pressure. Soak 15 to 20 grams of cassia seeds in water and drink it instead of tea several times a day. It is a wonderful medicine for treating high blood pressure, dizziness and blurred vision. Locust tea: The Chinese herbal medicine Locust is an important agent for nourishing the kidneys and blood. Traditional Chinese medicine has clinically shown that using locust decoction instead of tea has a significant auxiliary effect in the treatment of hypertension. The method of making locust tea is to take 15 grams of dried locust, boil it for 15 minutes and drink it once a day in the morning and evening. Corn silk tea: Corn silk not only has the effect of lowering blood pressure, but also has antidiarrheal, hemorrhage, diuretic and stomach nourishing effects. Make tea and drink it several times a day, 25 to 30 grams each time. Corn silk is used clinically to treat edema and hypertension caused by nephritis, and the effect is particularly obvious. 10 dietary prescriptions for high blood pressure (1) Celery porridge: 120 grams of celery root and 250 grams of japonica rice. Wash the celery, cut into six long sections, and rinse the japonica rice. Put celery and japonica rice into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the rice turns into porridge, add a little salt and MSG, stir well and serve. (2) Chrysanthemum porridge: 15 grams of chrysanthemum powder and 100 grams of japonica rice. Remove the stems of the chrysanthemums, steam them in a basket, dry them in the sun or shade, and then grind them into fine powder for later use. Wash out the japonica rice and put it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring it to a boil over a strong fire, then switch to a slow fire and cook until it is semi-mature, add finely chopped chrysanthemums, and continue to cook over a low fire until the rice turns into porridge. Take twice a day with dinner. (3) Mung bean and kelp porridge: 100 grams each of mung beans and kelp, and an appropriate amount of rice. Chop the kelp and cook it into porridge with the other 2 ingredients. It can be eaten as dinner for a long time. (4) Lotus leaf porridge: 1 fresh lotus leaf, 100 grams of japonica rice, and a little rock sugar. Wash the fresh lotus leaves and decoct them into soup, then use the lotus leaf soup, japonica rice and rock sugar to make porridge. Warm food for breakfast and dinner. (5) Peanuts soaked in vinegar: Soak raw peanuts in vinegar and eat them after 5 days. Eat 10 to 15 pills every morning. It can lower blood pressure, stop bleeding and lower cholesterol. (6) Sweet and sour garlic: soak some garlic cloves in sugar and vinegar for more than 1 month. Eat 6 cloves of garlic every day and drink 20 ml of sweet and sour juice for 1 month. It is suitable for stubborn hypertension. (7) Apocynum Schisandra Tea: 6 grams of Apocynum leaves, 5 grams of Schisandra chinensis, appropriate amount of rock sugar, brewed with boiling water instead of tea. Regular drinking of this tea can lower blood pressure, improve symptoms of hypertension, and prevent and treat coronary heart disease. (8) Polygonum multiflorum and jujube porridge: 60 grams of Polygonum multiflorum and jujube are decocted in water. After removing the residue, add 100 grams of japonica rice, 3 to 5 jujubes, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Cook together into porridge and eat it in the morning and evening. It can nourish the liver and kidneys and benefit the body. It has the effect of relieving blood essence, black hair and lowering blood pressure. (9) Mussel and shepherd's purse soup: 10 to 30 grams each of mussels, shepherd's purse or celery. Make soup and drink it every day. 15 days is a course of treatment, which is effective in lowering blood pressure. (10) Carrot juice, about 1000 ml per day, drink it in divided doses. Medical research has proven that patients with high blood pressure who drink carrot juice have significant antihypertensive effects.