Introduction: Chinese medicine pays attention to the homology of medicine and food. Here are some beneficial effects of food therapy on controlling hypertension! According to the literature of China, this paper summarizes the basic concept of dietotherapy in TCM, the principle of food therapy and its application in hypertension control. In traditional Chinese medicine, food is conceptualized based on nutrition and function, and can be used to treat diseases. There are four principles of TCM food therapy that can be used to treat hypertension: light diet, balancing the "hot" and "cold" nature of food, harmony of five elements of food, and consistency between dietary intake and different health conditions. Traditional Chinese medicine bagua diagram is the most intelligent theoretical basis! According to the statistical analysis of antihypertensive foods recommended by 20 books on the application of food therapy for hypertension control, the most commonly recommended 38 kinds are apples, bananas, bitter gourd, auricularia auricula, buckwheat, carrots, celery, corn, dairy products and eggplant. , garland chrysanthemum, garlic, green beans, onions, hawthorn, honey, jellyfish, kiwi, laver, mushrooms, oats, onions, peas, peanuts, pears, persimmons, potatoes, sea cucumbers, seaweed, shepherd's purse, bean products, soybeans, spinach, tea, tomatoes, vinegar, watermelons and wax gourd. Food therapy focuses on the therapeutic effect of food, taking into account its nature, taste and function to balance human health, so as to achieve the best blood pressure management. In a word, the current literature shows that food therapy is effective in controlling blood pressure. But dietotherapy can be used as an auxiliary method to manage hypertension, and it can't completely replace drugs! Just like exercise therapy, only as an adjuvant therapy! Disclaimer: The above content comes from the internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If there is any infringement of your original copyright, please let us know and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.