Cassia Seed: Sweet in taste and cold in nature, it can clear the liver and improve eyesight, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. It has the effect of lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. It has certain effects on preventing and treating vascular sclerosis and hypertension.

Raw Sophora japonica: bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature. In recent years, it has been clinically used for hypertension. It can lower blood pressure and improve capillary fragility.

Pueraria lobata: sweet, pungent and cool in nature. If used alone to lower blood pressure, the effect is not obvious enough. Nowadays, Pueraria lobata antihypertensive tablets (Pueraria lobata, Uncaria, etc.) are used to treat hypertension. It is effective in treating symptoms such as headache, dizziness, numbness in limbs, and tinnitus.

Uncaria: sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, it has the functions of clearing away heat and calming the liver, calming wind and relieving pain. It is a commonly used medicine in Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating hypertension, and is often used in combination with Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, etc.

Scutellaria baicalensis: bitter and cold in taste. Whether in decoction or infusion, it has obvious antihypertensive effects. It is often used in combination with chrysanthemum and uncaria to treat neurogenic hypertension and arteriosclerotic hypertension. It can lower blood pressure, and symptoms such as headache, chest tightness, and irritability can be significantly improved and disappeared.

Hawthorn: sweet and sour in taste, slightly warm in nature, has the function of digesting food and reducing accumulation, activating blood circulation and lowering blood pressure. Some people have taken hawthorn syrup (equivalent to 0.65 grams of native medicine per milliliter) three times a day, 20 ml each time, 1 One course of treatment lasted for one month, and 50 patients with hypertension were treated exclusively. After one course of treatment, 35 cases were effective and 12 cases improved.

Epimedium: pungent and sweet in taste, warm in nature, its main functions are tonifying the kidneys and strengthening yang, dispelling rheumatism, and lowering blood pressure. Used alone or in compound preparations, it can lower blood pressure and improve symptoms.

Apocynum: It has a light and astringent taste and is cool in nature. It has the effects of calming the liver and lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat and diluting water. It is used for headaches, dizziness, irritability and insomnia caused by hyperactivity of liver yang or liver-heat type hypertension. It can be used alone or in combination with Prunella vulgaris, Uncaria and wild chrysanthemum.

Dilong: Salty in taste and cold in nature, it has obvious antihypertensive effect when used for hypertension due to excessive liver yang.

Evodia Fructus: bitter in taste and hot in nature, it has the function of soothing the liver and lowering qi, dispersing cold and relieving pain. In recent years, some people have used it to grind it into vinegar and apply it on the Yongquan point of the foot, which has a significant effect in lowering blood pressure.

For example, among the more than 70 traditional Chinese medicines known to have antihypertensive effects, gastrodia elata, uncaria, chrysanthemum, apocynum, and antelope horn can effectively improve dizziness; Bupleurum and gentian , Prunella vulgaris, and lotus seed heart can relieve impatience and irritability; Duhuo, Eucommia ulmoides, locust, Morinda officinalis, and Achyranthes bidentata can significantly reduce the soreness and weakness of the waist and knees; Salvia miltiorrhiza, Ziziphus seed, Schisandra chinensis, and Baiziren can improve heart palpitations and insomnia; Pinellia ternata, Tianzhuhuang, Zhinanxing, and Rapeseed Seed can effectively control vomiting and phlegm and saliva... Professor Zhou suggested that priority should be given to the use of such drugs that not only comply with the principles of TCM drug selection based on evidence, but also comply with the results of pharmacological research on TCM. For those traditional Chinese medicines that have been proven to have a blood pressure boosting effect by pharmacological studies, such as Citrus aurantium, Citrus aurantium, green bark, saffron, ephedra, white fresh bark, castor bean, etc., it is best not to use them.

Traditional Chinese medicines that regulate blood pressure

There are 283 types of traditional Chinese medicines that regulate blood pressure, accounting for 26.45% of the 1,070 types. Among them, 216 kinds lower blood pressure, accounting for 76.33% of the 283 kinds. On average, 3 out of every 4 kinds of Chinese medicines that act on blood pressure have antihypertensive effects.

For example, the anti-inflammatory drugs include Duhuo, Xanthium vulgaris, Xin Yi, chrysanthemum, mulberry leaves, etc.;

The heat-clearing drugs include Coptis chinensis, Scrophulariaceae, Prunella vulgaris, Lobelia, wild chrysanthemum, Phellodendron, etc.;

Among the medicines, rhubarb, pokeweed, spurge, daphne, etc. are used;

Among the dampness-removing medicines, Duhuo, Xu Changqing, Yinchen, Magnolia officinalis, Qumai, Bianzhu etc.;

Aconite, Aconite, Piper longum, etc. are used in warming medicine;

Cyperus rotundus, agarwood, Agarwood, etc. are used in regulating qi medicine;

Blood management Among the medicines are safflower, motherwort, Millet Spatholobus, Panax notoginseng, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Corydalis barbadensis, thistle, etc.;

Among the phlegm-reducing medicines are platycodon, dandelion, ginkgo, almond, etc.;

The liver-calming medicines include Antelope Horn, Uncaria, Dilong, etc.;

The strengthening medicines include Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica sinensis, Xianlingpi, Atractylodes, Astragalus, Cuscuta, Eucommia, etc.

In addition, some uncommon traditional Chinese medicines, such as apocynum, odoriferous sycamore leaves, wormwood, Xiamen Wu, Salsolaris, etc., all have good antihypertensive effects and should be used.

Different from Western medicine, Chinese medicine has a biphasic regulatory effect on blood pressure, that is, it can be lowered in people with high blood pressure, and can increase it in people with low blood pressure. There are 33 types, accounting for 11.66%.

Such as ginseng, velvet antler, white peony root, Schisandra chinensis, rhodiola, Fritillaria, Atractylodes, dried ginger, Wuyu, Asarum, bezoar, costus, white mustard seed, salvia, motherwort, seaweed, agrimony, Sijiqing, etc. This adaptogen effect is a characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine.

There are 34 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine that increase blood pressure, accounting for 12.02%. Such as thistle, tangerine peel, citrus aurantium, ephedra, donkey-hide gelatin, green bark, aconite, purple hepatitis, Polygonatum odorifera, honeysuckle, senna, aristolochia, coltsfoot, musk, musk, etc., are used in the treatment of hypertension with traditional Chinese medicine. Be careful when choosing medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicines for regulating blood lipids

There are 154 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines for lowering blood lipids, accounting for 14.3% of the 1,070 kinds. There is only one kind that can increase blood lipids, which is paeonol. There are 124 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines that can lower serum cholesterol, such as cassia seed, polygonum multiflorum, golden cherry seed, Alisma, turmeric, rehmannia root, mulberry leaf, bupleurum, cohosh, skullcap, berberine, bark, sophora japonica, salvia miltiorrhiza, kelp, Codonopsis pilosula, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonatum sibiricum, Lycium barbarum, Ligustrum lucidum, rhubarb, hemp seeds, artemisia, perilla, etc. There are also less commonly used Chinese medicines that have a good effect on lowering serum cholesterol, such as Gynostemma pentaphylla, Kuding tea, evening primrose, etc.

There are 84 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines that can reduce serum triglycerides, such as American ginseng, ginkgo biloba, cordyceps, atractylodes, licorice, drynaria, nocturnal bark, ligustrum lucidum, Shayuanzi, Baishouwu, and rehmannia glutinosa. , tea tree root, medical stone, etc.

There are 55 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine that fight atherosclerosis, including dissolving plaque on artery walls. Such as wolfberry, cohosh, red peony root, honeysuckle vine, silver bupleurum, Smilax smilax, Fleabag, Xu Changqing, locust, cattail, myrrh, holly, salvia, cistanche, angelica, golden cherry, andrographis, Ze Diarrhea, bark, sage, tribulus terrestris, etc.

Elevated low-density lipoprotein is often a hidden danger of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Lowering low-density lipoprotein and correspondingly increasing high-density lipoprotein is an important part of preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. There are 20 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine that can reduce low-density lipoprotein, such as ginkgo leaves, Polygonum cuspidatum, jujube kernels, Yunzhi, perilla, cordyceps, pine leaves, buffalo horns, short-haired eleuthero, tea, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Kuding tea, Yue Jian Grass etc.

Traditional Chinese medicines that can not only lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides but also fight atherosclerosis include Polygonatum, Ligustrum lucidum, Codonopsis pilosula, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Curcuma longum, kelp, Cimicifuga, Drynariae, There are 19 kinds of licorice, leeches, ginger, etc.

Chinese medicines for regulating blood sugar

There are 111 kinds of Chinese medicines that act on blood sugar, accounting for 10.38% of the 1,070 kinds. Among them, 83 kinds of Chinese medicines lower blood sugar, accounting for 74.78% of the 111 kinds of Chinese medicines. There are 18 types that raise blood sugar, accounting for 16.22%. 83 species that lower blood sugar, such as ginseng, Huai Rehmannia, Anemarrhena, wolfberry, trichosanthes, Ganoderma lucidum, American ginseng, white peony root, Polygonatum, Ligustrum lucidum, cornus, coptis, skullcap, Prunella vulgaris, Phellodendron, platycodon, almond, Burdock, costus, calamus, etc. There are 10 types of biphasic blood sugar regulation, accounting for 9.0%. The 10 traditional Chinese medicines that regulate blood sugar in two phases include astragalus, Atractylodes, Xianlingpi, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, Digupi, Acanthopanax, ginseng leaves, ephedra, Elecampane, etc. The 18 kinds that increase blood sugar include Codonopsis pilosula, Dendrobium, Polygonum multiflorum, Schisandra chinensis, Fritillaria fritillary, Genidium root, Perilla, Erythium japonicus, Gentian grass, Trichosanthes trichosanthes, Eucommia ulmoides, Sophora jiao, etc.

Chinese medicines that are effective in treating the “three highs”

There are 25 kinds of Chinese medicines that can lower blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood sugar. They are effective for those who have the “three highs” clinically. You can choose, such as ginseng, atractylodes, rehmannia, Polygonatum odoratum, wolfberry, fairy spleen, Ganoderma lucidum, mulberry leaves, calamus root, white tribulus, skullcap, coptis, Digupi, rhubarb, Alisma, wormwood, platycodon, kelp , Panax notoginseng, garlic, corn silk, konjac, bear bile, Achyranthes bidentata, milk thistle, etc.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment pays attention to syndrome differentiation. On the basis of syndrome differentiation prescriptions, pharmacologically proven effective drugs are selected according to the syndrome differentiation requirements. For example, those with "three highs" and qi deficiency can choose ginseng, atractylodes, and yin. For those with deficiency, choose Rehmannia glutinosa, Polygonatum odorifera, and wolfberry; for those with Yang deficiency, choose Xianlingpi; for those with excessive heat, choose Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptis; for those with constipation, choose Rhubarb, etc. That is the so-called syndrome differentiation prescription and pharmacological drug selection.