Chinese medicine formula for hypertension

Although hypertension is a relatively serious disease that endangers the health of modern middle-aged and elderly people, there are many teaching methods that can be chosen after hypertension occurs. In addition to using traditional antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure, you can also achieve good blood pressure lowering effects by controlling your daily diet. For those who tend to believe in traditional Chinese medicine, they will also need to know about Chinese herbal formulas for lowering high blood pressure.

1. Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating hypertension

1.1. To nourish Yin and suppress Yang, you need to prepare Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, Achyranthes, Poria, Uncaria, Chrysanthemum, Periostracum Cicadae, Hematite, Dragon Bone, Oyster, and roasted Polygala, then decoct them in water and take one dose per day.

1.2. Wupi Decoction is made by preparing mulberry bark, dried tangerine peel, red tuckahoe peel, tangerine peel, and ginger peel, then decocting them in water and taking one dose a day. It can promote the flow of qi and relieve stagnation, and promote diuresis and dissipate turbidity. If the patient has severe headache, nausea, and vomiting, you can add some Gastrodia elata and Uncaria rhynchophylla.

1.3. Seven-seed soup is made by preparing Cassia seed, Lycium barbarum, Cuscuta seed, Ligustrum lucidum fruit, Rosa rugosa fruit, Astragalus membranaceus fruit and Morus alba fruit, decocting them in water and taking one dose daily.

2. What are the common misunderstandings in the treatment of hypertension?

2.1. Eager to cure the disease, they prefer fast-acting antihypertensive drugs. Many patients are eager to receive treatment and always want to lower their blood pressure within one or two days. If their blood pressure fails to drop to normal levels after a few days of medication, they will change medications. The result is that medications are frequently changed, and one drug is replaced with another before it takes effect, which is always "in vain".

2.2. "You can stop taking the medicine when your blood pressure drops, and take the medicine again if your blood pressure is high." After high blood pressure drops to normal range, some patients think that high blood pressure has been cured and they can stop taking medication. If their blood pressure rises again in the future, they will take medication again. Eating on and off like this, with blood pressure sometimes high and sometimes low, is most likely to cause damage to the blood vessel walls.

2.3. As long as you take the medicine every day, you will be safe. Don’t think that you are in a “safe box” if you take medicine with your eyes closed every day. Your blood pressure should be kept below 120/80 mmHg.

3. What are the symptoms of hypertension?

3.1. Headache: It often occurs in the back of the head, with symptoms of nausea and vomiting. If you often have severe headaches, accompanied by nausea and vomiting, this is likely a symptom of malignant hypertension.

3.2. Dizziness: Dizziness is more common in female patients, and this symptom often occurs when they suddenly lie down or stand up.

3.3. Insomnia: When suffering from high blood pressure, the cortical function of the brain will be confused and the autonomic nervous system will be disordered, so it is easy to have difficulty falling asleep, restless sleep, frequent nightmares, and easy waking up.