What are the best ways to lower blood pressure with traditional Chinese medicine?

The flow of blood throughout the body also requires power, and this power is blood pressure. This pressure is generated by the heart. Generally, blood pressure fluctuates within a stable range. However, if the body is ill, it will cause blood pressure to rise, which will have a very adverse effect on health. High blood pressure can cause symptoms such as physical fatigue. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used to treat high blood pressure. Let’s take a look at the best ways to lower blood pressure with traditional Chinese medicine. I hope everyone can understand.

1. Astragalus: It is slightly warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, and is very suitable for patients with hypertension due to deficiency of both Qi and blood. The γ-aminobutyric acid and astragaloside I in Astragalus have a bidirectional effect on regulating blood pressure.

2. Prunella Vulgaris: It is cold in nature, pungent and bitter in taste. Prunella Vulgaris extract has an antagonistic effect on vasoconstriction caused by norepinephrine, can dilate blood vessels, and produce a significant and lasting antihypertensive effect. But it is a cold thing and is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach problems or rheumatism.

3. Coptis chinensis: It is cold in nature and bitter in taste. The berberine contained in Coptis chinensis can resist cholinesterase and enhance the effect of acetylcholine, thereby dilating peripheral blood vessels, reducing vascular resistance, and specifically having the good effect of lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

4. Gastrodia elata: It is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It has a good effect in lowering blood pressure and preventing and treating hypertension. It can also increase peripheral and coronary blood flow, has a protective effect on the heart, and can prevent complications such as arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease and stroke caused by high blood pressure.

5. Salvia miltiorrhiza: It is slightly warm in nature and bitter in taste. It has obvious effects of dilating peripheral blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. It is suitable for patients with hypertension of blood stasis type and qi and blood deficiency type, and can relieve symptoms such as dizziness and headache.

6. Pueraria lobata : It is cool in nature, sweet and spicy in taste. The puerarin in Pueraria lobata can quickly restore the significantly increased plasma endothelin levels to normal, significantly reduce the concentration of thromboxane B2, and has obvious therapeutic effects on symptoms such as headache, dizziness, and tinnitus caused by hypertension.