Can patients with high blood pressure eat ginseng?

Hypertension can be said to be a common problem in today's life, especially for some obese middle-aged and elderly people, who are more likely to suffer from hypertension. It is not recommended for patients with hypertension to eat ginseng, because ginseng has a high effect of replenishing qi and blood, but in traditional Chinese medicine, hypertensive patients are also manifestations of excessive liver fire, so eating ginseng is not conducive to the control and treatment of hypertension. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with hypertension do not eat ginseng blindly, and pay attention to reducing the consumption of hot and irritating foods.

You can't eat it. Even if you eat it, you should eat it in small amounts. Ginseng is sweet and warm. It has the effect of replenishing qi. High blood pressure, according to Chinese medicine diagnosis, is mostly caused by excessive liver fire, phlegm and fire disturbance, etc. There are very few people who have qi deficiency. After taking it, it is easy to have nose bleeding, dry stool, mouth sores, etc.

Suggestions: Proper diet

1. The importance of diet for high blood pressure: Food is the first necessity of people. A reasonable diet can keep you neither fat nor thin, and keep your cholesterol level neither high nor low.

2. Dietary precautions for patients with hypertension:

① Carbohydrate foods: Suitable foods: rice, porridge, noodles, pasta, arrowroot starch, soup, taro, soft beans. Foods to avoid: sweet potatoes (foods that produce abdominal gas), dried beans, strong-flavored biscuits.

② Protein foods --- beef, lean pork, white fish, eggs, milk, dairy products (fresh cream, yeast milk, ice cream, cheese), soy products (tofu, natto, soybean powder, fried tofu) Foods to avoid --- fatty foods (beef, pork belly, spare ribs, whale, herring, tuna, etc., processed products (sausages)

③ Fatty foods Suitable foods: vegetable oil, a small amount of butter, salad dressing Foods that should not be eaten: animal oil, lard, bacon, sardines in oil

④ Vitamin and mineral foods Suitable foods: vegetables (spinach, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, lily roots, pumpkins, eggplants, cucumbers) fruits (apples, oranges, pears, grapes, watermelons) Seaweed and fungi should be cooked before eating. Foods to avoid: vegetables with hard fibers (burdock, bamboo shoots, beans) vegetables with strong irritants (spicy vegetables, coriander, mustard greens, onions, mustard greens)

It is not recommended for patients with hypertension to eat ginseng, because ginseng itself has the effect of replenishing qi, and hypertension, in Chinese medicine, is mostly caused by excessive liver fire. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with hypertension do not eat ginseng for the time being, and they should avoid foods with high cholesterol and fat in their diet, because these are not conducive to the control of high blood pressure.