Hypertension belongs to the category of “vertigo”, “headache” and “sleeplessness” in Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of primary hypertension is characterized by a mixture of deficiency and reality, deficiency in the liver and kidney deficiency, essence and blood deficiency, really hyperactivity of liver and Yang, Qi stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm and turbidity internal obstruction, etc. Treatment is mostly from the pacification of liver and Yang, elimination of phlegm and quenching the wind, tonifying the liver and kidney legislation for diagnosis and treatment, because the formation of the disease and congenital constitution, mental condition, living environment, diet and other factors, so it is often necessary to take continuous medication to stabilize the disease.
In fact, the external use of Chinese medicine is also one of the means of treatment of primary hypertension, external use of drugs not only eliminates the inconvenience and unsafe factors (toxic side effects) of decoction drugs, but also reduces the physical, mental and economic burden of patients, can be used alone or auxiliary for the treatment of all stages of hypertension.
I. Medicine pillow therapy:
”Smelling fragrance can cure disease” has been recorded in Chinese medicine for a long time. The Three Kingdoms era of the famous doctor Hua Tuo has used scent therapy to cure disease; Tang dynasty Sun Simiao’s “Thousand Gold Formula”, Jin dynasty Ge Hong’s “Elbow Preparation Emergency Formula”, Ming dynasty Li Mingzhen’s “Compendium of Materia Medica” have Chinese herbal medicine pillow to cure disease; Qing dynasty Wu Shangxian “Li Yu parallel text” has “fitness Ding Gong pillow” can “cure a hundred diseases, prolong life” and other content. The principle of medicine pillow cure is mainly through the nasal cavity to smell the unique aromatic smell of Chinese medicine, to unblock the meridians, regulate the role of blood. From the Chinese medical theory of disease treatment principles of diarrhea classification, aromatic or pungent drugs have “light can go to the real”, open the orifice cathartic effect, belong to the treatment of diarrhea category. Medicine pillow therapy mild “open the orifice”, “cathartic” effect.
The “cathartic” effect of the pillow therapy, on hypertension, “the upper bloom of the lower deficiency”, “deficiency mixed with the real” evidence, can play a diarrhea of the real to supplement the role of the deficiency, so the choice of pillow therapy for the treatment or adjuvant treatment of primary The pillow therapy is a good choice for the treatment of primary hypertension.
Commonly used antihypertensive pillow formula.
Formula 1, wild chrysanthemum, hanging chrysanthemum, winter mulberry leaf, summer crocus, Xin Yi 300 grams each, 200 grams of peppermint, safflower 100 grams of ice chips 50 grams (mixed in when used).
Recipe 2: Chrysanthemum 1000g, Chuanxiong 400g (for coarse powder), Dampi 200g (for coarse powder), Angelica dahurica 200g (for coarse powder), Bamboo leaf 500g.
Radix et Rhizoma Thornybark, Fructus Anemarrhena, Rhizoma Crocus (for coarse powder), Radix et Rhizoma Xia Gu Cao, Radix Aconiti (for coarse powder), Radix Chrysanthemum, Radix et Rhizoma Mulberry Leaf, 250g each.
Radix Acorus calamus and Acacia bark, 500 grams each, 400 grams of Phellodendron leaf (all made into coarse powder).
Fang 5, white chrysanthemum, mugwort leaf, silver flower leaf each half a catty, alum stone 120 grams (for coarse powder).
Formula 6, cassia seeds, chrysanthemum, chamomile, mulberry leaves, 250-300 grams each.
The above formulas will be fully dried and then processed, processed into a coarse end into a clean cotton sewn pillow core made of pillows, pillows can be placed on top of ordinary pillows, pillow when sleeping, during the use of the pillow should be careful to keep the pillow dry, as appropriate, 3-6 months to replace the drug, can be used continuously for 2-3 years.
Second, the external application of Chinese medicine:
External application of Chinese medicine refers to the processing of Chinese medicine into the required dosage form on the corresponding acupuncture points, so that the drug contact the skin at the acupuncture points, the acupuncture points to produce stimulation of the treatment method. This therapy has the effect of unblocking the meridians and balancing yin and yang. Basic research on acupuncture points shows that the application of Chinese medicine to certain specific acupuncture points {such as Shen Que} can increase cardiac output per beat and reduce peripheral vascular resistance in patients with hypertension, which has a very good effect on hypertension.
Commonly used external Chinese medicine formula.
1, Wu Juju fine 15-30 grams, with vinegar or physiological saline modulation made of small cakes, paste bilateral Yongquan points, fixed with adhesive tape, paste at night before bedtime, the next morning to take off, 10 days for a course of treatment.
2, bile system dogwood 100 grams, gentian grass 60 grams, 20 grams of earth sulfur, vermilion 15 grams, alum 30 grams, a total of one material, made of fine powder, sealed in a bottle and spare. Take the powder and add a little rice vinegar to make a paste, and apply it on Shen Que (i.e. navel), トǎhan 脊潭āC guest crude scar hydra wei cough card together for 1 month as a course of treatment.
3. 12 grams of strychnine (remove the shell and take the kernel), 2 grams of white ugly, 2 grams of black ugly, 12 grams of chicken bitter gall bladder (fresh), take the first three flavors and pound them together, then add chicken bitter gall bladder and pound them together into a paste, put them into a bottle and set aside. Take the ointment and put it on the Yongquan point, and fix it with adhesive tape. Apply it before bedtime and take it off the next morning, once every other day, 4 times for a course of treatment.
4, Chuan Niu Knee, Chuan Xiong, etc., made of fine powder, set aside in a dry place. Take the supine position, wipe the “Shen Que” point clean, take 3-5 grams of the medicine and put it on the point, fix it with adhesive tape.
Change the medicine once in 3-4 days, 10 times as a course of treatment.
The patient’s blood pressure decreases while the symptoms of headache, dizziness and numbness of limbs are also reduced. According to the relevant reports, the compress treatment on hyperlipidemia, obesity also has a therapeutic effect.
Third, the Chinese medicine foot bath.
Chinese medicine foot bath refers to the single or compound Chinese medicine decoction to be warmed and soaked feet treatment method. Clinical symptoms of hypertension are often manifested as headaches and dizziness, these diseases are classified as “disease is on” according to Chinese medicine. The feet are located in the lower part of the human body, and the foot bath therapy stimulates the dense acupuncture points of the feet, reflecting the principle of “taking the lower part of the upper disease” in Chinese medicine treatment, and the Chinese medicine foot bath plays the dual role of Chinese medicine and foot bath, which is an organic combination of Chinese medicine and foot bath therapy, so the Chinese medicine foot bath therapy for hypertension has a theoretical basis. It has been reported that the efficiency of herbal footbath therapy in treating primary hypertension can reach more than 90%.
Commonly used foot bath formula.
1, magnet 30 grams, hooked vine 20 grams, stone cassia, dolichos each 15 grams, mulberry, hedgehog, bramble, tribulus terrestris, white peony, cow’s knee each 10 grams, party ginseng, astragalus, angelica, wu yao each 6 grams.
2. 50 grams of alum, 60 grams of hooked vine, 60 grams of Cyperus rotundus, and 30 grams of glutinous rice powder.
3, 100 grams of hooked vine cut up, a little ice chips.
4. 60 grams each of Cyperus rotundus, mulberry branch and mulberry leaf.
5.Mulberry leaf, bamboo leaf, angelica, chrysanthemum, motherwort 100 grams each.
6. 500 grams each of groundnut and dandelion, 50 grams each of sulphur and staminaria.
7, . 30 grams of Cornus officinalis, 30 grams of Tribulus terrestris, 15 grams each of Cyperus chinensis and Cyperus rotundus.
The above formula of Chinese medicine wrapped in double gauze placed in a decoction container, add about 2000 ml of water to soak for about 10 minutes, and then heated to boiling, to the right temperature after soaking feet, 30 minutes each time, once or twice a day, each dose of Chinese medicine can soak feet for 2 days.
30 days a course of treatment. Generally should adhere to 2 to 3 courses of treatment can be effective, between the course of treatment can be interval of several days.
Because of the complex causes of hypertension, certain causative factors such as congenital physical differences, changes in the living environment, mental state, etc. can have an impact on blood pressure, so the use of traditional Chinese medicine external treatment of hypertension should adhere to the course of treatment, and can be implemented intermittently for a long time. The application of herbal external treatment alone is often only applicable to patients with early stage hypertension, and can be used as an adjunctive therapy for patients with second and third stage hypertension.