Hypertension can be categorized as dizziness and headache in Chinese medicine. Patients with blood stasis syndrome can take drugs to activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis (to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis in the body). Blood stasis refers to a syndrome caused by internal obstruction of blood stasis. Clinical manifestations include body pain, headache, pain of the nature of a needle or knife cuts, pain in a fixed location, often aggravated at night; darkening of the face, lips and nails, dark purple; dark stools; and a purple tongue or petechiae, etc. When patients with hypertension have the above mentioned blood stasis syndrome, they can take medicines to activate blood stasis (promote blood circulation) and eliminate blood stasis in the body. When hypertensive patients show the above symptoms of blood stasis, they can take medicines to activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis on the basis of blood pressure control. Hypertensive patients with symptoms of blood stasis can take drugs to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and should not diagnose or take drugs on their own to avoid adverse consequences to the body.