With the economic development of China and the improvement of people’s living standards, the incidence of hypertension has increased year by year, and now it has become one of the most common chronic diseases and seriously affects people’s life health and quality of life. The theme of this year’s Hypertension Day on October 8 is – Healthy Diet, Healthy Blood Pressure. It is evident that having a healthy dietary habit becomes an important foundation for the prevention and treatment of hypertension. For hypertension patients, the diet structure should be at least “three low and one more”. The so-called three low is low salt, low calories and low fat. One more is more vitamin B and C foods, that is, more vegetables and fruits. ”Medicine and food together” and “medicine and food together” principle of health, so medicine has become a new way to treat hypertension in modern times. In fact, medicinal food has a long history in China, the so-called medicinal food is in Chinese medicine, culinary and nutritional theory, under the guidance of strict medicinal recipes, the Chinese medicine and certain food with medicinal value, using our unique dietary cooking technology and modern scientific methods to produce a certain color, aroma, taste, shape of delicious food. A simple medicinal food all the time reflects the Chinese medicine “medicine in food” concept of health, not only the drug as food, but also the food will be endowed with medicinal purposes, medicine through food power, food to help medicine, the two complement each other, complement each other. In general, according to the form of medicinal food can be broadly divided into three types, namely, fluid, semi-fluid and solid. The fluid category includes juice, drink, soup, soup and wine. The semi-fluid category includes porridge, paste and paste. The solid category includes rice, candy and powder. Therefore, there are various forms of medicinal food. In traditional Chinese medicine, hypertension belongs to the category of “dizziness” and “headache”, and is also associated with “palpitation”, “sleeplessness” and “stroke”. It is also associated with “palpitation”, “sleeplessness”, “stroke” and other diseases. In the Su Wen – Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun: “All winds and dizziness belong to the liver.” “When the sympathetic yin wins, the ears are ringing and the head is dizzy, and || the desire to vomit.” Spiritual pivot – sea theory: “Sea of marrow is insufficient, then the brain turns tinnitus, the head for the bitter pour, the eyes for the glare.” Su Wen – The Five Organs: “The headache is a pinnacle disease, the lower is deficient, the upper is real, the excess is in the foot Shao Yin, giant Yang, and even into the kidney.” The location, cause and mechanism of this disease are still controversial in Chinese medicine, but the location of the disease is mostly blamed on blood vessels and liver, heart and kidney, with deficiency being the most common. Secondly, vertigo and headache can also occur when phlegm is blocked in the middle or blood stasis is blocking the orifices. Clinical evidence can be broadly divided into five types: liver-yang hyperactivity type, yin-deficiency-yang hyperactivity type, yin-yang both-deficiency type, phlegm-disturbance congestion type, and qi-stagnation-blood-stasis type. Therefore, the dietary regimen for hypertension should not be uniform, but should be based on the respective constitution and selective consumption of food and herbs suitable for their constitution. The following author from the Chinese medicine typology to introduce you to several treatment of hypertension of the corresponding medicinal diet: 1, liver Yang hyperactivity type Symptom characteristics: dizziness and tinnitus, head swelling and pain, every fatigue or irritation and dizziness, headache aggravated, face when flushed, impatient and irritable, face when flushed, less sleep and more dreams, mouth bitter, tongue red, yellow moss. Chrysanthemum porridge: 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 100 grams of round-grained rice. Chrysanthemum ground into a fine powder and set aside, japonica rice with water to boil porridge, porridge into adding chrysanthemum powder, and then cooked for a few moments that is, the appropriate amount of food. Chrysanthemum in the porridge is pungent, sweet, bitter and slightly cold. It has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, calming the liver, clearing heat and detoxifying the eyes, and adding round-grained rice to nourish yin and stomach, together with the effect of calming the liver and nourishing yin. Modern pharmacological research shows that chrysanthemum has the effect of dilating coronary vessels, increasing coronary blood flow, improving myocardial oxygen consumption and lowering blood pressure. 2.Yin and Yang deficiency type
Symptoms: dizziness with mental depression, sleeplessness and dreaminess, forgetfulness, lumbar and knee weakness, seminal emission and tinnitus. In the case of Yin deficiency, the heart is hot and bothered, the mouth is thirsty, and the tongue is red. In case of Yang deficiency, the limbs are not warm, the body is cold, the tongue is light, and the pulse is sunken and weak. Silver fungus soup: 5 grams of silver fungus, 1 egg, 60 grams of rock sugar, the silver fungus with warm water, remove the tip of the piece into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water, boil until the silver fungus boil, add rock sugar. Add the egg white to a little water, stir well and pour into the pot that is,. Silver fungus nourishes Yin and moistens the lungs, benefits Qi and produces body fluid. Chicken yolk nourishes yin and moistens dryness, calms the qi of the five viscera, and can remove false annoyance. Lotus seeds porridge: 40 grams of lotus seeds, 100 grams of rice, put into a casserole and cook together, open the fire to change the fire, cooked and ready to eat, lotus seeds sweet, astringent, flat. It has the effect of benefiting the kidney and fixing the essence, nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea, stopping the belt, nourishing the heart and calming the mind. Strong waist and knee tea: 200 grams of shou wu, 150 grams of kaolin. How to make: according to the above research for coarse powder, drinking 30-50 grams per day, placed in a bottle of warm water, brewed with boiling water, cover smothered for about 20 minutes is ready. 1 day to drink. It is said in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” that Shou Wu strengthens the kidneys, bones and muscles, and hair, and is a good tonic. The Chinese herbal medicine is a tonic for the liver and kidney, and strengthens the muscles and bones. 3.Yin deficiency and hyperactivity Symptoms: dizziness, dry eyes, blurred vision, irritability, irritability, insomnia, facial heat, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little fluid. Yin Yin dispel fire soup: 200 grams of fresh yam, 15 grams of raw acacia rice, 15 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 15 grams of yucca, 30 grams of red beans, 15 grams of white fungus, and the right amount of rock sugar. How to make: put wolfberry, yu zhu, raw acacia rice into the medicine bag, add appropriate amount of water and boil for 1 hour, take the juice. Put the red beans into the pot, soak for 1 hour, cook and set aside. Add red beans, yam and white fungus to the above juice, turn the heat to low, remove from heat and simmer for about 30 minutes. Yam “nourishes the spleen, lung and kidney, and benefits the spleen, lung and kidney yin”. Chinese wolfberry has liver and kidney, benefit essence and blood, brightening the role of modern pharmacological research wolfberry and promote hematopoietic function, anti-aging, anti-mutagenesis, anti-tumor, hepatoprotective and hypoglycemic effect. Jade bamboo has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, generating fluid and quenching thirst. The three drugs synergistic mutual assistance, with the effect of nourishing Yin and lowering blood pressure. 4, phlegm and turbidity congestion type Symptoms: dizziness with head heavy as a cloud, chest tightness and nausea, little food and much sleep, heavy limbs, white and greasy coating. Eucommia orangeskin drink: 15 grams of eucommia, orange peel, almonds, 10 grams of each old loofah, a little sugar. Production method: Eucommia, old loofah, orange peel, almond peeled into a casserole, add the right amount of water, boil with a high fire, and then change to a low fire for 20 to 30 minutes to take the soup, seasoned with sugar can be drunk as tea. Eucommia nourishes the liver and kidneys and strengthens the muscles and bones. Orange peel regulates qi and strengthens the spleen, dampness and phlegm with almond to regulate the qi, lowering qi and resolving phlegm. Yam gravy barley porridge: 100 grams of fresh yam, 50 grams of coix seeds, 15 grams of gravy. Preparation: peel the yam, cut it into thin strips, then put the coix seeds and gravy into a pot, add two pounds of water, boil it with high heat, then switch to low heat and cook for 20 minutes. The yam strengthens the spleen and stomach, and the barley is sweet and light, good at dipping and percolating dampness, strengthens the spleen and calms the mind. Gorgonzola benefits the kidneys and fixes the essence, strengthens the spleen and facilitates dampness, and synergizes with yam to nourish the spleen, lungs and kidneys. 5.Qi stagnation and blood stasis type Symptoms: dizziness and headache, forgetfulness, insomnia, palpitations, purple lips, petechiae on the tongue, numbness in the limbs and pain in the chest. Panax ginseng and cilantro porridge: 10 grams of Panax ginseng flowers, 50 grams of fresh cilantro and round-grained rice, and the right amount of brown sugar. Production method: Put japonica rice into a pot, add 500 ml of water and cook the porridge. Then put panax pseudoginseng flowers and cilantro into the porridge, and boil it over low heat. Add brown sugar and leave it to warm up. Panax ginseng flower is sweet and cool in nature, with the effect of clearing heat, calming the liver and invigorating blood, and is suitable for hypertensive patients with dizziness, dizziness and tinnitus. Du Xiang Shan Zha Tang: 30 grams of fried eucommia, 20 grams of vinegared aromatic herb, 30 grams of raw hawthorn and 30 grams of rock sugar. Rinse Eucommia, aromatic herb and hawthorn with water and wrap them in a clean cloth and set aside; put 1000 grams of water in a pot and put in the medicine package. Bring to a boil on high heat and then switch to low heat and cook for 30 minutes. Add rock sugar and wait for it to melt before serving. Fried eucommia nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens the muscles and bones and has a pain-relieving effect. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that eucommia has a certain role in lowering blood pressure. The vinegar made aromatic herb is known as the “blood medicine of the qi”, which can regulate the liver and qi, regulate menstruation and relieve pain. Hawthorn is known as the “blood medicine of qi”. Hawthorn is used to eliminate food and stomach, and activate blood circulation to remove blood stasis. The above is the author according to the patient’s Chinese medicine identification typing, summed up some methods of pharmacological treatment of hypertension, for the majority of hypertensive patients, pharmacological treatment of hypertension has undoubtedly opened up a way to assist in lowering blood pressure. Of course, in addition to a healthy diet, regular medication, proper exercise and regulation of emotions are also important to the treatment of hypertension.