Patients with hypertension are not allowed to drink shochu. Patients with hypertension should prohibit or strictly limit their alcohol consumption because drinking shochu can lead to sympathetic overstimulation due to the high alcohol content, thus producing a series of biological effects after sympathetic excitation. All of the above factors will lead to further increase in blood pressure and cause a series of target organ damage, such as increased rupture of atherosclerotic plaque, hypertensive encephalopathy or heart attack, etc. Therefore, drinking shochu should be strictly prohibited for patients with hypertension.