Hypertension belongs to the category of “headache” and “vertigo” in Chinese medicine, and is also associated with “sleeplessness”, “palpitation” and “stroke”. It is also associated with “sleeplessness”, “palpitation”, “stroke” and other symptoms. According to Chinese medicine, the occurrence of this disease is often related to emotional disorders, dietary disorders, internal injuries and deficiencies. Clinical evidence is mainly divided into hyperactivity of liver and yang, deficiency of liver and kidney, phlegm and internal obstruction, and deficiency of both yin and yang. In China, since ancient times, there is a “medicinal food”, the so-called “medicinal food” is the essence of the food to cure disease, disease can enter through the mouth, but also through the entrance of food to treat. In the past, people often say “medicinal food” is now collectively known as “food therapy”. Here are some of the food therapy recipes for various types of hypertension.
1.Liver Yang hyperactivity type
Clinical manifestations: dizziness and swelling, irritability, dizziness and tinnitus, redness and fire, bitter and dry mouth, restless sleep at night, red tongue with yellow coating, and strong and stringent pulse. The following recipes are available.
Fresh celery juice]
Recipe: 250 grams of celery.
Preparation: celery with boiling water for 2 minutes, chopped juice, can be properly seasoned.
Effect: Calm the liver and lower blood pressure.
Usage: 2 times a day, 1 small cup each time.
Stir-fried eel slices with celery and greenery
Recipe: 120 grams of yellow eel, 150 grams of watermelon cui Yi, 150 grams of celery, a little ginger, onion, garlic.
Method: the eel live dissection, remove the viscera, crest bone and head, pickled with a little salt to remove the mucus, and put in boiling water to blanch away the blood, sliced; watermelon Tsui Yi cut strips; celery to remove the root leaves, cut sections, are blanched in hot water and set aside. Add sesame oil to the frying pan, stir fry ginger, garlic and green onion, add eel slices, then stir fry watermelon and celery until cooked, season and thicken.
Effects: Clearing heat and calming the liver, diuretic and lowering blood pressure.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Chrysanthemum porridge
Recipe: 15 grams of chrysanthemum powder, 100 grams of round-grained rice.
Method: remove the chrysanthemum, grind into fine powder and set aside. Stalk rice with water, boil with a military fire, change to a slow simmer, when the porridge will be ready to mix in the chrysanthemum powder, cook for a moment.
Effect: Clear heat and wind, clear the liver and eyes.
Usage: Can be used for breakfast and dinner.
Duck eggs with asparagus]
Recipe: 9 grams of asparagus, 2 duck eggs.
Method: Put the duck egg into salt water after 7 days, drill a small hole at the top, pour out the appropriate amount of duck egg white, and then fill it with the finely ground asparagus (if the duck egg is not full, you can refill the poured out duck egg white to the degree of fullness). Then use the wheat flour as a cake to close the small hole on the duck egg, followed by the duck egg completely wrapped, placed in the fire charcoal ash simmered.
Effects: Calming the liver and quenching the wind, clearing heat and nourishing yin.
How to use: Every morning on an empty stomach with boiling water to eat 2 duck eggs, can be served for 5 to 7 days.
2.Yin deficiency of liver and kidney
Clinical manifestations: dizziness and headache, tinnitus, insomnia and forgetfulness, palpitations and weakness, dry mouth and tongue, dry eyes, heat in the hands and feet, lumbago and weakness, red tongue, little coating, thin string or thin pulse. The following recipes are available.
[shredded pork with wolfberry]
Recipe: 100 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 150 grams of lean pork, 50 grams of cooked green bamboo shoots, 100 grams of lard.
Method: cut lean pork shreds; green bamboo shoots shreds; Chinese wolfberry wash for use. Heat the pot, slide the pot with cold oil and pour out, then add the lard, shredded meat, bamboo shoots, at the same time down the pot to scratch, cook butter, add sugar, soy sauce, salt, monosodium glutamate seasoning, then put the wolfberry stir-fry a few times, drizzle with sesame oil, pot is ready.
Effect: Nourishing liver and kidney.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Spinach stir-fry sliced raw fish]
Recipe: 200 grams of raw fish fillets, 250 grams of spinach, garlic, ginger, onion ready a little.
Preparation: remove the roots of spinach, wash, slightly cut a few sections, blanch in boiling water, strain the water; raw fish slices with a little MSG, salt slightly impregnated. Add garlic, ginger and green onion to the frying pan, add raw fish slices, cook yellow wine, stir-fry briefly, then stir-fry spinach a few times, season and thicken.
Effects: Clearing heat and removing annoyance, nourishing the liver and lowering blood pressure.
Usage: Serve with meals.
3.Phlegm and turbidity internal obstruction type
Clinical manifestations: dizziness and headache, dizziness of the head and eyes, fullness of the chest and epigastrium, dullness and nausea, heavy limbs, body tiredness and drowsiness, mouth full of phlegm and saliva, fat tongue with light texture, white greasy coating and smooth pulse. The following recipes are available.
[Three Fresh Tea
Recipe: 10 grams each of fresh lotus leaves, fresh patchouli, fresh pelargonium leaves.
Method: Wash the above three things, chopped, brewed with boiling water or slightly boiled as tea.
Effects: Harmonizing dampness in the middle of the body, raising the clear and lowering turbidity.
Usage: 1 dose daily, drink as tea.
Chrysanthemum and Sophora Tea
Recipe: chrysanthemum, acacia flowers, green tea 3 grams each.
Method: Put the above three flavors into a porcelain cup, brewed with boiling water and steeped for 5 minutes with a tight lid.
Effects: Calming the liver and dispelling wind, resolving phlegm and lowering blood pressure.
Usage: 1 dose daily, drink frequently at any time.
4.Yin and Yang deficiency type
Clinical manifestations: dizziness, white face, palpitation, shortness of breath, weakness of the waist and knees, frequent nocturnal urination, swelling of the face or lower extremities, light and tender tongue, thin moss, deficient string or sinking pulse. The following therapeutic recipes are available.
Steamed Chicken with Radix Astragali]
Recipe: 100 grams of roasted astragalus, 20 grams of angelica, 1 young hen.
Method: put astragalus and angelica into a gauze bag with the mouth tied tightly. The chicken into the pot of boiling water blanch through, fish out, rinse with cool water. Put the medicine bag into the belly of the chicken, the chicken in the steamer, add onion, ginger, salt, yellow wine, pepper, pepper and appropriate amount of water, steam in a cage for about 1 hour, discard the medicine bag when eating, seasoning is ready.
Effects: Warming the middle and replenishing the qi, benefiting the blood and filling the essence.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Shou Wu Ba Ji rabbit soup]
Recipe: 500 grams of rabbit meat, 30 grams of shouwu, 30 grams of barberry, 30 grams of peanuts, 4 slices of ginger.
Method: wash rabbit meat, cut into pieces, blanch with boiling water to remove the blood. Put all the above into a pot, add water to the right amount, after boiling, cook for 2 to 3 hours, seasoning.
Efficacy: warm liver and kidney, nourish blood and benefit essence.
Usage: Drink the soup and eat the meat with the amount.