Hypertensive patients can drink sea buckthorn under the guidance of doctors. However, sea buckthorn has no therapeutic effect on hypertension, and it is recommended that hypertensive patients follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.
1. Sea buckthorn is the dried and mature fruit of sea buckthorn, which is a plant of family Huxiaceae. According to traditional medicine, sea buckthorn is sour and astringent in flavor, and it is mainly used in decoction, so patients with hypertension can drink sea buckthorn in moderation.
2. Sea buckthorn has the functions of strengthening spleen and eliminating food, relieving cough and phlegm, activating blood circulation and dispersing silt, which is suitable for spleen deficiency with little food, cough and phlegm, chest palsy (stuffy pain in the chest), heart pain, blood blockage, accumulation of food (food that is not well-digested and stops accumulating in the stomach), abdominal pain, and so on. Hypertensive patients can take sea buckthorn under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners.
However, it should be noted that sea buckthorn does not have the effect of treating hypertension. Therefore, hypertensive patients should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to take medication, and should not blindly drink sea buckthorn on their own to achieve the purpose of treating high blood pressure.