Can chrysanthemum lower blood pressure?

Chrysanthemum generally can not lower blood pressure, lower blood pressure or need to insist on taking medication, regular observation of blood pressure values, can not rely on a certain food to achieve the role of lowering blood pressure. The pathogenesis of hypertension is more complex, want to achieve the role of lowering blood pressure, or need to be under the guidance of a doctor, according to the patient’s actual condition, taking antihypertensive drugs, usually life should also do to adhere to the exercise, eat less high-salt food, avoid excessive late-night, can not rely on chrysanthemums to achieve the purpose of lowering blood pressure. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chrysanthemum is pungent, sweet, bitter, slightly cold, belongs to the lung meridian, liver meridian, has the role of clearing heat and detoxification, remove liver fire, but generally does not have the efficacy of lowering blood pressure. Special attention should be paid to the fact that because chrysanthemum is slightly cold, people with cold spleen and stomach should not drink more, so as not to damage the stomach qi, causing gastrointestinal symptoms.