Many middle-aged and elderly friends, with a deep affection for Chinese medicine and the idea that Chinese medicine has few or no side effects, often firmly believe that: Western medicine has many side effects and side effects, and think that after suffering from hypertension, can they be treated with Chinese medicine alone, and refuse to use Western medicine. This mood is understandable. The question is: can the use of Western medicine alone ensure that the standard is met? Taking Chinese medicine, whether it is soup or proprietary Chinese medicine, is a rather troublesome thing to do, and can you do it consistently 2 or 3 times a day? Generally speaking, for first-degree hypertension, if it is a first episode and the duration of the disease is within one year, it may be possible to take Chinese medicine alone. If it is beyond this range, if the blood pressure is elevated to grade 2 or higher, and if there are more than 2 risk factors associated with hypertension, then it is necessary to take western medicine to control the blood pressure to ensure that the standard is met. Currently, according to the international guidelines for the control of hypertension, the standard is 130 for systolic blood pressure and 80 for diastolic blood pressure. There are many risk factors for hypertension, such as age greater than 50 years, smoking, alcohol consumption, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, obesity, postmenopause, hyperuricemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, less exercise, etc. For example, myocardial ischemia, carotid plaque, and cerebral infarction are both risk factors and complications of hypertension. Attention must be paid. At present, with the progress of medicine, the majority of medical workers and scientific workers can be said to have made unremitting efforts for human health and for blood pressure control. Six classes of antihypertensive drugs have been developed, and all six classes have been widely verified to be relatively safe. Some say that these drugs have side effects, and it is true, but these side effects, not everyone has them, and the side effects occur only in a very small number of people. At the same time, these side effects are tolerable and tolerable in terms of the harmfulness of blood pressure. As we all know, sulfa drugs and anandamide were widely used in clinical practice, and the side effects of antihypertensive drugs nowadays can be said to be small or negligible. As a doctor, as a doctor who has been working in the front line of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases for a long time, I have every reason and responsibility to tell you that in front of hypertension, in front of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases that can be caused by hypertension in middle-aged and elderly people, in front of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases that can cause serious hemiplegia and even lead to the death of precious human lives, it is necessary and indisputable to insist on taking hypertension drugs. It is necessary to insist! At the same time, the antihypertensive drugs developed now, a number of them are slow-release, controlled-release and long-acting dosage forms, taken once a day, extremely convenient to take, does not affect the work and life of the user, it should be said, is more humane drugs, without the highly developed modern science and modern medicine, without the efforts of modern technology workers and medical workers, this can not be done. However, as a doctor who combines Chinese and Western medicine, I am not saying that herbal medicine is not effective in the face of blood pressure control. The results have proven to be very good. Under what circumstances are the effects good? There are two situations where the effect is good. One: Hypertension below grade one can reach the target by simply taking herbal medicine; Two: Grade two hypertension, according to the current blood pressure control guidelines, one or more antihypertensive drugs must be taken, at this time, only one western medicine is needed, and then the same target is reached with herbal medicine. Grade 3 or higher hypertension, when combined with herbal medicine, can serve the purpose of preventing complications and reducing the amount of western medicine. In the face of highly developed to medicine, everyone has the right to enjoy the fruits of medicine. For the sake of the health of the elderly, for the sake of a healthy body to accompany you in the long run, and for the sake of the life that you only have once, make sure to control your blood pressure at the standard level!