Chinese medicine treatment has unique advantages Elevated blood pressure can lead to dizziness, headache, tinnitus, insomnia, chest tightness, palpitations, shortness of breath, forgetfulness, weakness, etc.; at the same time target organ (such as heart, brain, kidney, etc.) damage and related diseases (such as diabetes, coronary heart disease) can also appear corresponding symptoms, such as with left heart failure will appear inspiratory difficulties, shortness of breath, chest tightness, cyanosis (lips or nails, skin purple), etc.. Chinese medicine has unique advantages in the treatment of hypertension, mainly including the following aspects: 1. The treatment of hypertension with Western medicine often involves frequent increase or decrease of the dosage to achieve the target blood pressure, so there are often large fluctuations in blood pressure. The Chinese medicine hypotensive effect is gentle, stabilizing blood pressure better, such as Ge Gen, Eucommia, wild chrysanthemum, Xia Ku Cao (need to pay attention to observe kidney function), hooked vine, etc., especially for early, mild hypertension patients. Niuhuang hypotensive pill taken once a day, for mild and moderate essential hypertension, can make the systolic blood pressure combined with diastolic blood pressure of the hypotensive valley / peak ratio of 54.4%, 66.5% respectively. 2.Multi-target regulation Chinese medicine has certain advantages in improving the symptoms of patients with blood pressure, reducing or reversing end-organ damage, and preventing serious morbidity through multi-level, multi-link and multi-target comprehensive regulation. For example, Chinese herbal medicine can regulate the expression of genes related to cardiac metabolic function in multiple targets, and experimental studies have shown that its mechanism of antihypertensive and target organ protection works synergistically by up-regulating and down-regulating multiple genes. 3.Protection of target organs To treat hypertension, lowering blood pressure is a very important goal, but it should not be limited to lowering blood pressure, but more importantly, to prevent damage to target organs such as heart, brain and kidney while lowering blood pressure. Because the target organ damage caused by heart failure, kidney failure, etc. is often more deadly than hypertension itself. In addition to the protective effect of some western drugs on target organs, . Some studies have shown that Chinese herbal medicine has a role in reversing some damaged organs and preventing complications. For example, the blood activation and elimination of blood stasis herbs Dan Shen, Tian Qi, Red Peony and Dan Pi can reduce blood viscosity while synergistically lowering blood pressure, which has the effect of preventing and treating stroke; another example is Huang Qi which can strengthen heart and diuretic, lower blood pressure and reduce drug protein, and improve kidney function. Niuhuang hypertension pill can reduce the degree of left ventricular hypertrophy, reduce small arteriosclerosis of the kidney, and have a certain effect on glucolipid metabolism, central neurotransmitters. Chinese medicine treatment for hypertension usually starts from the patient’s specific disease and adopts the method of diagnosis and treatment, adjusting the internal environment with Chinese medicine compound and improving the endothelial function of blood vessels, so that the heart, brain and kidney vessels can be protected. Early prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should be given top priority because of the lack of radical treatment for most diseases despite the rapid development of cardiovascular disease diagnosis and treatment technologies. The EARLY Collaborative Group was officially launched on January 2, 2010, with the aim of focusing on, intervening and preventing hypertension, and is dedicated to the research of hidden risk factors of hypertension and finding effective intervention programs, which is in line with the concept of “treating the disease before it happens”. Currently, it is believed that an increase in blood pressure level in the population from 110/75 mmHg onwards is positively correlated with the risk of cardiovascular disease on a continuous basis. Clinically, we often encounter some patients with aortic widening, left ventricular hypertrophy, abnormal diastolic function, and some patients with headache, head swelling, heavy hair, stiff neck, walking like stepping on cotton and other symptoms, but blood pressure above 120/80mmHg and below 140/90mmHg cannot be diagnosed as hypertension, but belongs to pre-hypertension (China locates normal high value). In terms of pre-hypertension drug treatment, there is little research related to Western medicine, while Chinese medicine can achieve good results through evidence-based treatment and overall regulation. Combination of Chinese and Western medicine: “reduce toxicity and increase effectiveness” Most patients with hypertension are elderly, or suffer from other diseases at the same time, and may take several drugs at the same time, drug interactions become an important factor affecting the effectiveness and safety of antihypertensive, medication compliance and continuity. Patients with heart failure commonly take digoxin, and diabetic patients take cimetidine, antifungal drugs, etc., which are likely to have adverse interactions with many antihypertensive drugs or affect drug metabolism. The rational combination of Chinese and Western drugs can reduce or eliminate side effects and achieve the purpose of “reducing toxicity and increasing effectiveness”. For example, the antagonist can cause swelling, and at the same time give the spleen and dampness of the Chinese medicine atractylodes, poria, poria psyllium, etc., can make the swelling subside; angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors can cause cough, the use of Chinese medicine mulberry leaf, mulberry white peel, Bai Bian, Qian Hu, Chen Pi, cicada, Buddha’s ear grass, Chuan Bei, etc. to dredge the wind and promote the lung to stop the cough, for some patients also have sore throat and other symptoms, you can also add Marble, Xuan Shen, etc. to clear the heat and throat. In conclusion, Chinese medicine treatment of hypertension should not only focus on the reduction of blood pressure, but also on the improvement of patients’ quality of life.