Patients with high blood pressure who need to take Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan can use this medicine under doctor’s supervision.
Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan has the effect of nourishing yin and lowering fire (nourishing yin essence and lowering fire), and is used for the treatment of yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin essence in the body, resulting in hyperactive fire), hot flashes (a burst of fever), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and stopping sweating after waking up), dry mouth and throat, tinnitus, spermatorrhea, and short and red urination (small amount of urination, dark yellow in color), and other conditions.
Hypertensive patients with the above symptoms, identified by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner as having a deficiency of yin and an excess of fire, and with no history of allergy to Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, can use the drug for treatment as prescribed by the doctor.
The adverse effects and contraindications of the drug are not clear.
Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan can be used under the guidance of a TCM doctor, and should not be used blindly to avoid adverse reactions.