Hypertension is a lifestyle disease, life regulation in its treatment occupies a very important position, such as hypertension and eat too much salt, physical obesity, tobacco and alcohol addiction, less activity and other factors. In addition to the treatment of hypertension patients should follow a reasonable diet, appropriate exercise, smoking and alcohol, psychological balance, should also follow the following four treatment principles. 1. Taking medication for life. Hypertension can be divided into primary and secondary types. Secondary hypertension is triggered on the basis of certain diseases (kidney, cerebrovascular and endocrine diseases, etc.), and once the cause is removed, the patient’s blood pressure can be returned to normal, and there is no need to take medication for life. On the other hand, the cause of primary hypertension is still unknown, and it cannot be cured at present, so patients need to take medication for life. 2, medication need to choose the time. Human blood pressure is not constant in 24 hours a day, but fluctuates according to a certain law. During sleep, blood pressure can drop significantly. If you forget to take antihypertensive drugs during the day and take them at night before going to bed, it is possible that your blood pressure will drop too low at night, especially for the elderly, which can easily lead to ischemic stroke. Among patients with fatal cerebrovascular accidents, about 40% are related to low blood pressure. Therefore, elderly hypertensive patients should not take medication before bedtime. People’s blood pressure rise during the day is related to waking up from sleep and waking up activities. 3, lowering blood pressure to meet the standard. In order to make the blood pressure in the 24 hours of the day in a stable state, hypertensive patients in the use of medication is best to use a long-acting preparation, that is, once a day, any time can be taken (preferably still in the morning after waking up), but to be taken at the same time every day. Some large-scale foreign studies have found that every 10 to 14 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure and every 5 to 6 mmHg reduction in diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients can reduce the incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease by about 40% and 16% respectively. Several clinical studies in China have shown that lowering systolic blood pressure by 9 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 4 mm Hg can reduce the incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease by about 36% and 3%, respectively. Therefore, hypertensive patients will control blood pressure at the ideal level has important clinical significance. 4. Blood pressure should be stabilized. Unstable blood pressure can lead to organ damage, therefore, hypertensive patients must ensure that blood pressure is stable, it is best to use antihypertensive drugs that can reduce the volatility of blood pressure, but so far the research in this area is still very lacking. At present, what patients can do is to avoid artificially causing blood pressure instability, i.e., they should monitor their blood pressure regularly, try to use long-acting antihypertensive agents, gradually phase out short-acting antihypertensive agents, and adjust the dosage of drugs according to the level of their blood pressure. As the price of long-acting preparations is relatively expensive, which is not conducive to popularization, some cheaper and more effective intermediate-acting antihypertensive drugs (taken 1 to 2 times daily), such as Nitrendipine and Atenolol, have been favored by most patients, which is also a better choice. Those who carry out correct life regulation take less medication than those who do not, and their blood pressure is controlled more satisfactorily. Therefore, it is a wise choice for hypertensive patients to abide by the above four treatment principles, carry out life regulation strictly, and minimize the types and doses of antihypertensive drugs.