From the pathogenesis of hypertension, in the external stimulation of patients in long-term repeated strong mental tension, anxiety, irritability, or many years engaged in a highly concentrated occupation, the cortical excitation and inhibition process is easy to imbalance, causing systemic small artery spasm, peripheral resistance increased. Therefore, with the intensification of social competition, it is easy to get hypertension if you suffer from mental overload for a long period of time. High salt diet is also a risk factor for hypertension. The Chinese diet tends to be salty, with a daily salt intake of 8-20 grams. Moreover, it has been observed that the effect of salt on the human body is stronger in the Chinese diet than in the West, which may be related to the relative lack of potassium, calcium, high-quality protein and other components in the Chinese diet that have a protective effect on blood pressure. Therefore, experts recommend that adults should not consume more than 5 grams of salt per day. Overweight and obese people are also prone to hypertension. Over the years, our people’s living standards have improved significantly, and fat people have increased significantly with them, which is not a good phenomenon for preventing the development of hypertension. Smoking tends to cause high blood pressure and is another important risk factor. The nicotine in tobacco constricts the small arteries. People with a family history of hypertension are also prone to hypertension. This raises the question of whether hypertension is a hereditary disease. Medical research to date has concluded that people with a family history of hypertension may have certain genetic characteristics, but that these genetic factors are critically dependent on environmental factors, so hypertension can only be described as a genetically related disease. Multiple people in a family develop the disease, often because a family has the same lifestyle. Alcoholism is now also considered a risk factor for hypertension. Experts advocate that people can drink some red wine because of the cardiovascular benefits of the alizarin in red grape skins. However, alcohol addiction, especially regular consumption of white wine in larger amounts (>15 g/day of alcohol) is definitely harmful. In the past 20 years, there has been a sharp increase in hypertension in people over 15 years of age in China, which is closely related to the increase in the rate of alcohol consumption in the population. Promoting a healthy and civilized lifestyle has a crucial role in the prevention of hypertension. In view of the above risk factors for hypertension, we can summarize a healthy and civilized lifestyle into the following four phrases: reasonable diet, appropriate exercise, smoking cessation and alcohol restriction, and psychological adjustment. A healthy and civilized lifestyle is not only beneficial to the prevention of hypertension, but also has a very positive meaning for people who already have hypertension. Abandoning a poor lifestyle not only makes medication more effective, but also helps to reverse lesions and reduce complications.