There is no basis for the view that ephedra, epimedium, and fine-octopus soup treats low blood pressure.
Ephedra, epimedium, and spices soup has the function of relieving the surface and dispersing cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle) and forcing the evil to go out, and is mostly used in the clinical treatment of patients who have a deficiency of yang in their bodies and are exposed to wind-cold symptoms, so ephedra, epimedium, and spices soup has no basis for treating low blood pressure.
Hypotension is characterized by deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of qi and yin (deficiency of both qi and yin), deficiency of liver and kidney (weakness of liver and kidney), deficiency of yang in heart and kidney, and deficiency of kidney essence, etc. Different types of hypotension need to be treated according to the symptoms, e.g., tonifying the middle-aged and benefiting the qi pills, shengmai yin, Tianwang zhenxin dan, and liuwei dihuangwan, etc. It is not mentioned that ephedra, aconite and xin xin tang has the effect of treating low blood pressure.
If patients have symptoms of hypotension, they should go to the Chinese medicine department of a regular hospital, consult a Chinese medicine practitioner for evidence-based guidance, and follow the doctor’s instructions to take medication, rather than taking medication on their own.