Antihypertensive Drugs in Chinese Medicine

High blood pressure, belongs to the category of “vertigo” in Chinese medicine, the drugs used for treating high blood pressure are Tianma Hookteng Granules, Tianma Cephalopod Capsules, Tianma Dizziness Combination, Liver Lowering Capsules and so on. 1. Tianma Hook Teng Granules: It is composed of Tianma, Hook Teng, and Shengshi Huiming, etc. It has the function of calming the liver and quenching wind (regulating the liver). It has the efficacy of calming the liver and extinguishing wind (regulating the function of the liver to get rid of internal wind), clearing heat and activating blood, tonifying the liver and kidney. It can treat the symptoms of hyperactivity of liver yang and upward disturbance of liver wind (wind caused by the liver interfering upward to the head), including headache, dizziness, red tongue with yellow fur and stringy pulse. It is not recommended to use in cases of wind movement due to Yin deficiency. 2. Tianma Cephalofacial Capsule is composed of Tianma, Angelica sinensis, Crochet, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, etc. It has the function of nourishing Yin and submerging Yang, dispelling wind. It has the effect of nourishing yin and submerging yang, dispelling wind-dampness and strengthening muscles and bones. It is used for the treatment of headache caused by deficiency of liver and kidney (weakness of liver and kidney) and hyperactivity of liver-yang, which is characterized by headache and distension, recurrent, light and heavy, dizziness; primary hypertension, vascular neuralgia headache with the above symptoms. 3. Tianma Dizziness Combination is composed of Paeoniae Alba, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Semen Heterophyllus, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, and so on. It has the efficacy of dispelling phlegm and stabilizing dizziness, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting. It is used for vertigo, nausea, vomiting, with pale tongue and white slippery coating. 4. Liver Clearing and Anti-hypertensive Capsule, which is composed of Prepared Polygonum Multiflorum, Morinda Officinalis, Xia Gu Cao and so on. It has the effect of clearing heat and calming the liver, tonifying the liver and kidney. It is used for vertigo, headache, red face, red ears, irritability, dry mouth, bitter mouth, weakness of waist and knees caused by inflammation of liver fire and deficiency of yin of liver and kidney. Caution should be exercised in cases of dizziness due to deficiency of blood and qi. For high blood pressure need to pay attention to early standardization of treatment, medication should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, to avoid the seriousness of the condition induced other serious diseases.