Hypertension is a common disease, which is easily gotten in the elderly. Once, general people got high blood pressure, people have to take medicine to inhibit for a long time. In general, people will choose the more convenient, quick western medicine to treat. However, people also do not forget that ancestors of Chinese founded the traditional Chinese medicine to have the treatment of hypertension, Chinese medicine culture is profound, a lot of things are from a lot of experiences to draw conclusions. Thus, we cannot underestimate the important role of Chinese medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
- Pueraria Lobata
It is common medicine for dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome. The clinical reported that it has significant effects on treating hypertension with strong neck pain. Take 15 ~ 30 grams every time.
- Wild chrysanthemum
Clear heat, relieve toxin, reduce blood pressure and treat hypertension. It can be decocted singly and also can be decocted with selfheal, cassia seed. Take 10 to 15 grams every time.
- Prunella vulgaris
Clear liver heat and dissipate binding depression. It is used for headache, dizziness, tinnitus, fever with irritability and fidget and insomnia due to hypertension. It can be used with cassia seed, scutellaria baicalensis and chrysanthemum. Decoct with water and take 15 to 30 grams every time.
- Gastrodia elata
It can calm the liver to stop the wind, which is suitable for headache due to hyperactivity, dizziness and other symptoms. It is often used with ligusticum wallichii. If treat wet phlegm and dizziness, it can be matched with rhizoma pinelliae, poria, and atractylodes to strengthen spleen and remove dampness. This is one of the common diseases for lowering blood pressure. Take 12 ~ 9 grams every time.
- Ramulus uncariae cum uncis
It can calm the liver to stop the wind and clear heat. It can be used for dizziness due to hyperactivity of liver yang, headache, bloodshot eyes and other symptoms. It is often used with abalone shell and white peony root. Take 20 to 30 grams every time.
- Apocynum venetum
It can calm the liver to stop the wind and clear heat. It has a good effect on the elimination of headache, dizziness, headache, insomnia and other symptoms. Take the single tea with every time 10 ~ 6 grams.
- Ligusticum wallichii
It is warm in property with pungent taste, which can expel wind, promote blood circulation and relieve pain. It is mainly used pain in the head and body and dysmenorrhea du to the qi stagnation and blood stasis, amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain. It is one of the common medicines for reducing blood pressure. The clinical reported that it is used for the treatment of hypertension. Take 9 to 15 grams every time.