Hypertension is a common and frequently-occurring disease among middle-aged and elderly people. How to manage hypertension in elderly patients, reduce their cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications, and improve the quality of life of elderly friends is imminent.
From From the perspective of aging, the occurrence of hypertension is a manifestation of vascular aging. Many people have a heavy mental burden, fast work pace, irregular diet, staying up late and other factors, which make these unacceptable “aging” earlier. Lifestyle habits should be changed in time.
In clinical practice, more and more middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients are often accompanied by mental and psychological factors. The discomfort of entering old age from middle age, the loneliness that children are not around, the melancholy feeling of the early death of a wife, or accompanying children and grandchildren to do homework, will all cause the elderly to “nervous insomnia”, affect blood pressure, and may experience nausea, vomiting, chest tightness and other accompanying symptoms.
Chinese medicine is based on the human body The principle of yin, yang, qi and blood balance of viscera, looking, smelling, asking, cutting, four diagnosis and ginseng, syndrome differentiation and treatment, according to the external manifestation of the patient, find out the internal cause, and give traditional Chinese medicine decoction or patent medicine orally, which has a certain curative effect.
We recommend some well-known Chinese herbal pieces here.
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Gastrodia
It is the dried stem of the herb Gastrodia elata. Gastrodia elata can be ground into powder and brewed for tea. It is said in “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic” that “long-term use of Gastrodia elata will improve energy, increase Yin and become fat and healthy.” Tianma tea has a certain effect of lowering blood pressure and relieves symptoms of dizziness, dizziness and vertigo.
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Poria
It is a dry fungus of the Poria family Poriaaceae, often used in decoctions to diuretic, reduce edema, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves It has a significant clinical effect on patients with hypertension and insomnia, and it is also a good medicine for invigorating the spleen and soothing the nerves.
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cassia
Mature seeds of the herb Cassia, sun-dried for raw use, decoction in water On behalf of the tea, “Materia Medica” says: “Cassia seed improves eyesight, nourishes the liver and kidney, and it is the righteous treatment for nourishing the root with the meaning of calming the shallow and tonifying the yin. They are comparable, and they are the most pros and cons.” Often drinking cassia seed water can clear the liver and eyesight, relieve dry eyes, redness and swelling, moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, and improve dizziness and dizziness.
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Winter Melon Peel
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It is the dried peel of the herbal winter melon, sun-dried, used raw, can be decocted with watermelon peel and drink instead of water , can diuretic swelling, relieving fever and removing vexation, there is a certain diuretic antihypertensive effect.
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silver
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It is the style and stigma of herbal corn, after the roots of fresh corn are picked Freshly boiled water, or brewed tea after drying, drinking corn silk water often can eliminate edema, diuretic, remove the gravel in the urinary system, and also clear away the evil of dampness and heat in the body, and has a certain diuretic and antihypertensive effect.
Drug therapy is part of it. Healthy living habits can prevent and cure diseases. Go to bed early, get up early, eat properly, and exercise properly: Walking after meals, Tai Chi, and square dancing are all good choices.
This article is reproduced from Yueyang TCM and Western Medicine affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with the hospital WeChat public account