Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Wang. Today I would like to talk to you about a cliché but particularly important topic - hypertension.

As soon as many people get the physical examination report, they see the arrow in the blood pressure column running up, and their hearts chuckle. Hurry up and find a doctor to prescribe antihypertensive drugs, stare at the numbers on the blood pressure monitor every day, be nervous when it is high, and feel at ease when it falls. Of course, this is true, it is important to control blood pressure. But have you ever wondered, why is blood pressure high? It is also high blood pressure, why do some people feel dizzy and angry every day, while others always feel energetic and weak?

In the eyes of traditional Chinese medicine, the number on the blood pressure monitor is just a result, an "alarm" issued after the body is out of balance. What really needs to be solved is the "internal problem" that caused this alarm to go off. Today, let's talk about how traditional Chinese medicine views hypertension in the vernacular, and share four common types of conditioning ideas to help you better understand your body.

The first type: the "liver fire" type with violent temper

Do you have such people around you? Or you yourself: usually have a big temper, just a little, like a "walking powder keg". I often feel dizzy, it hurts as if it is about to crack, my eyes are red and dry, and my mouth is always bitter. I can't sleep well at night, tossing and turning, and I am particularly excited during the day. A measure of blood pressure is indeed very high.

This situation is mostly "liver inflammation" in traditional Chinese medicine.

For this kind of "one point" hypertension, the idea of traditional Chinese medicine is very direct: you can't press hard, you have to "draw salaries from the bottom of the pot" to clear the fire. At this time, classic prescriptions such as gentian Xie Liver Decoction are commonly used ideas. Its function is to clear the real fire of the liver and gallbladder, so that this upward "evil fire" can calm down, and blood pressure will naturally have a basis for a decrease.

The second type: dizzy "water and damp internal stop" type

Let's look at another situation. This kind of friend is not necessarily grumpy, but he always feels dizzy and spinning, like sitting on a boat. At the same time, it is also accompanied by palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, always feeling that something is pressing on the chest, and sometimes nausea and wanting to vomit. The body felt particularly heavy, especially the limbs, and it didn't want to move like lead.

What is the reason for this? In traditional Chinese medicine, this is likely to be "water and dampness internal, and the heart is yang".

For this kind of "dizzy and heavy" high blood pressure, the focus of conditioning is to drain the excess "water". Linggui Shu Gan Tang is such a representative recipe. It can warm the yang energy of the spleen and kidneys, enhance the power of the "water pump", and "dissolve" the accumulated water and moisture. Once the water and dampness are removed, the burden on the heart is reduced, the symptoms of dizziness and chest tightness improve, and the blood pressure slowly stabilizes.

The third type: the "blood stasis blocking" type that loves spots

There is also a category of hypertensive patients, whose typical characteristics are "pain" and "purple". For example, the location of the headache is very fixed, stabbing like a needle prick. His memory has been significantly reduced, and he always loses everything. Lips and tongue are dark and purple, and even ecchymosis is easy to appear on the face and body.

If you have these manifestations, you should be wary of whether "blood stasis" is at work.

The key to dealing with this kind of hypertension is to "activate blood circulation and dissolve blood stasis" and remove the "roadblocks" in the blood vessels. Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction is the leader in this regard. It can open up the blood veins and allow qi and blood to flow smoothly again. When the blood is connected, the pressure will naturally be relieved.

The fourth type: the "qi and blood deficiency" type that is always boring

The last type is also a common type for many middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients. They have high blood pressure for a long time, but people do not have a strong "anger", but are always listless, tired, and tired after saying a few words. Often palpitated, dizzy, poor memory, poor appetite, flatulence when eating something. The whole person is a state of "hollowed out".

This is usually due to the prolonged course of hypertension, which constantly consumes the body's righteous qi, which eventually leads to "qi and blood deficiency".

Therefore, the conditioning idea of traditional Chinese medicine is to "correct it", that is, to make up for the deficit of qi and blood. Buyang Huanwu Decoction is a classic prescription for nourishing qi and invigorating blood. It reuses astragalus to replenish vitality, and then with blood-activating drugs, it is equivalent to "refueling" the body while dredging the "pipes" that are already a little unsmooth, so that the qi and blood can be filled and run smoothly, so that blood pressure can be fundamentally stabilized.

This article hopes to help everyone establish a correct concept of health, rather than letting you follow the prescription to grab medicine yourself. Everyone's situation is very different, often several types are mixed together, very complex. If you have high blood pressure, you must consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner for syndrome differentiation and treatment while adhering to modern medical standard treatment.