Treat high blood pressure

treat high blood pressure How does traditional Chinese medicine treat it?

high blood pressure It is a disease associated with increased pressure in the arteries. clinical features Patients often have headaches, dizziness, dizzy, ringing in the ears, etc. Therefore, hypertension is classified in the “dizziness” or “headache” of Chinese medicine.

Most hypertension affects the cerebral and coronary arteries. Causing damage to the structure and function of internal organs such as the heart, brain and kidneys, eventually leading to failure of those organs. and is one of the leading causes of death from coronary heart disease.

Treatment principle
Based on the causes and mechanisms of the disease, they are classified into 2 groups, namely hypothyroidism and toughness syndrome.
Depletion syndrome: Sea of ​​the bone marrow (SuiHai) deficiency or qi and blood deficiency. The cerebral fistula is categorized into 3 symptoms, namely the blood syndrome and the Qi deficiency. Nephrotic syndrome and yang-deficiency syndrome
Tough syndrome : Pathogenic factors include wind, fire and phlegm.
divided into 3 groups of symptoms, namely, hepatic yang syndrome Sputum and obstructive moisture syndrome and hemorrhagic syndrome blocking the cerebral fistula

Chinese medicine high blood pressure treatment It’s not just medication to lower blood pressure. but also focus on “Separated analysis of disease syndromes” by high blood pressure patients often have dizziness, etc. Therefore, most treatments Therefore, it is a guideline for the treatment of dizziness syndrome according to the theory of Chinese medicine.

disease mechanism It is closely related to pathogenic factors such as wind, fire and moisture (sputum).

Treatment according to a separate analysis of symptoms

1. Excess liver yang syndrome
Signs and symptoms: Dizziness, ringing in the ears, headache and puffy eyes, bitter mouth, insomnia, dreaming a lot. Symptoms will increase with hardship or anger. In severe cases, there may be loss of consciousness, red face, irritability, anger, trembling hands and feet, red tongue, yellow coating, tight and rapid pulse (Xián Shù Mài).

2. Qi and Blood Deficiency Syndrome
Signs and symptoms: dizziness, increased with movement. Hard or tired, pale face, lifeless, exhausted, tired, unable to speak, pale lips and nails, lack of shine, palpitations, insomnia, poor appetite, pale tongue, thin white patches, small pulse and faint sinking (XiRuò Mài).

3. Nephrotic insufficiency syndrome
Signs and symptoms : Chronic dizziness, lethargy, aches in the waist and knees, insomnia, excessive dreaming, amnesia, dry eyes, vision deterioration. or have symptoms of ejaculation without knowing There is a ringing sound in the ear or have red cheeks, dry throat hot hands, feet and chest (Five heat) Red tongue, little blemish, small and fast pulse (Xì Shù Mài)

4. Kidney Yang Deficiency Syndrome
Signs and symptoms: In addition to renal insufficiency syndrome, Other joint symptoms may be present, such as pale face, cold body and hands and feet. Frequent urination at night, etc. Soft tongue, pale color, white coating, sinking pulse, small, weak, slow (ChenXiRuoChiMai)

5. Internal obstructive moist sputum syndrome
Signs and symptoms: Dizziness, feeling heavy in the head, lightheadedness are the main symptoms. or have joint symptoms, dizziness, feeling that the surroundings are spinning, tightness in the chest, nausea, often spitting Feeling heavy and not fresh Eating less, sleeping a lot, etc., the tongue has a sticky white coat. Floating and slippery pulse (RuHuá Mài)

6. Anal blockage syndrome
Signs and symptoms: Dizziness, needle-like headache, localized pain are the main symptoms. Often have forgetfulness, insomnia, chest tightness, palpitations, numb hands and feet, especially at night, etc. Dark tongue, bruising, weak pulse (SèMài) or small and stiff pulse (XiSeMai).

acupuncture treatment

acupuncture according to the meridian system

1. Tough syndrome
Principle of treatment: Calms the liver, breaks down phlegm.

2. Depletion syndrome
Principle of treatment: nourishing qi, nourishing blood, suppressing dizziness.

head acupuncture

ear acupuncture

Select the main points: adrenal subcortex (PiZhiXia) and frontal (额).
– People with tough liver yang syndrome up to the upper part, increased spots, liver, gallbladder
– People with Zhong Jiao obstructive sputum syndrome, increased spots, spleen.
– People with deficient blood and qi syndrome, increased spots, spleen, stomach
– Those who have essential substances of the kidney depletion, increase the kidney, brain

Other treatments
Other treatments such as
– Qigong practice
– foot bath with Chinese medicine
– External application of Chinese medicine
– embedding melted silk
– fumigation