Medicated diet can be used not only as a supplementary treatment for essential hypertension but also for its prevention and recovery and for health care.
1. Common Types of Syndromes
In light of its common symptoms of vertigo and headache, essential hypertension is divided in traditional Chinese medicine into three types on the basis of the differentiation of syndromes: flaming-up of liver-fire, deficiency of both the
liver-yin and the kidney-yin, and hyperactivity of .rang due to yin deficiency.
1) Flaming-up of Liver-fire It is mainly manifested as distending pain in the head, dizziness, flushed face, conjunctival congestion, impetuosity and liability to anger, bitter taste, dry throat or accompanied with tinnitus, deafness, vexation, insomnia, which are aggravated by anger or overstrain, red tongue with yellow fur, wiry and rapid pulse.
2) Deficiency of both the Liver-yin and the Kidney-yin This type of syndrome is mainly manifested as dizziness, headache, dim eyesight, tinnitus, dry mouth, dryness in the eye, insomnia, dreaminess, feverish sensation in the palms and soles, lassitude in the loins and knees, mental tiredness, amnesia, red tongue with little fur, thready and wiry pulse or thready, wiry and rapid pulse.
3) Hyperactivity of Yang due to Yin Deficiency The syndrome of this type is marked by more serious distending pain in the head, occasionally flushed face, impetuosity and liability to anger, vexation, red tongue with thin and yellow fur, wiry', thready and rapid pulse as well as the symptoms of syndrome of deficiency of both the liver£­yin and the kidney-yin.
2. Dietetic Chinese Drugs
1) Hawthorn fruit (Fruetus Crataegi) The drug has the function of bringing down blood pressure and is to be taken 9 to 15g per day. It is applicable to patients with essential hypertension or that accompanied with hyperlipemia and coronary heart disease.
2) Chrysanthemum flower (Flos Chrysanthemi) It can bring down blood pressure and can be taken as a drink for a long time, 6 to 12g per day. This drug is applicable to essential hypertension marked by the types of flaming-up of liver-fire or of hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency.
3) Celery (Apium) It contains apin which functions in bringing down blood pressure. Cut up 250g of fresh celery and extract its juice, which is to be taken twice a day. Or decoct not for long 30 to 60g of fresh celery for oral administration. This drug is applicable to essential hyper-tension manifested as the type of flaming-up of liver-fire or hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency.
4) Onion (Bulbus Allii cepae) having the function of promoting digestion, onion can prevent and treat hypertension. It can be either pounded to get its juice for drinking or eaten saut¨¦ed.
DIRECTIONS Patients with essential hypertension or accompanied with hyperlipemia, coronary heart disease can take it regularly as tea; while those with essential hyper-tension marked by the types of liver-fire or hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency can take it as a supplementary medicine.
2) Drink of Chrysanthemum Flower, Sophora Flower and Green Tea (Ju Huai Lucha Tin)
INGREDIENTS
chrysanthemum flower, Flos Chrysanthemi 3 to 6g
sophora flower, Flos Sophorae 3 to 6g
green tea, Folium Gamelliae Viride 3g
PROCESS Infuse them in boiling water for drinking.
INDICATIONS Its indications are the same as those of Drink of Hawthorn Fruit and Chrysanthemum Flower.
3) Thick Soup of Water Chestnut and Jellyfish Head (Xue-geng Tang)
INGREDIENTS
water chestnut, Bulbus Heleocharis Tuberosae 100 to 200g
jellyfish head, Rhopilema 100 to 200g
PROCESS Cook soup with them.
DIRECTIONS To be taken twice or three times a day for the treatment of essential hypertension accompanied with syndrome of accumulation of phlegm manifested clinically as vertigo, heaviness sensation in the head, fullness and stuffiness in the chest and stomach, or vomiting, nausea, salivation, white and greasy fur, wiry and slippery pulse.
4) Soup of Tremella and Jew's Ear (Shuang Er Tang)
INGREDIENTS
tremella, Tremella 9 to 12g
jew's ear, Auricularia 9 to 12g
crystal sugar right amount
PROCESS First soak the first two ingredients in warm water and wash them clean; then place them in a bowl, pour water into the bowl and add in the crystal sugar; and finally steam them in a food steamer for an hour.
DIRECTIONS The tremella and the jew's ear are for eating and the soup for drinking, once or twice per day. It is applicable to patients with essential hypertension, arteriosclero-sis or that accompanied with bleeding from the eyeground, especially good for the type of deficiency of both the liver-yin
and the kidney-yin.
5) Decoction of Celery and Chinese-Date (Qjncai Dazao Tang)
INGREDIENTS
stem of fresh celery, Herba Apii 60g
Chinese-date, Fructus Ziziphi oTujubae 30g
PROCESS Decoct them in a right amount of water.
DIRECTIONS To be taken twice a day over a month in succession.
6) Decoction of Hawthorn Fruit and Cassia Seed (Shan-zha fueming Tang)
INGREDIENTS
hawthorn fruit, Fructus Crataegi 15 to 30g
cassia seed, Semen Cassiae 15 to 30g
PROCESS Decoct them in a right amount of water for oral administration or infuse them in boiling water for drinking.
DIRECTIONS Applicable to patients with both essential hypertension and hypertension accompanied with constipation. The amount of cassia seed should be reduced when the patient is free from constipation.
7) Soup of Corn Stigma and Tortoise (Yumixu Gui Tang)
INGREDIENTS
tortoise, Chinemys Reevesii (over 500g) 1
corn stigma, Stigma Maydis 120g
PROCESS Place the tortoise in a basin, pour in hot wa-ter; after the tortoise has discharged all its urine, wash it clean and cut offits head and feet, rid it of its internal organs; then put it in an earthenware pot together with the corn stigma and a right amount of water. Cook on a strongfire until the water comes to the boil and then cook on with a slow fire until the to-rtoise is well-done.
DIRECTIONS The flesh of the tortoise is for eating and the soup for drinking. It is used to treat essential hypertension manifested as the type of deficiency of both the liver-yin and the kidney-yin.
8) Gruel of Chrysanthemum Flower and Hawthorn Fruit (Juhua Shanzha Zhou)
INGREDIENTS
dried chrysanthemum flower, Flos Chrysanthemi (with
no bases) 9 to 12g
hawthorn fruit slices, Fructus Crataegi 9 to 12g
polished round-grained rice, Semen Oryzae Sativae
45 to 60g
crystal sugar right amount
PROCESS Grind the first two ingredients into powder; then make gruel out of the rice, sugar and 500ml of water, when the rice begins to boil with the liquid not thick yet, mix the powder of the first two ingredients into the gruel and go on cooking on a slow fire for a while; and finally when the gruel be-comes thick, put out the fire and simmer it for five minutes with the pot tightly covered.
DIRECTIONS To be taken warm, once or twice a day, for patients with essential hypertension or that accompanied with hyperlipemia, coronary heart disease. Stop taking it in winter.
9) Soup of Mung Bean and Kelp (Haidai Ludou Tang)
INGREDIENTS
mung bean, Semen Phaseoli Radiati 90g
kelp, Thallus Laminariae 45g
crystal sugar right amount
PROCESS Cook. the three ingredients together in water over a strong fire until the water comes to the boil; then cook over a slow fire until the mung bean and the kelp are well-done.
DIRECTIONS This soup is for eating. Taking it regularly can prevent essential hypertension and hyperlipemia.
Select one or two from among the recipes above that are to your taste. If curative, they should be taken for a long time.

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