Hypertension cannot be cured and its treatment mainly focuses on control. Diet is a good starting point and there are many delicious foods in life that have the effect of lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. Let's count down some delicious and pressure-lowering foods in our daily life.
7. Steamed Mushroom and Carp
Ingredients: 100g shiitake mushrooms, 500g live carp, 50g cooked bamboo shoots, scallions, ginger, salt, cooking wine, peanut oil, as needed.
Instructions: Wash the shiitake mushrooms with cold water, remove the stems, and soak in warm water until soft. Cut the scallions into sections and thin strips, and slice the ginger into thin strips. Scale and gut the carp, remove the gills, and wash thoroughly. Marinate the carp with cooking wine, salt, scallion sections, and ginger slices for a while. Discard the scallions and ginger, then place the shiitake mushroom slices and cooked bamboo shoot slices on the fish, and top with ginger and scallion strips. Steam over high heat for about 15 minutes, then remove from the steamer. Add a little more scallion strips and pour hot peanut oil over the fish.
Usage: Serve as a dish with meals.
Effect: Tonifies qi and activates blood circulation, diuresis and reduces swelling. Suitable for patients with high blood pressure and renal insufficiency caused by qi and blood deficiency.
8. Steamed Chicken with Red Goji Berries
Ingredients: 15g goji berries, 1 mother and child chicken (about 1500g), ginger, scallions, clear soup, salt, cooking wine, pepper, monosodium glutamate, as needed.
Instructions: After slaughtering the chicken, remove the feathers, gut, and cut off the claws. Rinse with boiling water, then rinse with cold water and drain. Clean the goji berries, cut the ginger into large slices, and cut the scallions into sections. Put the goji berries in the chicken belly, place the chicken in a jar (with the abdomen facing up), arrange the ginger slices and scallion sections on top, pour in clear soup, add salt, cooking wine, pepper, seal with a damp cotton paper, steam over high heat for about 2 hours, then immediately remove from the steamer, remove the cotton paper, and season.
Usage: Serve as a dish with meals.
Effect: Tonifies liver and kidney. Suitable for elderly patients with high blood pressure caused by kidney deficiency.
9. Shredded Chicken with Celery
Ingredients: 100g chicken breast, 200g celery, salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, as needed.
Instructions: Wash the chicken breast, cook it, and shred it. Remove the roots and leaves from the celery, wash and cut into sections, blanch in boiling water. Put the celery in a large bowl, add the shredded chicken, salt, monosodium glutamate, and sesame oil, mix well.
Usage: Serve as a dish with meals.
Effect: Nourishes yin, soothes liver, and lowers blood pressure. Suitable for patients with high blood pressure.
10. Mushroom, Sponge Gourd, and Red Goji Pork Slices
Ingredients: 150g fresh mushrooms, 150g pork tenderloin, 100g tender sponge gourd, 50g carrot, 10g goji berries, clear soup, salt, monosodium glutamate, ginger juice, pepper, as needed.
Instructions: Wash the fresh mushrooms with cold water, remove the stems, and cut into thick slices. Cut the carrot into thin slices, blanch in boiling water. Wash the pork tenderloin, cut into thin slices. Peel and wash the sponge gourd, cut into sections. Clean the goji berries and wash. Place the clear soup in a saucepan over high heat, bring to a boil, then add the mushroom slices, sponge gourd sections, pork slices, goji berries, salt, monosodium glutamate, and ginger juice. Cook until the liquid is reduced, sprinkle with a little pepper, transfer to a plate, and drizzle with sesame oil.
Usage: Serve as a dish with meals.
Effect: Tonifies liver and kidney. Suitable for patients with high blood pressure.
The above foods all have the effect of lowering blood pressure. We can use them as an adjunct to medication for better results.
