Hypertension is a common and prevalent disease that can cause "associated" damage to important organs such as the heart, brain, and kidneys. Traditional Chinese medicine categorizes it as part of "headaches" and "dizziness", believing that it is caused by an imbalance of yin and yang in the liver and kidneys. Therefore, in order to stabilize blood pressure, it is not only necessary to take medication on time, but also to use diet therapy to treat hypertension and regulate the balance of yin and yang. Below, I will introduce several dietary therapy options for hypertension that can replenish deficiency and benefit qi, stabilize blood pressure, and regulate yin and yang.
Medicated Diet One: Stir-Fried Oilseed Rape with Shiitake Mushrooms
Specific method: Take 500 grams of oilseed rape, 60 grams of rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, appropriate amount of peanut oil (or lard), refined salt, yellow wine, water starch, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, and pork bone soup. Remove old leaves and roots from the oilseed rape and wash it thoroughly. Remove the root of the shiitake mushrooms and wash them. Heat the pan, add oil, and heat it to 60% hot. Add the whole oilseed rape and stir-fry until cooked. Add a small amount of refined salt and remove from the heat. Add monosodium glutamate and spread the cooked oilseed rape on a plate. Heat the pan again, add oil, heat it, and stir-fry the shiitake mushrooms for 3 minutes. Add pork bone soup, yellow wine, refined salt, and simmer for 5 minutes. Add monosodium glutamate, thicken with water starch, drizzle with sesame oil, flip a few times, and remove from the heat. Pour it over the oilseed rape and it's ready to serve.
Effect: Oilseed rape has a cooling nature, with a sweet and bitter taste, and has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. Shiitake mushrooms have a neutral nature and a sweet taste, and have the functions of nourishing qi, replenishing deficiency, treating wind-induced bleeding, strengthening the spleen, and regulating the intestines. Suitable for patients with hypertension to consume.
Medicated Diet Two: Stir-Fried Pork Shreds with Shepherd's Purse
Specific method: Take 400 grams of shepherd's purse (stems), 60 grams of pork, an appropriate amount of high broth, salt, soy sauce, yellow wine, spring onion, ginger, and water starch. Remove the roots and dry skin of the spring onion and cut it into slices. Wash and mince the ginger. Wash the shepherd's purse. Cut it into 3 cm long sections and blanch it in boiling water. Drain the water. Wash the pork and cut it into shreds. Marinate the pork with a small amount of soy sauce, yellow wine, and water starch. Heat vegetable oil in a pan. After the oil is hot, add the spring onion and ginger to stir-fry until fragrant. Add the pork shreds and stir-fry until the color changes. Add soy sauce, salt, yellow wine, and a little high broth (or water). Stir-fry for a few more times and then add the shepherd's purse. Stir-fry evenly. Thicken with water starch and remove from the heat.
Effect: The volatile oil and choline contained in shepherd's purse have the effects of reducing blood pressure and nourishing the brain. This dish is very suitable for patients with hypertension to consume.
Medicated Diet Three: Spinach with Ginger Juice
Specific method: Take 250 grams of spinach, ginger juice, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, and vinegar, all in appropriate amounts. Wash the spinach and blanch it in boiling water. Remove it while still crisp and drain the water. Let it cool. Put the spinach in a plate and mix it with ginger juice, oil, salt, sugar, and vinegar. Serve as a side dish and eat regularly.
Effect: Spinach nourishes the blood and moisturizes dryness, while ginger juice enhances appetite. This dish has the characteristics of nourishing yin and blood without harming the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for patients with hypertension who experience dizziness, headaches, facial flushing, yellow urine, and palpitations.
Medicated Diet Four: Bitter Ding Tea with Corn Silk
Specific method: Take 2 bitter ding tea sticks and 7-8 grams of dried corn silk. Brew them with boiling water and drink it as tea in the morning and evening.
Effect: Bitter ding tea has a fragrant and bitter taste, followed by a sweet and cool taste. It has many effects such as clearing heat, resolving toxins, improving eyesight and intelligence, generating body fluids, relieving thirst, diuresis, strengthening the heart, moisturizing the throat, relieving cough, reducing blood pressure, losing weight, inhibiting and preventing cancer, anti-aging, and promoting blood circulation. Corn silk has a mild and sweet taste and a neutral nature. It enters the liver, kidney, and bladder meridians, and has the effects of diuresis, reducing swelling, and regulating the liver and gallbladder. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, edema, acute cholecystitis, gallstones, and hypertension.
Finally, I would like to remind friends with hypertension not to have psychological burdens. You should know that blood pressure can be controlled. Maintain a calm mindset and avoid drastic emotional fluctuations. In addition to taking medication regularly, you can also regularly cook some nourishing porridge as an auxiliary treatment and engage in appropriate exercise to help regulate blood pressure.
