Three Herbs to Lower Blood Pressure

"Auntie, let me take your pulse."

Su Ziyang sat down next to the old lady and said with a smile.

"No rush, no rush. Take a breath, I'll get you some water."

The old lady got up to pour water for Su Ziyang, Su Ziyang quickly said he would do it himself.

"Auntie, let me see the back of your foot, is it still a little swollen?"

Su Ziyang felt it was best to get down to business first, so he checked the old lady's feet.

"There's only a little left."

The old lady lifted her leg and quietly pointed to the back of her foot.

Su Ziyang pressed it gently with his finger and found that it was indeed a little swollen. You could see the swelling, but when you touched it, there wasn't much of an indentation.

"Isn't it great now?"

The old lady chuckled and pressed it herself, "Look now, there's no more pit."

"Yes." Su Ziyang nodded happily.

"Auntie, I heard from my older sister that you've had high blood pressure these past few days!"

After Su Ziyang pulled down the old lady's trouser leg, he asked...

"Ah, yes, a little. I used to have high blood pressure, but it wasn't severe. I felt a bit dizzy today, and I took my blood pressure this morning; it was 140."

The old lady didn't seem to have any problems; she just said she felt a little dizzy.

Let me measure you again.

Su Ziyang picked up the blood pressure monitor on the table and took the old lady's blood pressure again.

In Western medicine, hypertension is divided into primary hypertension and secondary hypertension.

Primary hypertension is the result of multiple factors, especially genetic factors, diet, psychological stress, smoking, and weight gain.

Secondary hypertension is hypertension caused by some known diseases or etiologies, such as kidney diseases like glomerulonephritis, endocrine disorders like pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism, and pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome.

Su Ziyang was worried about whether the high blood pressure was secondary hypertension, because the old lady's case was somewhat special.

"Come, ma'am. Let me take your pulse!"

Su Ziyang checked blood pressure and took his pulse.

The pulse is generally stable, mainly a little deep, but it's not a serious problem.

"I feel lighter and more agile now, but my lower back and legs still feel weak, mainly a bit fatigued. This is quite noticeable now, it's like I have high blood pressure again. Everything else feels fine."

The old lady trusted Su Ziyang completely, and without Su Ziyang needing to deduce her symptoms from her pulse, she described all the things that made her uncomfortable.

This saved Su Ziyang a lot of trouble. After thinking for a moment, Su Ziyang asked, "Auntie, have you finished that medicine?"

"We're out. Yesterday was the last dose of medicine, and we're out today, so please come and prescribe another one."

The old woman answered.

"Okay! I'll change the prescription for you, mainly to address the last bit of swelling and the lack of energy."

Su Ziyang took the paper and pen that Liuzi had prepared and began to write down the prescription.

The formula is not difficult; it is the Eight-Ingredient Kidney Qi Pill that I introduced before. This formula is recorded in the book "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet".

The specific treatments mentioned in this prescription will not be elaborated here, but it mainly treats urinary difficulties in women.

The main purpose of Su Ziyang's choice of this formula is to warm and tonify kidney yang, regulate the body's qi transformation, promote urination, thereby draining excess water and reducing swelling.

In addition, after warming and replenishing the primordial yang, the waist and legs will naturally become stronger, and the problem of fatigue throughout the body will also be resolved, as will the problem of water retention throughout the body.

This is called "strengthening the source of fire to dispel yin stagnation".

In addition, Su Ziyang added another ingredient to this prescription: Achyranthes bidentata.

Achyranthes bidentata is good at guiding the medicinal energy downwards. As a guiding herb, it is used to ensure that the power of the prescription reaches the feet!

With that in mind, Su Ziyang wrote down the prescription.

16g of raw Rehmannia glutinosa

14g of yam

Cornus officinalis 14g

Alisma plantago-aquatica 9g

5g of Poria cocos

5g of peony bark

5g of cinnamon twig

Prepared aconite root 5g (single packet, decoct first)

Achyranthes bidentata 9g

7 pay.

"Auntie, I've written down the prescription for you. Just have my older sister bring it back. It's also to be taken after meals."

Su Ziyang chuckled as he put down his pen and gave Liuzi's mother some instructions.

"Oh, okay. Thank you, Young Doctor Su. Do you have any blood pressure medication here?"

People may not worry too much about serious illnesses, but instead pay attention to some common diseases, such as the well-known hypertension.

Liuzi's mother was clearly more concerned about his high blood pressure than about his underlying medical condition.

"Auntie, we don't have any blood pressure medication here. How about I prescribe a topical remedy for lowering blood pressure? If you don't want to take it, we can use it to soak your feet."

Su Ziyang has a recipe specifically for foot soaks to lower blood pressure; it doesn't require ingestion and has a very good blood pressure-lowering effect.

This old lady is quite old, after all. As the old saying goes, treating a serious illness is like cooking a small fish.

Su Ziyang didn't want her to take too much medicine. He hoped that a simple prescription with a few simple herbs could achieve a good effect, which would be ideal.

"Okay, okay, that's great!"

Liuzi's mother happily agreed.

Su Ziyang took a new piece of paper and wrote another prescription on it.

15g of mulberry twigs

15g of mulberry leaves

Leonurus japonicus 15g

7 pay

One dose at a time, decocted in water for a foot soak.

After writing down the prescription, Su Ziyang did not tell Liuzi's mother how to use it.

Instead, he turned to Liuzi and told him that Su Ziyang had noticed something: Liuzi seemed to have been too busy with work or other things and had neglected his mother.

Now that Liuzi is at home, all he does is take care of his mother, so Su Ziyang directly told Liuzi how to boil water for a foot bath.

"Sister, these three herbs are for Auntie to boil in water for a foot bath. They're said to lower blood pressure. First, boil them into a concentrated broth, then add it to the foot bath water. The water must cover the Sanyinjiao acupoint for it to be most effective."

Su Ziyang gave Liuzi his instructions, and Liuzi was clearly delighted. "Okay, bro. I have a foot bath basin at home, I'll make my mom soak her feet tonight. I'll make a thick broth and then add hot water, right?"

"Right!"

Su Ziyang nodded repeatedly.

Liuzi quickly put the two recipes away. "Let's go, wash your hands and eat. I made something different today."

When Su Ziyang sat down at the table, he discovered that Liuzi could not only cook Chinese food, but also make some foreign dishes.

Although Su Ziyang didn't recognize the other dishes, he could still identify the Su Ziyang.

"Su Ziyang, I learned how to make this dish today. Hahaha."

Fairy Li said with a smile.

"Okay, okay. I'll make it for your Doctor Su when we get back."

Liuzi chuckled as he introduced the dishes to Su Ziyang: "Foie gras, truffles, roasted lamb chops, a pizza, pasta, and chickpea stew. Just some snacks, have some."

Su Ziyang could tell that Liuzi had worked hard to prepare a meal at home because the plates were arranged so exquisitely.

Su Ziyang almost couldn't bear to eat it, but after taking a couple of bites of foie gras and truffle, Su Ziyang realized something: this stuff didn't taste as good as grilled lamb skewers...