What kind of tea can hypertension drink to lower blood pressure?

As a common chronic disease, once diagnosed, hypertension often needs long-term lifestyle improvement and drug treatment. Undeniably, some teas have certain auxiliary effects on treating hypertension, but compared with antihypertensive drugs, their effects are very weak, so we should correctly understand them.

China's tea culture has a long history, such as apocynum tea, cassia seed tea and chrysanthemum tea. It has a certain auxiliary antihypertensive effect, but its effect is very weak and it cannot replace antihypertensive drugs. Everyone needs lifestyle intervention. For some newly diagnosed patients with essential hypertension, if their blood pressure level does not exceed 65,438+060/65,438+000 mmHg, and there are no other risk factors and complications, they can temporarily not use antihypertensive drugs.

Patients with hypertension should pay attention to a low-salt diet in their daily life, and the daily sodium intake should be controlled below 6g. Quit smoking and limit alcohol, you must strictly quit smoking, it is best not to drink alcohol, and those who have difficulty quitting smoking must strictly limit the amount and frequency of drinking; Proper exercise, mainly aerobic exercise, emphasizing step by step; Control weight, obese people pay attention to lose weight; Work and rest regularly and keep a good attitude.

While improving the lifestyle, we should also pay attention to rational drug use, individualized drug use and optimization of long-acting preparations under the guidance of doctors. At the same time, we should also pay attention to monitoring the changes of blood pressure level and review it regularly to stabilize the disease, reduce complications, improve the quality of life and improve the prognosis.

Drinking a little tea can help lower blood pressure, but it can't replace the effect of drugs.

What kind of tea is good for hypertension?

1. Patients with hypertension are advised to drink light green tea or white tea, and black tea, such as green tea, scented tea and black tea, can be used, because green tea or white tea contains certain theophylline components, which can play the role of diuresis, detumescence and blood pressure reduction, and at the same time, containing some anti-peroxides is also beneficial to improve the elasticity of blood vessel walls.

2. Ginkgo tea. Ginkgo biloba leaves have the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Drinking Ginkgo biloba tea for a long time can promote blood circulation, improve blood vessel elasticity and help lower blood pressure.

3. Polygonum multiflorum tea. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. It has certain hypolipidemic effect, and is also beneficial to promote blood circulation. Long-term drinking is also conducive to stabilizing blood pressure.

4. Chuanqi tea. Chuanqiong itself has a certain effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Drinking this tea for a long time is also conducive to the recovery of vascular elasticity and promoting blood circulation.

5. Lotus seed tea. Lotus seed tea has the functions of lowering blood lipid, improving blood circulation and blood pressure.

However, we should remind everyone that it is not recommended for hypertensive patients to drink too much green tea, white tea or other strong tea, because too much theophylline in strong tea can easily lead to patients' fast heart rate and high blood pressure, which is not conducive to blood pressure control of hypertensive patients and increases the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Drinking too much strong tea can also cause palpitations and other discomfort, and it will also affect the absorption of iron and cause anemia.

In addition, there are some medicinal teas specially used for lowering blood pressure, such as hawthorn, cassia seed, chrysanthemum, gastrodia elata tablets and notoginseng flowers. Soaking water instead of tea can lower blood pressure and can be chosen according to personal physique. Here are two kinds of health tea:

1, cassia seed tea, it is best for patients with hypertension to drink cassia seed, 250g cassia seed and proper amount of honey. After cooling cassia seed with honey, put it in a glass bottle, and soak it in water for tea every time10g, which can clear the head and clear the stool, and can treat headache and dizziness caused by hypertension.

2. Chrysanthemum hawthorn tea has the effects of invigorating spleen, clearing away heat, lowering blood lipid and promoting digestion, and is suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Methods: Add10g of dried hawthorn to 800ml of clean water and boil10g. Add 2.5g of chrysanthemum to boil and turn off the heat, and serve as tea every day.

In addition, Chrysanthemum, Hawthorn and Chenpi Tea and apocynum tea can help to lower blood pressure and can be drunk.

Thank you for reading this article. If you agree with the views in the article, please give me a compliment and pay attention to {Sannuo talks about sugar}. If you have any questions, please invite me to answer them! In the morning, an elderly patient in his sixties came to the clinic. Recently, he was diagnosed with high blood pressure. It is said that drinking tea can lower blood pressure, but he drank tea himself. Even if he increased the amount of tea he drank last month, how could he still have high blood pressure? But the blood pressure was still 170/ 100, so I came to see a doctor.

Doctor, what kind of tea can you drink to lower your blood pressure?

I said: At least there is no research to prove that drinking tea can lower blood pressure. Only a few people have recovered normal hypertension through a healthy lifestyle, and some of them may still drink tea. It's a bit exaggerated to remember all the credit for tea.

However, drinking tea does have certain benefits. According to the latest research, Beijing Fuwai Hospital said: Compared with people who don't like tea, the risk of heart disease and stroke is reduced by 20%, and the risk of death is reduced by 15%. And life expectancy is longer. It is estimated that if a 50-year-old person has the habit of drinking tea, his life expectancy will be prolonged by 1.26 years.

Of course, this is only a study at present. If you drink tea, please continue. You don't like drinking tea, and there's no need to force yourself to drink tea. At the same time, drinking tea is definitely more beneficial than smoking and drinking; If you smoke and drink, I suggest you try not to smoke and drink, and drink tea instead.

In addition to this study, there is another study that proves that drinking tea is beneficial to blood lipid metabolism:

A study in the Journal of American Heart Association (JAHA) analyzed the relationship between the changes of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the blood of more than 80,000 people in China and tea drinking, and followed up for 6 years. The results show that people who insist on drinking tea for a long time reduce the high-density level more slowly and the risk of cardiovascular disease is reduced by 8%. High-density lipoprotein is a kind of "good cholesterol", which can reduce plaque formation and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease; This result applies to all types of tea. If we subdivide the tea species, the best effect is green tea, followed by black tea, and the weakest is other teas such as flower and fruit tea.

This survey tells us that drinking tea is good, it is really good for blood lipid metabolism and raising high-density lipoprotein, but it does not indicate whether it can reduce bad blood lipids such as cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein. The increase of low density lipoprotein will aggravate atherosclerosis, vascular plaque and vascular stenosis; So from this perspective, drinking tea can prevent vascular stenosis.

It seems that drinking tea is really beneficial, which can not only reduce blood fat, but also prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; Of course, drinking tea cannot directly replace medicine. What we are talking about is to prevent and compare the benefits of people who drink tea with those who don't.

So, how can we lower blood pressure without taking medicine?

First of all, the control of hypertension includes two aspects, on the one hand, antihypertensive drugs, on the other hand, a healthy lifestyle, and all patients with hypertension adhere to a lifelong healthy lifestyle.

Some newly discovered hypertension, if the blood pressure does not exceed 160/ 100, can be reduced through a healthy lifestyle: quitting smoking and drinking, eating a low-salt low-oil low-sugar diet, persisting in exercise, controlling weight, avoiding staying up late and reducing stress. In this way, through three months of hard work, many people's blood pressure can return to normal. Of course, you can also drink tea during this period, but drinking tea is not the reason for lowering blood pressure.

For those who must take antihypertensive drugs, they also need to adhere to a healthy life. We can't leave all tasks of antihypertensive drugs to antihypertensive drugs; Even if healthy living can't make our blood pressure return to normal, healthy living can definitely reduce the dosage of antihypertensive drugs and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

If you like tea, please continue; If you don't like tea, you can skip it!

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Tea is a traditional drink in China. Tea culture has a long history in China. China is known as the hometown of tea. People in China have the habit of drinking tea. According to different colors, tea can be divided into green tea, black tea, oolong tea, black tea, yellow tea and white tea. The benefits of tea are numerous. Tea contains tea polyphenols, which has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, lipid-lowering and other functions. In addition, tea also contains caffeine.

Tea contains many active ingredients such as tea polyphenols, tea pigments, theanine and tea polysaccharides. Some beneficial effects have also been verified in animal experiments and cell experiments. However, it is not yet possible to blindly assert that drinking tea can protect health and even cure diseases. Besides, drinking tea is also taboo. Tea contains caffeine, which can excite the central nervous system. People with poor sleep should drink less tea, especially strong tea. Caffeine can also promote gastric acid secretion. Patients with reflux esophagitis, gastric ulcer and other gastrointestinal diseases are suitable for drinking less light tea. Tea also contains theophylline and tannic acid, which are easy to combine with iron and affect the absorption of iron. Patients with iron deficiency anemia are also suitable for drinking light tea less. Finally, there are extensive interactions between chemical components and drugs in tea. Don't drink tea and take medicine.

Studies have confirmed that caffeine contained in tea will slightly raise blood pressure. Hypertensive patients with poor blood pressure control are not advised to drink tea for a long time, especially strong tea. Hypertensive patients with stable blood pressure control can drink less light tea and pay attention to monitoring blood pressure when drinking tea. In addition, the content of υ-aminobutyric acid is greatly increased after tea processing. υ-aminobutyric acid can dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Studies have found that compared with people who don't drink tea, people who drink tea all the year round have a significantly lower incidence of hypertension, and drinking tea has been proved to prevent hypertension. We all know that some drinks contain sugar and sodium. Sugar can lead to obesity, which is not conducive to blood pressure control. Sodium can directly raise blood pressure. Compared with these drinks, drinking tea is more conducive to stabilizing blood pressure.

In short, drinking tea has a certain antihypertensive effect. Patients with hypertension can drink tea moderately, but don't drink a lot of strong tea. The more expensive tea is, the better it is for their health. The price of tea depends on its production difficulty, yield and flavor. So what kind of tea should hypertensive patients drink? Green tea, black tea, green tea, yellow tea and white tea? Actually, all kinds of tea will do. First of all, it depends on your taste. Your favorite tea is good tea. Second, depending on your wallet, the tea you can afford is good tea.

Drinking tea, especially green tea, has certain effect on lowering blood pressure. Green tea is rich in vitamins and minerals, tea polyphenols and other functional substances, which have diuretic and antihypertensive effects.

In addition, other herbal teas are also beneficial to lowering blood pressure. The calories of tea are almost zero. For patients with hypertension, drinking tea properly is helpful to stabilize blood sugar and blood pressure.

But no matter what kind of tea it is, it only plays an auxiliary role. You can't stop taking medicine.

What substances in tea can affect blood pressure? (1) tea polyphenols: lowering blood pressure

Tea polyphenols are the general name of polyphenols in tea, which are the main components that form the color, aroma and health care function of tea.

In some experiments, it is found that tea polyphenols can inhibit the production of lipid peroxide, eliminate vasospasm, maintain the elasticity of blood vessel wall, increase the effective diameter of blood vessels, and reduce blood pressure through vasodilation.

The lighter the degree of fermentation, the more tea polyphenols it retains, and the stronger its antihypertensive effect. Fresh tea (green tea) forms white tea, yellow tea, green tea (oolong tea), black tea and black tea in turn according to the degree of fermentation. The color of tea soup gradually changes and deepens, which is actually the result of the gradual oxidation of tea polyphenols into theaflavins and thearubigins.

Therefore, it is suggested that patients with hypertension drink green tea, white tea and yellow tea with high tea polyphenols content.

(2) Caffeine: raising blood pressure.

Besides tea polyphenols, tea also contains caffeine, which can affect blood pressure. It can stimulate the central nervous system and cause excitement, affecting cardiovascular hemodynamics and electrophysiological characteristics of the heart.

For people who don't take caffeine regularly, caffeine can increase their blood pressure by as much as 10mmHg. In addition, caffeine can also strengthen the blood pressure increase caused by stress. These reactions are more obvious in hypertensive patients who don't take caffeine regularly, and their blood pressure increases by more than 1.5 times as much as that of ideal blood pressure subjects.

However, the above effects are limited to people who seldom consume caffeine. If you take caffeine for a long time, its impact on blood pressure is minimal. Many studies have shown that coffee intake has nothing to do with increased blood pressure or the incidence of hypertension. According to NHS data, drinking 6 cups of coffee or tea leaves a day has nothing to do with the increased risk of hypertension. This can be understood as the human body has been "immune" to caffeine for a long time.

It is precisely because of this tolerance that it is suggested that patients with hypertension gradually increase the concentration of tea (not too strong) or drink tea, and do not change the concentration of tea at will, so as not to make blood pressure suddenly rise and cause danger.

Which teas are suitable for people with hypertension? (1) green tea

Green tea is rich in tea polyphenols and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. Potassium lowers blood pressure by directly dilating blood vessels, while magnesium is negatively correlated with blood pressure. In addition to green tea, white tea and yellow tea are all micro-fermented teas, which are also suitable for patients with hypertension.

② Chrysanthemum tea

Strictly speaking, chrysanthemum tea is not tea, but chrysanthemum is rich in flavonoids, which can also relax arteries and lower blood pressure.

There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, as long as they are chrysanthemums, they all help to lower blood pressure. For example, wild goose gate ice chrysanthemum, exquisite chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum morifolium, kunlongxueju, wild chrysanthemum, fetal chrysanthemum, chamomile, tribute chrysanthemum and so on.

③ Gardenia tea

Gardenia contains flavonoids, genistein, pectin and so on. It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure and diuresis.

④ Pomegranate scented tea

Pomegranate scented tea is rich in vitamin A, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, and also contains tannin and catechin, which has a certain antihypertensive effect.

Taboos for drinking tea in patients with hypertension (1) Don't drink strong tea.

Caffeine in strong tea will excite the central nervous system for a short time, which can cause brain excitement, anxiety, insomnia, palpitations and other discomfort, thus raising blood pressure. Especially when sleeping in the afternoon and at night, it is easy to cause insomnia, which in turn will cause human fatigue and aggravate high blood pressure.

Don't drink too much.

A large amount of fluid entering blood vessels will increase the burden on the heart and kidneys, and the exciting effect of caffeine will make people's heart beat faster and blood pressure rise.

In addition, drinking a lot of strong tea will dilute gastric juice, leading to indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and other symptoms. Old people with bad stomachs should pay special attention.

(3) Don't drink alcohol when taking medicine.

The substances in tea will interact with some drugs. Especially elderly friends should not take hypnotic, sedative and other drugs, as well as iron-containing blood-enriching drugs, enzyme preparations, protein and other drugs.

④ Don't drink overnight tea.

If the tea leaves are soaked for too long, the tea soup will deteriorate due to oxidation and microbial reproduction, which is harmful to the body and the taste will be greatly reduced.

Remember! Drinking tea is only an auxiliary means, and you have to take medicine when necessary.

Many friends find that they have the problem of high blood pressure. They always want to control their blood pressure through diet or drinking a certain drink, but they don't want to take medicine, especially for a long time. Pharmacist Li knows very well that as a pharmacist, it is especially not recommended to take medicine indiscriminately, but for patients with hypertension, it is really not so easy to control blood pressure by drinking some kind of tea.

Let's talk about the teas we drink in our daily life, such as black tea, green tea and white tea. Tea culture in China has a long history, and many friends have a hobby of drinking tea in their daily lives. However, if we expect to lower blood pressure by drinking tea, it is really unreliable. So far, no research has found that tea contains clear antihypertensive components, and tea contains vitamins, trace elements, tea polyphenols and other nutrients and antioxidants. Drinking tea regularly is good for health and cardiovascular system, but there is no scientific evidence that drinking more tea can lower blood pressure.

If you are a tea drinker in daily life, you should understand that your habit of drinking tea often cannot prevent the occurrence of hypertension. Therefore, drinking tea is often difficult to have a good antihypertensive effect, but drinking tea can replenish water and some nutrients for the body, which will not bring great health harm to the body. Generally speaking, the influence of normal tea drinking habits on blood pressure is close to neutral.

Another thing to note is that for friends with high blood pressure, if they like tea, it is recommended not to drink strong tea. Tea contains some caffeine components. If the brewing is too strong, it will cause a temporary increase or fluctuation of blood pressure, which is not good for health. Therefore, for friends who love tea, if they have hypertension problems themselves, it is ok to drink tea, but it is not recommended to brew it too strongly.

In addition to the tea we drink every day, we will also meet some so-called teas made of medicinal materials advertised by some merchants, many of which claim to have antihypertensive effects. We often hear about Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea, Eucommia ulmoides tea, apocynum tea, Panax notoginseng scented tea, lotus leaf tea and so on. Whether these teas can really reduce blood pressure remains to be discussed. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv Apocynum venetum, Gynostemma pentaphyllum and Notoginseng Radix are all traditional Chinese herbal medicines, and each Chinese herbal medicine has different conditioning directions for the body. For example, Gynostemma pentaphyllum has the functions of clearing away heat, tonifying deficiency, detoxifying and diminishing inflammation; On the other hand, Apocynum venetum has the functions of clearing fire, calming liver, reducing swelling and promoting diuresis. If we use it correctly, and the problem of our blood pressure rising just corresponds to this constitution, perhaps drinking such tea will play a certain role in lowering blood pressure.

However, whether these teas and teas can really lower blood pressure depends on blood pressure monitoring. If you have mild hypertension, you can confirm that your body has corresponding problems through reliable TCM diagnosis, and start not taking medicine first, pay attention to conditioning in your life, and drink corresponding antihypertensive tea at the same time. Through blood pressure monitoring, if your blood pressure does drop within three months and the problem of hypertension has improved, then there is no harm in continuing to drink this tea. If our blood pressure hasn't dropped for a month or two or even three months after drinking tea, a more reliable suggestion is to take routine antihypertensive drugs according to the doctor's advice to adjust the blood pressure level. For friends with high blood pressure, it is often more unrealistic to want to lower blood pressure through some kind of tea. In this case, it is recommended to combine your own physique and use this tea as an auxiliary conditioning. In order to control blood pressure, it is still necessary to take conventional antihypertensive drugs. After all, the ultimate goal of controlling hypertension is to control blood pressure as well as possible, control it smoothly and reach the standard, and minimize the health hazards caused by hypertension.

The infusion and decoction of lotus leaf tea can dilate blood vessels, clear away heat, stop diarrhea and lower blood pressure, and it is also a good medicine to lose weight. Clean and chop fresh lotus leaves, add water, decoct and cool, and then serve as tea. Lotus Heart Tea Lotus Heart is the turquoise germ in the middle of lotus seeds, which tastes extremely bitter. Using lotus plumule 12g and boiling water instead of tea can not only lower blood pressure, but also clear away heat, calm down and strengthen the heart. Corn silk tea corn silk has a good antihypertensive effect, and has the functions of diuresis, hemostasis, diarrhea and stomach strengthening. Drinking tea with 25 grams of corn stigma every time and several times a day can treat edema and hypertension caused by nephritis, and the curative effect is obvious and stable. Gouqi tea not only lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and prevents arteriosclerosis, but also has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, moistening dryness and improving eyesight. Generally, the daily dosage is 9 grams, which can be taken by soaking in water. Chrysanthemum tea is brewed with Chrysanthemum morifolium or about 3 grams of Chrysanthemum morifolium, 3 times a day; You can also use chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and licorice to decoct tea, which has the effects of calming the liver, improving eyesight and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Suitable for patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Cassia seed tea uses 15g cassia seed to make tea several times a day, which has the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and is suitable for people with hypertension, dizziness and blurred vision. Hawthorn tea makes tea several times a day with a few fresh hawthorn fruits, which helps to digest, dilate blood vessels, lower blood sugar and blood pressure, and has obvious auxiliary effect on hypertension. Drinking green tea is beneficial to people who are prone to stroke and blood vessel blockage, because it can keep blood vessel elasticity, eliminate blood vessel spasm and prevent blood vessel rupture.

Coffee root tea can lower blood pressure.

Coffee root, the scientific name of chicory, is also called coffee root, because the fleshy root of chicory has also been processed into a coffee substitute in Europe and America.

Coffee grass can be used not only as a vegetable, but also as a traditional Chinese medicine, which is a special plant. Coffee root contains a variety of nutrients, which can not only regulate our endocrine disorders, but also improve the function of the stomach, clear the intestines, reduce fire and moisten dryness, enhance human immunity and other health care effects.

At the same time, it is rich in potassium, which can effectively improve the oxygen supply to the brain and regulate the heart rhythm. The most amazing thing is the special ingredients contained in the coffee root, such as aesculetin and aesculetin. It has significant medicinal value for diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Control hypertension and pay attention to "three supplements";

Wet body before glazing

Sweating more in summer, too much water loss will cause blood to be sticky and easy to form thrombus, so pay attention to hydration.

Don't drink too much water every time. Drink plenty of water, and it is best to drink some boiled water half an hour before going to bed, waking up in the middle of the night and getting up in the morning.

The water temperature should not be too hot or too cold. Excessive hot water temperature will not only damage the digestive tract mucosa, but also accelerate blood circulation, thus increasing the burden on the heart. Too cold water can easily cause gastrointestinal blood vessels to contract when stimulated, and reflexively cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular contraction, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain.

Supplementation of α -linolenic acid

α -linolenic acid can reduce blood lipid and blood pressure.

Studies have proved that α -linolenic acid can reduce serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein and very low density lipoprotein, and increase serum high density lipoprotein.

α -linolenic acid is very effective for borderline hypertension, and it still has antihypertensive effect on hypertension or hemorrhagic stroke.

Su Huang seed oil, palm linseed oil and other vegetable oils are the main food sources of α -linolenic acid, among which Su Huang seed oil has the highest α -linolenic acid content, about 65%. Eating 5- 10ml every day can meet the needs of human body, and achieve the purpose of changing blood lipid status, stabilizing blood pressure, reducing blood waste and preventing vascular diseases.

Bujue

In autumn, the weather is hot and dry, and many people go to bed late and get up early, even staying up until the early hours of the morning.

However, lack of sleep will lead to endocrine disorders, which is not conducive to blood pressure control.

Therefore, pay attention to ensure adequate sleep, don't stay up late, and don't stay in bed.