April 30, 2018
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【高血壓知多點】高血壓沒有明顯症狀，近年更有年輕化趨勢。
#正能量星期二
#壓力大會引起高血壓
#猶如「隱形殺手」
輕鬆遠離高血壓
高血壓並不是一種病，而是疾病的結果，所以調理還是要找出原因、配合體質。在中醫角度，導致高血壓的原因多與體內陰陽失調有關。長期處於壓力大情緒會導致體內陽盛，伴隨症狀多見反覆頭痛、失眠、煩躁易動怒、精神緊張等。長期睡眠欠佳、晚睡也會令體內陰虛，多伴隨頭痛、眩暈、耳鳴、潮熱盜汗、手足心熱、腰痠等。經常翻覆生病或先天氣血虛弱，也會出現高血壓，經常眩暈、走路腳步浮浮、面色偏白等。要改善高血壓，最重要是改善不良的飲食及生活習慣，對症下藥。
陽偏盛：夏枯草茶（剪碎夏枯草約10克，焗10分鐘）
陰虛：菊花麥冬茶（菊花約4-5朵、麥冬9克，焗10分鐘）
氣血虛弱：紅豆米水（紅米2湯匙、紅豆1湯匙、生薏米半湯匙，煮30分鐘 ）
舒緩高血壓小貼士：
• 做適量運動，有助舒緩壓力
• 選擇低鹽低脂的食材
• 可視乎導致高血壓原因而進食以下食物。
¬ 陽偏盛：粉葛、菊花、綠豆等
¬ 陰虛：花旗參、無花果、蜂蜜等
¬ 氣血虛弱：米水、蕃薯、紅棗等
• 少吃油膩、濃味及刺激性食材
• 戒煙酒
• 不適宜過份進補，進食溫補食材如人參、當歸、鹿茸
• 控制情緒，減少動氣
Say goodbye to high blood pressure
High blood pressure itself is not a disease but it’s a result of an illness. To fix the issue requires finding the cause and understanding the body constitution. From a Chinese medicine perspective, high blood pressure is caused by imbalance of yin and yang. Constant stress leads to overactive yang, and usually accompanied by reoccurring headaches, insomnia, irritability, and anxiety. Prolonged poor sleep or late nights can lead to yin deficiency, and usually accompanied by headaches, dizziness, titinitus, night sweat, hot palms, and lower back pain. Those who are always sick or have innately asthenic qi and blood may also have high blood pressure and would be accompanied by dizziness, light headedness, and pale complexion. To improve high blood pressure, it is important to improve poor lifestyle and dietary habits and treat accordingly.
Overactive yang: common self-heal plant tea (cut up 10g of common self heal plant and steep for 10 minutes)
Yin deficiency: chrysanthemum tea with ophiopogon tuber (4-5 chrysanthemums, 9g ophiopogon tuber and steep for 10 minutes)
Asthenic blood and qi: red bean rice water (2 tablespoon red rice, 1 tablespoon red beans, 1/2 tablespoon coix seeds, cook for 30 minutes)
Tips to alleviate high blood pressure:
– exercise appropriately to relieve stress
– choose low sodium low fat foods
– choose foods according to causes of high blood pressure
– overactive yang- kudzu root, chrysanthemum, mung beans
– yin deficiency: American ginseng, figs, honey
– asthenic blood and qi: rice water, sweet potatoes, chinese red dates
– have less oily, heavy flavored and stimulating foods
– quit smoking and drinking
– don’t have too much tonic foods
– control your emotions
