Emotional health
In Chinese medicine, seven emotions, such as happiness, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear and shock, are called "seven emotions", and too many emotions can lead to diseases. Hypertension patients often suffer from hyperactivity of liver yang due to kidney yin deficiency, and liver qi stagnates for a long time and turns into fire. Anger is easy to be irritable and irritable, and it is easy to get angry and get angry when encountering a little thing. It is easy for blood pressure to rise, and sometimes it is difficult to take medicine. Therefore, patients with hypertension should learn to control the "seven emotions" and pay attention to emotional health. "Neijing" said: "Nothing is indifferent, and the true qi will follow; Hide the spirit inside to stay away from the disease? " If we can keep in mind the motto of 16, and achieve abstinence, indifference to nature, cheerful mood, smooth flow of qi in the body and harmonious balance of yin and yang, blood pressure will naturally drop to normal. Modern medical research shows that good mood is conducive to the neuroendocrine system to play a normal regulatory function and maintain the stability of blood pressure.
Live a healthy life
Chinese medicine attaches great importance to the way of health preservation, that is, "regular daily life, no rash action." Patients with hypertension should live a regular life, both physically and mentally. Ensure 8-9 hours of sleep and take a nap for 30-60 minutes every day. Sleep is a good way to "recharge" health, which is conducive to eliminating fatigue, restoring physical strength and preventing blood pressure fluctuations. Regular daily life and routine can make the rhythm of life run orderly, which is very beneficial to the stability of blood pressure. Also pay attention to getting up slowly; Wash your feet with warm water, soak your feet with hot water every night before going to bed in the four seasons, and massage Zusanli, Yongquan and other acupoints after washing, which can not only strengthen your body, but also help lower your blood pressure and keep it stable.
have a healthy diet
The dietary principle of patients with hypertension is one word: "light". Yang Xiong, a thinker in the Han Dynasty, famously said, "Good taste will make you weak", which makes sense. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "salt can enter the kidney and damage health", which coincides with the fact that excessive salt in diet is a risk factor for hypertension confirmed by modern medical research. Therefore, the daily salt intake of hypertensive patients should be 6 grams to avoid water and sodium retention and increase blood pressure. Under the principle of light diet, the thickness is matched, the meat and vegetables are suitable, the varieties are diverse and the diet is balanced. For patients with hypertension, we should provide enough high-quality protein, vitamins, calcium, potassium and appropriate trace elements, and often eat coarse grains rich in dietary fiber and
Vegetables are of great benefit to lowering blood pressure and health care. Hypertensive patients with obesity and dyslipidemia should limit their high-fat and high-calorie diet. In three meals a day, breakfast is ready, lunch is not full, and dinner is less. In addition, alcohol and smoking should be avoided to avoid blood pressure fluctuations and accidents.
Exercise health
Exercise health care for patients with hypertension is "moderate". Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms period, put it well: "The human body wants work and cannot be extreme." "Extreme" is excessive. Therefore, no matter what sports patients with hypertension choose, such as walking, jogging, Tai Ji Chuan, ballroom dancing, aerobics, swimming and so on. They should master the amount of exercise according to their physical condition and blood pressure, subject to the whole body feeling comfortable, and never blindly increase the amount of exercise. When exercising, it is necessary to combine motion with motion, that is, the body should move and the mind should be quiet, and the two should be organically combined. Take a walk, for example. Cao Tingdong, a health care practitioner in the Qing Dynasty, sought to "stop doing things, stop doing things" and pray for "flowing water". When walking, standing, relaxing, moving and calming can not only make the body get proper exercise, but also adjust the mood. Playing Tai Ji Chuan is a good physical therapy for hypertension, which is gentle and soothing with one stroke, guiding actions with thoughts, relaxing posture, concentrating thoughts and calming the nerves. This combination of dynamic and static, physical and mental, is helpful to regulate brain nerve function, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, improve systemic circulation and microcirculation, and thus reduce blood pressure. In addition, exercise health care should also pay attention to changing with the times. For example, insisting on physical exercise is good for health and keeps blood pressure stable. However, patients with moderate and severe hypertension should reduce their exercise; If you have severe arrhythmia, bradycardia or frequent angina pectoris, don't force yourself to exercise. After treatment, the symptoms disappear, and then under the guidance of a doctor, choose a suitable exercise program to exercise.