Introduction: Chinese medicine pays attention to the homology of medicine and food. Here are some beneficial effects of diet therapy on controlling hypertension! According to the domestic literature, this paper summarizes the basic concept, principle and application of Chinese medicine dietotherapy in hypertension control. In traditional Chinese medicine, food is conceptualized based on nutrition and function, and can be used to treat diseases. There are four principles of TCM dietotherapy that can be used to treat hypertension: light diet, balancing the "hot" and "cold" nature of food, harmony of five elements of food, and consistency of dietary intake with different health conditions. Traditional Chinese medicine bagua diagram is the most intelligent theoretical basis! According to the statistical analysis of antihypertensive foods recommended in 20 books of Controlling Hypertension by Dietotherapy, the most commonly recommended 38 kinds are apples, bananas, bitter gourd, auricularia auricula, buckwheat, carrots, celery, corn, dairy products and eggplant. , Chrysanthemum morifolium, garlic, string beans, onion, hawthorn, honey, jellyfish, kiwi fruit, laver, mushroom, oat, onion, pea, peanut, pear, persimmon, potato, sea cucumber, laver, shepherd's purse, bean products, soybean, spinach, tea, tomato, vinegar, watermelon, etc. Dietotherapy focuses on the therapeutic effect of food, taking into account its nature, taste and function to balance human health, so as to achieve the best blood pressure management. In short, the current literature shows that dietotherapy is effective in controlling blood pressure. But dietotherapy can be used as an auxiliary method to manage hypertension, and it can't completely replace drugs! Just like exercise therapy, only as an auxiliary therapy! Disclaimer: The above content comes from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If there is any infringement of your original copyright, please let us know and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.