|
Adding Chinese Food Remedies to Your Diet to Lower Blood Pressure
Phlegm and dampness accumulation
Manifestations: hypertension, sometimes there may be dizziness, headache, distending and heaviness feelings in the head, fatigue, sleepiness, chest and abdominal stuffiness, nausea, low appetite, loose bowels and an incomplete feeling after defecation. On examination, the tongue body is bulky with thick greasy coating, and the pulse is taut and rolling.
TCM dietary suggestions: dry dampness, eliminate phlegm, invigorate spleen and harmonize stomach
This type of hypertension should eat more foods that help enhance fluid dissemination inside the body, such as rice bean, hyacinth bean, broad bean, peanut, coix seed, loquat fruit, clams, preserved jellyfish, laver, kelp, Chinese radish, olive, tangerine, mustard, onion, wax gourd, watermelon, cabbage, water chestnut, bamboo
shoot, ginkgo nut, and red date. It is especially important to keep a light and healthy diet, and avoid eating too full.
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Wax gourd |
|
Hairy gourd, coix seed and dried mussel |
|
Bamboo shoots |
Corn silk and clam soup
Ingredients |
Corn silk (100g), clam flesh (250g), ginger (30g) and green onion (20g) |
Preparing method |
Bring to a boil of 1000ml of water, add in some ginger slices and wine, then put in the clam flesh and blanch to eliminate the fishy smell; put all the ingredients in a double steam container, fill in 200ml of water; steam under high heat for about 1 hour, then season to taste. Serve warm, eat the clam and drink the soup |
Health benefits |
The recipe clears liver heat, induces urination, and promotes defecation, which are suitable for hypertension, nephritis, diabetes and yellowish skin |
Wax gourd and fish soup
Ingredients |
Wax gourd (250-500g), grass carp (250g, the tail part), dried tangerine peel (10g), ginger (30g), and green onion (30g) |
Preparing method |
Chop the wax gourd in big pieces; marinate the fish with salt and wine, ginger strips, pan fry both sides of the fish to lightly golden brown; bring to a boil of 1000ml water in a saucepan, add in all the ingredients, cook for about 30 minutes (or when the soup color is milky white and the wax gourd are tendered), then season to taste. Serve in warm |
Health benefits |
Wax gourd helps clear heat and promote urination; grass carp harmonizes stomach and soothes liver; the soup is beneficial to high blood pressure and lipids individuals |
Hairy gourd, coix seed and mussel soup
Ingredients |
Hairy gourd (150g), coix seed (30g), dried mussel (25g), dried tangerine peel (10g), ginger (30g), and green onion (30g) |
Preparing method |
Wash the ingredients, cut the hairy gourd and tangerine peel in stripes, cut the ginger and green onion in proper section; put all the ingredients in a saucepan, cook with 800ml of water, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes, then season with salt, pepper and sesame oil to taste |
Health benefits |
The soup clears body heat, promotes urination, stimulates appetite and enhances digestion, which help lower blood pressure and lipids |
Kelp and sweet corn porridge
Ingredients |
Fresh kelp (30g), whole kernel corn (30g) and rice (30g) |
Preparing method |
Cut the kelp in fine stripes; put all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook with 1000ml of water, bring to a boil first, then simmer until it turns thick. Serve warm in the morning or evening |
Health benefits |
Kelp can soften the blood vessels; corn induces urination, and prevents fatty tissues accumulation; rice promotes digestion and harmonizes stomach |
Bamboo shoot salad
Ingredients |
Baby cucumber(200g), fresh bamboo shoot (300g), black fungus (10g), ginger (10g), garlic (4 cloves) and onion (30g) |
Preparing method |
Soak through and wash the black fungus, cut into small pieces; peel and cut the bamboo shoot in fine pieces; crush the cucumber lightly and cut into chunks; slice the ginger and onion; blanch the black fungus and bamboo shoot for 3 minutes in boiling water, then drain and mix with other ingredients in a big bowl, season with salt, sesame oil, sugar and rice vinegar to taste |
Health benefits |
This salad induces urination, dissolves fatty tissues and promotes digestion |
|
