What are the commonly used Chinese patent medicines for hypertension? What should I pay attention to when using it? What Cardiologists Say

Nowadays, the number of people suffering from hypertension is getting bigger and bigger. According to the survey, three out of ten people in China suffer from hypertension, so people are quite familiar with antihypertensive drugs.

I believe that most people usually see that relatives and friends with hypertension take antihypertensive drugs, mainly Western medicine, and there are many familiar drugs in Western medicine, such as nifedipine, captopril, metoprolol, etc. It is one of the most commonly used antihypertensive drugs. However, is it that I am a big country in China, a big country of traditional Chinese medicine, and there is no Chinese patent medicine that can treat hypertension? Today, let’s take a look. What are the commonly used Chinese patent medicines for high blood pressure?

What are the commonly used Chinese patent medicines for hypertension?

1. Apocynum antihypertensive tablets

Its ingredients are Apocynum, Prunella, Uncaria, Alisma, Mother of Pearl, Achyranthes, Hawthorn and Chrysanthemum, which have the functions of calming the liver and subduing yang, relieving wind and promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, and can be used for hyperactivity of liver yang and blood stasis. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis caused by obstruction.

2. Bezoar Blood Pressure Tablets

There are as many as fourteen traditional Chinese medicines, including antelope horn, pearl, buffalo horn, bezoar, borneol, white peony, Codonopsis, Astragalus, Cassia, Chuanxiong, Scutellaria, Gansong, mint and turmeric, etc. Efficacy, can be used for dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, symptoms of dizziness, headache, hypertension is the above syndrome.

3. Zhenju antihypertensive tablets

This may be the only Chinese patent medicine with antihypertensive effect containing western medicine ingredients. Its ingredients include wild chrysanthemum, pearl, clonidine hydrochloride, hydrochlorothiazide and rutin. Its main function is to lower blood pressure and be used for hypertension. Because it contains western medicine ingredients clonidine hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide, its antihypertensive effect is also faster than other Chinese patent medicines, but the adverse reactions, precautions and drug interactions in the drug instructions are also more detailed than other Chinese patent medicines. For example, long-term use of the drug may cause adverse reactions of hypokalemia; or because it contains wild chrysanthemum, it is not advisable to take warm tonic Chinese medicine at the same time. Therefore, it is recommended to read the instructions carefully before taking this medicine.

4. Xinmaitong tablets

Its ingredients are angelica, cassia seed, Uncaria, Achyranthes, Salvia miltiorrhiza, kudzu, Sophora japonica, Mao Dongqing, Prunella vulgaris and Panax notoginseng. Hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

What should I pay attention to when using proprietary Chinese medicines for blood pressure?

In fact, there are far more than the above four kinds of Chinese patent medicines commonly used in clinical practice. According to rough calculation, there are dozens of kinds, and the ingredients contained in each kind of Chinese patent medicines are not exactly the same. Therefore, I would like to remind everyone here that for To avoid overdose caused by repeated medication, it is recommended not to use two or more proprietary Chinese medicines at the same time.

We all know that traditional Chinese medicine is relatively mild and needs to be taken for a long time to show its efficacy. Therefore, in fact, Chinese patent medicine for antihypertensive cannot completely replace antihypertensive western medicine, except for Zhenju Jiangya tablet which contains western medicine ingredients, so strictly speaking, this medicine is also It is not a pure Chinese patent medicine. However, antihypertensive Chinese patent medicine and Western medicine can be used in combination, complementing each other and complementing each other. The combination of the two types of drugs can sometimes reduce the dosage and types of antihypertensive western medicines.

Finally, it should be emphasized that for antihypertensive drugs such as Zhenju Jiangya Tablets that contain western medicine ingredients, if they are used in combination with western medicine antihypertensive drugs, please be sure to recognize the drug ingredients to avoid the occurrence of adverse drug reactions.

references:

[1] "Guidelines for Clinical Application of Chinese Patent Medicines in the Treatment of Essential Hypertension" (2021)