Winter care for hypertensive patients
Published Time:
2016-06-14
In the cold winter, hypertensive patients, in addition to preventing cold, exercising, and taking medication, should also pay attention to dietary conditioning.
The principles that patients should follow in their winter diet include: limiting salt intake to less than 5 grams per day; controlling calorie intake, eating only 80% full at each meal; eating less animal fat; eating more fresh fruits and vegetables; and increasing calcium intake.
In addition, hypertensive patients can also appropriately increase their intake of foods with auxiliary hypotensive and lipid-lowering effects, such as soybeans, garlic, onions, kelp, hawthorn, corn, black fungus, and milk, according to their preferences.
Below are a few medicinal diets suitable for hypertensive patients in winter. Patients may choose to consume them according to their needs:
Gou Teng Jueming Drink: Take 6 grams of Hangbai chrysanthemum, 6 grams of Gou Teng, 10 grams of raw hawthorn, 10 grams of Semen Cassiae, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil Gou Teng and hawthorn to extract the juice, brew the chrysanthemum, add rock sugar, and drink as tea. This has a good therapeutic effect on dizziness and blurred vision caused by hypertension and is suitable for those with liver-yang hyperactivity according to traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis.
Xia Ku Cao Pork Stew: 20 grams of Xia Ku Cao, 20 grams of mulberry, 20 grams of oyster, 250 grams of lean pork, appropriate amount of soy sauce, salt, etc. Boil Xia Ku Cao and oyster to extract the juice. Cut the pork into pieces. Put the juice and pork into a pot together and simmer over low heat until it is seven-tenths cooked. Add mulberry, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and other seasonings, and continue to cook until the meat is tender and the juice is thickened. Eat the meat and mulberry. This can nourish yin and tonify yang, nourish blood and benefit essence, and is especially suitable for elderly hypertensive patients with dizziness and tinnitus.
Sea Cucumber Clam Lean Meat Soup: 40 grams of clams (also known as sea reds), 100 grams of fresh sea cucumber, 200 grams of lean pork, 10 grams of dried kelp. Wash the clams, cut the sea cucumber into sections, cut the pork into small cubes, and soak and wash the kelp, then cut into strips. Put the clams and pork in a pot, add water, use high heat first, then change to low heat after boiling. When it is seven-tenths cooked, add sea cucumber, kelp, and an appropriate amount of salt until fully cooked. This can nourish yin and yang, benefit the kidneys and moisten dryness, and is suitable for patients with yin and yang deficiency who experience headaches, tinnitus, cold limbs, and weakness.
Sea Jelly with Fragrant Celery: 100 grams of sea jelly skin, 50 grams of celery, 3 grams of tangerine peel, 6 grams of Pinellia ternata, appropriate amount of salt, sugar, sesame oil, and vinegar. Cut the sea jelly skin into strips, wash the celery, blanch it, and then cut it into strips. Boil the tangerine peel and Pinellia ternata to concentrate the juice into 30 ml. Put the sea jelly skin and celery in a dish, add the concentrated juice, sesame oil, vinegar, a small amount of salt and sugar, and mix well before eating. This has the functions of drying dampness, resolving phlegm, regulating Qi, and harmonizing the middle, and is suitable for hypertensive patients with dizziness, fatigue, slight swelling of the limbs, chest tightness, and excessive phlegm.
Next Page
Next Page:
Recommended News
Email: marcos.yuan@wangao.com.cn
Address: No. 688, Dinghai Road, Haimen City, Jiangsu Province
Mobile Version QR Code
Whatsapp Account
Copyright © 2025 Jiangsu Wangao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.