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What traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating hypotension?

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Asked on:Apr 02, 2026 11:14 AM

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  • Blankenship Blankenship

    Apr 02, 2026

      Which traditional Chinese medicine is most effective in treating hypotension? Hypotension is relatively common in our daily lives. The emergence of this disease has a great impact on the normal life and work of many patients. When you discover the symptoms of the disease, you need to seek medical treatment promptly to avoid missing the best treatment time and worsening the condition. There are many traditional Chinese medicines that have obvious effects in treating hypotension. The suitable traditional Chinese medicines vary depending on the patient's condition. In order to facilitate everyone's understanding, let's give you a detailed introduction below.

      1. Treatment of hypotension due to kidney yin deficiency

      Symptoms include dizziness, soreness of the waist and knees, fatigue, palpitations and forgetfulness, restlessness and fever, poor sleep, night sweats, red tongue with less coating, and a thready and stringy pulse. The treatment is suitable for nourishing the kidneys and nourishing yin. The prescription uses Liuwei Rehmannia Decoction to treat hypotension: 25 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 12 grams of yam, 12 grams of cornus, 10 grams of Poria, 10 grams of peony bark, 15 grams of tortoise shell, 15 grams of wolfberry, 15 grams of Polygonatum, 15 grams of wolfberry, and 10 grams of Anemarrhena; the patent medicines include Liuwei Rehmannia Pills, Qiju Rehmannia Pills, etc.

      2. Treatment of hypotension due to heart and kidney yang deficiency

      Symptoms include dizziness, palpitations or chest tightness, spontaneous sweating, drowsiness, soreness in the waist and back, cold body and cold limbs, pale complexion, loose stools, or impotence and spermatorrhea, pale or fat tongue with teeth marks or dark purple, white coating, thin or slow pulse. Treatment should be to warm the heart and kidneys and invigorate Yang Qi. Fangxuan Jingui Shenqi Pills are modified to treat hypotension: 15 grams of dried rehmannia glutinosa, 12 grams of cornus, 12 grams of yam, 10 grams of poria, 10 grams of prepared aconite, 10 grams of cinnamon twigs, 10 grams of dangshen, 10 grams of eucommia, 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of wolfberry, 20 grams of astragalus, and 10 grams of moutan bark; patent medicines include Jingui Shenqi pills, etc.

      3. Treatment of hypotension due to dampness and mid-heat syndrome

      Symptoms include blurred head, chest tightness and nausea, loss of appetite, dry mouth and sticky mouth, difficulty in defecation or accompanied by foul odor, pale red tongue, thick greasy or yellow coating, and weak and slow pulse. The course of the disease is generally longer. It should be treated by warming the water and dampness and relieving the stomach. Modified and subtracted recipes for treating hypotension: Poria cocos 15 grams, Polyporus 15 grams, Alisma 12 grams, Atractylodes 12 grams, Guizhi 6 grams, Atractylodes 12 grams, Magnolia officinalis 12 grams, Chen 10 grams of peel, 20 grams of coix seed, 15 grams of talc, 15 grams of plantain (fried in a bun), 10 grams of Amomum villosum (lower and lower part), 12 grams of white coix kernel (lower and lower part), and 3 grams of licorice. The patent medicines include Xiangsha Weiling Pills, Wuling Powder, etc.

      The above is an introduction to the relevant content of "What traditional Chinese medicines are most effective in treating hypotension". I hope it will be helpful to everyone's understanding. To treat patients with hypotension, it is also necessary to choose a regular hospital to avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment, which will have an adverse impact on the condition and increase the difficulty of treatment.