Focus on Healthy China, High Blood Pressure (First Health Report, Beijing, Intern Reporter Li Shuqing)
A few days ago, Mr. Lu Jiage, a 73-year-old scholar of traditional Chinese medicine culture, returned home from other places.
After a tiring day, he fell asleep, but his head began to ache in the middle of the night, and when he woke up the next morning, his blood pressure was as high as 220mmHg, and even remained high for several days, maintaining it at about 190mmHg.
The picture shows the tired Mr. Lu Jiage (Jiujian Photography)
Lu Jiage wondered, why did the once livable and comfortable old house become the "culprit" of high blood pressure?
It turned out that Mr. Lu Jiage's neighbors had carried out a "drastic" renovation of the old house a few years ago, turning the one-story house into a two-story house, the ceiling was demolished, and an iron sheet was nailed to the outside of the eaves of the house. The two rooms are connected, and the ceiling, which was originally equivalent to the insulation layer, has been removed, and the iron sheet is "nothing but beautiful".
The picture shows the extension of Mr. Lu Jiage's old house after being renovated (provided by Mr.)
For this reason, Lu Jiage, who has studied architecture and understands the feng shui environment, did not expect that "the house that was warm in winter and cool in summer became cold in winter and hot in summer", and the cool breeze in the house also swished, blowing directly on the body and head from top to bottom. People had to wrap their heads and wear hats to sleep, and on the day they came home from other places, the old gentleman happened to forget to wrap his head and put on a hat, and the cool breeze took advantage of it.
Under the unreasonable living environment, how does the wind chill "blow" high blood pressure?
"Among the 1.4 billion Chinese, there are nearly 300 million people with high blood pressure. Lu Jiage said. We often think that high blood pressure is an inevitable geriatric disease for the elderly, but it is not. In general, poor lifestyle habits, high-stress environments, genetic factors, and medical and drug factors can all contribute to high blood pressure. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, hypertension belongs to the category of "dizziness" and "headache" in traditional Chinese medicine, and its pathogenesis is mainly related to factors such as imbalance of qi and blood, yin and yang, wind, fire, phlegm and stasis.
The picture shows Lu Jiage's data map (Jiujian Photography)
"In fact, Chinese medicine has long suggested that wind and cold are one of the culprits of high blood pressure. Lu Jiage introduced that Chinese medicine has the concept of qi and blood flow, and high blood pressure is actually the wind evil entering the flesh and skin of the head, blocking the path of yang qi that guides blood flow, causing yang qi to move and blood flow to be stagnant, resulting in qi stagnation and blood stasis. In this way, due to the blockage of the air pathway, the normal blood pressure is reversed, and hypertension is formed.
Lu Jiage believes that living is one of the connotations that cannot be ignored in health preservation, and the prevention and treatment of hypertension is inseparable from the cooperation of a reasonable living environment in addition to the warmth of living habits. In the homes of the ancients, there were many designs that were designed to protect against the wind. For example, in ancient buildings, the empty layer design is often adopted, that is, a certain gap is left in the wall to seal the air in the empty layer, which plays a role in heat insulation, which can effectively reduce the impact of outdoor temperature changes on the building. In addition, in ancient times, even the bed was equipped with a frame of four-cornered columns, and a curtain was hung to protect it from the wind.
How does Chinese medicine view blood pressure?
In the emergency treatment of hypertension, TCM may not be as fast and effective as Western medicine, but with its holistic concept and individualized treatment strategy of syndrome differentiation and treatment, TCM has shown clinical value in the long-term treatment and management of hypertension that cannot be ignored.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that emotional disorders, eating disorders, and internal injuries and weakness may also be the causes of hypertension. Accordingly, for the treatment of hypertension, acupuncture and moxibustion, acupuncture and dietary therapy are proposed.
Hypertension massage acupoint map (source network)
In terms of diet, loofah, celery, spinach, hawthorn, chrysanthemum, etc. are all foods with antihypertensive effect, and traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions mostly use gastrodia, notoginseng, salvia and other medicinal materials to achieve the effect of lowering blood pressure; In addition, maintaining a happy mood, avoiding overwork and emotional agitation, and exercising the body appropriately, such as traditional Chinese medicine exercises such as Tai Chi and Baduanjin, can also help balance yin and yang and lower blood pressure.
For the prevention and treatment of high blood pressure, we need more publicity
There are many misconceptions about high blood pressure.
"In terms of the relationship between salt consumption and the risk of high blood pressure, we have confirmed through research that sodium and potassium intake in food is more important than salt reduction alone, and the body supplements potassium, even if salt is not reduced, blood pressure can be lowered. Liu Lisheng, a member of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and a first-class professor at Peking Union Medical College, said in an interview, "Our team has carried out a study that lasted for 14 years, and this research work is to answer the question of whether to take medicine if systolic blood pressure is between 130-139mmHg and diastolic blood pressure between 85-89mmHg, and the results show that this situation does not require medication." Liu Lisheng believes that high blood pressure is a silent killer and must be prevented. It is not possible to sit in the outpatient clinic and wait for the patient to come by himself, and health management requires active intervention.
In response to the "risk" of his own voice, Lu Jiage further emphasized the promotion of the concept of traditional Chinese medicine windproof.
Report by Mr. Lu Jiage
He suggested that the design and transformation of the livable, livable and livable civil construction industry should be included in the construction of a healthy Chinese environment, and the common sense of prevention and treatment of hypertension should be publicized from the "windproof conditions" of human habitation, and the knowledge of "windproof and thermal insulation" should be popularized in the field of construction, and the training and explanation of the insulation structure of the house should be paid attention to in the repair of the residence, and the repair work should be arranged as soon as possible for the houses that are not suitable for living due to the unreasonable renovation of old houses.
"It is hoped that the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development can cooperate with the National Health Commission to pay attention to the importance of windproof and thermal insulation structures in living conditions to prevent the occurrence of hypertension. Lu Jiage proposed.
(Editor in charge: Mint)