Will Qi and blood deficiency cause high blood pressure?

Deficiency of both Qi and blood is a health problem that many people suffer from, especially among women, who suffer from insufficient Qi and blood. Many people want to know whether insufficient qi and blood will cause a person’s blood pressure to rise. In fact, there is no connection between qi and blood deficiency and high blood pressure. On the contrary, long-term deficiency of qi and blood can cause low blood pressure problems. Next, I will introduce to you the conditioning methods for deficiency of both Qi and blood!

1. Qi deficiency

① Tonic foods: beef, mutton, wolfberry, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybeans, white lentils, jujubes, crucian carp, carp, quail, eel, shrimp, mushrooms, etc.

② Corresponding meals: Huaishan lily and lotus seed soup; stewed pigeon with ginseng and herbs; spiced beef; roasted pig's trotters with peanuts and dates.

③ Avoid eating or eat less: buckwheat, grapefruit, tangerine, kumquat, kumquat cake, orange, water chestnut, raw radish, ground skullcap, mustard greens, leek, Jundacai, Amomum villosum, chrysanthemum, tea, tobacco and alcohol.

④ Foods to avoid: hawthorn, bergamot, betel nut, garlic, kohlrabi, radish greens, coriander, turnip, pepper, longan, middle finger, perilla leaf, mint, lotus leaf.

2. Blood Deficiency

① Nourishing foods: black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, brown sugar, red beans, etc.

② Corresponding meals: black-bone chicken with Angelica sinensis and Rehmannia glutinosa; Huaishan beef brisket stew; Huaichrysanthemum and hairtail; Rose and Huaichrysanthemum dew.

③ Avoid and eat less: seaweed, cardamom, lotus leaves, white wine, mint, chrysanthemum, betel nut, raw radish, etc.

④ Avoid foods: water chestnuts and garlic.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that raw lotus root is cold in nature and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving restlessness. It is especially suitable for patients who suffer from acne due to blood heat. After being cooked, it changes from cold to warm, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach and yin, strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi and nourishing blood. It is a very good food supplement, especially suitable for people with dry skin and dull complexion due to weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood. In particular, the lotus root nodes between the lotus root segments are a good medicine, which has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetite, nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, and can also improve complexion. Therefore, women with insufficient qi and blood can eat more lotus root.

3. Strawberry Diet Therapy

[Recipe] 250 grams of strawberries, 100 grams of raisins, 100 grams of white sugar.

[Preparation] Put the above 3 ingredients into a pot, add 800 ml of water, bring to a boil then simmer for 5 minutes, remove from heat and soak for 10 hours before serving.

[Dosage] Drink soup and eat strawberries and raisins.