Can patients with high blood pressure drink medicinal liquor? Patients must know

Hypertension is a common disease in my country, which seriously threatens the life and health of patients. Patients with hypertension need to adjust their diet and have many taboos. Many patients with hypertension will make their own medicinal wine to drink for health care. So, can people with hypertension drink medicinal wine? Let's take a look.

1. The application of Chinese herbal wine in the medical care of the Chinese nation can be said to have a long history. As early as in the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic", examples of using medicinal wine to treat diseases were recorded. From wine to medicinal wine, that is, from food culture to medical technology and means, medicinal wine has fully exerted its unique functions such as "wine promotes the efficacy of medicine" and "wine enhances the effectiveness of medicine". Modern medical research has confirmed that many active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, such as alkaloids and their salts, glycosides, tannins, organic acids, volatile oils, etc. are easily soluble in wine. After some traditional Chinese medicines are soaked in wine, the active ingredients are more easily dissolved, which can improve the efficacy.

2. For example, the tonic medicines commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, such as Rehmannia root, Cornus officinalis, and Ligustrum lucidum, can alleviate their sourness and astringency after being soaked in wine, making the medicinal taste thicker and enhancing the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys. Therefore, many Chinese medicines for nourishing the liver and kidneys can be used to prepare medicinal wine. In addition, soaking black-necked snake, angelica, etc. in wine can not only enhance their functions of promoting blood circulation, promoting qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain, but also correct the fishy smell of black-necked snake, making it easier to take and preserve. In short, some medicinal wines for treating arthritis, such as tiger bone wine, as well as medicinal wines for treating hemiplegia caused by stroke, male erectile dysfunction, and female uterine coldness and infertility, etc., are all widely used wines in traditional Chinese medicine.

3. However, there are still some tips for preparing medicinal wine. Some solid Chinese medicinal materials, such as gold, stone, clams, shells, etc., need to be soaked for a longer time. Relatively speaking, fruits, such as wolfberries, need to be soaked for a shorter time. If you want to make medicinal wine quickly, you might as well cut the Chinese medicine into pieces or make it into medicinal slices. This way, the effective ingredients of the medicinal wine can be easily soaked out and the time required is relatively shorter. It is worth mentioning that patients with liver disease, hypertension, nephritis, tuberculosis and certain heart diseases should use medicinal liquor with caution or avoid it.

The above is the answer to the question of whether people with high blood pressure can drink medicinal wine. I hope it will be helpful to patients with high blood pressure. Although medicinal wine will help our health to a certain extent, it is not suitable for patients with high blood pressure. We must avoid this. Therefore, for their own health, patients with high blood pressure must stay away from alcohol, including medicinal wine, to protect our health.