Hypertension is a common disease of older persons, in fact, low blood pressure equally serious dangers for the elderly. According to out-patient statistics, suffering from dizziness, weakness of the middle-aged women, low blood pressure by about 1 / 5.
Is generally accepted that if the long-term blood pressure remained at 90/60 mm Hg or less, can be called "low blood pressure." Medical survey: the elderly, 2 / 5 of the stroke patients, 1 / 4 of patients with myocardial infarction caused by hypotension.
Why is low blood pressure can induce the elderly stroke and myocardial infarction? Because age increases, people will continue to increase the degree of hardening of the arteries, especially the cerebral vascular sclerosis and heart coronary artery disease would enable them to regulate the function of blood flow gradually weakened or lost, then only by a certain degree of blood pressure in order to maintain an appropriate blood flow. When the blood pressure too low, slow blood flow, cerebral blood vessels and coronary blood flow reduction, resulting in blood supply, oxygen shortage. At the same time, blood flow slows also is likely to lead to thrombosis, and induce a stroke or myocardial infarction.
The elderly, once got low blood pressure, use of Chinese medicine treatment on some rather good results. Chinese medicine believes that low blood pressure more with congenitally dystrophy, Laojuan injuries positive, blood loss and other related gas consumption. Usually can eat yams, plantago-jen, longan, lychee, wolfberry fruit, chestnuts, walnuts, red dates, ginseng, astragalus and so on. In the meat, we should eat more lean pork, lamb and chicken, pigeon meat; vegetables and fruits contain vitamins, trace elements abundant in peacetime should also eat a little, especially soybeans, black beans, red beans and other legumes, the control of blood pressure is highly desirable.

In addition, Chinese medicine can also play some role in boost, the elderly can be properly used. Common are the following:
1. Ginseng 6 grams, 15 grams of Ophiopogon, Schisandra 9 grams, decoction, after taking a day one, and even served for 1 week.
2. Cinnamon, cassia twig, licorice each 10 grams, water immersion on behalf of the tea, and even served 10-20 days.
3. Huang Jing 30 grams, 30 grams of Radix Codonopsis, Zhigancao 10 grams, Shuijianbi day one.
In addition, the moxibustion treatment on blood pressure have a better effect, often moxibustion BAIHUI, God Que, Guan Yuan, air sea, and other points Zusanli a regular basis, you can receive significant results.

Note:This information only supplies the reference, cannot take the medical basis, the seeing a doctor please do choose the regular Medical establishment.