Post Date December, 02 2023
One day last month, an elderly man came to the clinic and said that he had suffered from high blood pressure for more than 30 years. Now, in addition to occasional discomfort such as fatigue, chest tightness, dizziness, excessive nocturnal urination, and poor sleep, the biggest problem was that a physical examination two days ago found that his kidneys had also been damaged, not only his entire body was swollen, but also his urine routine showed protein (++). He was very worried that once hypertension complicated with kidney disease, it would eventually develop into uremia, I was very upset, so I came to see Chinese medicine early in the morning.
"I comforted you a few words and told you not to be too nervous, then I gave you an ECT examination of both kidneys.". After two days, the examination results came out, and the degree of my kidney damage was mild, not as terrible as I thought.
After observing, smelling, and inquiring, I determined that my master is suffering from hypertension and kidney disease caused by hyperactivity of liver yang due to deficiency of liver and kidney. I gave my master a prescription for Tianma Gouteng Drink, a traditional Chinese medicine that can nourish the liver and kidney, recuperate yang, and calm the liver. The prescription includes: 10 grams each of Gastrodia elata, Rehmannia glutinosa, Fritillaria thunbergii, and Leonurus japonicus, 15 grams each of uncaria, poria cocos, mulberry leaves, nocturnal rattan, white chrysanthemum, plantain seed, and polyporus umbellatus, 9 grams each of bamboo fungus, 12 grams of fried white peony, and 3 grams of licorice. After taking it for one week, the swelling significantly subsided. After taking it for two weeks, proteinuria decreased to (+). Subsequently, I added 15 grams of buckwheat to the original formula. After taking it for half a month, my urinary protein turned negative and my blood pressure was basically controlled and stabilized.
The other day, when I was giving a health lecture on hypertension in the elderly somewhere, I met this gentleman and he was happy to tell me that his proteinuria had never recurred, his blood pressure was stable, and his renal function was normal.
For the above case, I summarize it as "Tianma Gouteng Drink can lower blood pressure and protect the kidney more.". At the same time, from this perspective, it can be seen that there is a difference between traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in treating hypertension: the method used by traditional Chinese medicine to treat hypertension is to "draw from the bottom of one's heart", while the method used by western medicine is to "raise soup to stop boiling". Why do you say that? "Because traditional Chinese medicine is a dialectical treatment that focuses on the constitution of a person, and because my grandfather has a constitution of liver and kidney yin deficiency and liver yang hyperactivity, using Tianma Gouteng Drink to nourish liver and kidney yin to latent liver yang hyperactivity is a fundamental treatment for the cause of high blood pressure, so it is a" bottomless pit ";"; Western medicine generally adopts the method of dilating blood vessels or diuresis, although it can also reduce blood pressure, but it ignores the physical condition of the person and does not fundamentally treat the causes of high blood pressure. Therefore, it is called "raising soup to stop boiling", which is often said by the common people to "treat foot pain and head pain.".
(Intern Editor: Liu Jinhao)
