High blood pressure is defined as a systolic pressure at rest that reaches 140 mm Hg (18.7 Kpa) more, a diastolic pressure at rest that reaches 90 mm Hg ( 12.0 kPa ) more, or both. In most people, high blood pressure causes no symptoms. Headaches. dizziness, tinnitus, stuffy chest, palpitation, insomnia and numbness of the limbs may associated with high blood pressure. Severe or long-standing high blood pressure (especially malignant hypertension) can produce symptoms such as serious headache, tachycardia, angina. blurred vision and shortness of breath, restlessness, and so on. However, In TCM, this disease is included in the following category: headache, dizziness and liver wind treated with herbs for calming the liver to suppress the hyperactive Yang.
Category of Hypertension in TCM
Primary hypertension
Secondary hypertension