Title: Dietetic therapy for hypertension based on syndrome differentiation
Abstract: Objective: To systematically review the characteristics of the current system of therapeutic diet intervention to hypertensive disease in China and provide some suggestions about diet for Chinese patients with hypertension. Methods: The documents from inception to December 31, 2014 were electronically retrieved from the databases, such as CBM, Wanfang Data, CNKI and VIP. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, some documents were selected to extract the data. Then, the basic information of these documents and the characteristics of diet therapy for hypertension based on syndrome differentiation were systematically evaluated by means of descriptive analysis. Results: A total of 1 342 documents were retrieved, eighty-nine of which were finally included. 1There were 16 main syndrome types for the dietetic therapy for hypertensive disease: excess syndrome types: syndrome of wind-phlegm, syndrome of blood stasis, syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis binding together, syndrome of interior disturbance of phlegm-heat, syndrome of exuberance of liver-i re, syndrome of upper hyperactivity of liver yang, syndrome of liver wind stirring up internally, syndrome of exuberance of heart fire; deficiency syndrome types: syndrome of deficiency of both qi and blood, syndrome of deficiency of both qi and yin, syndrome of deficiency of both yin and yang, syndrome of deficiency of kidney yang, syndrome of yin deficiency of liver and kidney; syndrome types of intermingled deficiency and excess: syndrome of hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency, syndrome of blood stasis due to qi deficiency, syndrome of phlegm-dampness due to spleen deficiency. 2There were 12 kinds of raw food materials for treating hypertensive disease: formula of clearing heat and removing toxicity, formula of dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, formula of promoting digestion, formula of inducing diuresis for removing edema, formula of resolving phlegm to relieve cough, formula of promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis to hemostasis, formula of calming the liver to stop the wind, formula of replenishing qi to invigorate the spleen, formula of enriching the ying blood, formula of nourishing yin to calm the wind, formula of invigorating the yang, formula of nourishing liver and kidney. 3There are 5 main forms of raw food materials for treating hypertensive disease: cooked food, porridge, canape, beverage. Conclusion: There are so many syndrome types of the hypertensive disease, so the dietetic therapy should be of ered by using treatment based on syndrome differentiation according to the specific factors.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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