Exploring Clinical Application of Acupuncture in Treatment of Hypertension Based on Blood Vessel Theory
AN Chengfei
LI Zefang
DU Yuzheng
ZHAO Qi
Abstract：As an important risk factor for the onset and mortality of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases,hypertension has shown an increasing trend in recent years.This disease pertains to the category of"vessel swelling"in traditional Chinese medicine with the disease location in blood vessels.It is caused by the imbalance of the blood vessel system composed of qi-blood-vessel.Based on blood vessel theory,the author holds that the physiological mechanism of blood pressure is the multi-dimensional comprehensive action of heart-qi-blood-vessel,that is heart qi disease is begins first,blood disease develops,and vessel disease runs through the whole disease,which is the major pathological mechanisms of hypertension.Acupuncture for regulating heart and dispersing wind combined with dredging liver and lowering pressure,resolving phlegm and dispersing stasis with invigorating and activating spleen and stomach,and tonifying kidney and harmonizing vessel with regu-lating yin and yang has been applied in clinic,so as to innovate in the theory and treatment of hyper-tension.
Keywords：hypertensionblood vessel theoryvessel swellingacupuncture manipulationdisease mechanism
Publication Date：2023-12-05
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 1256-1260 )