Treat Hypertension with Acupuncture

There are two types of hypertension:

• Primary hypertension
• Secondary hypertension

Primary hypertension occurs mainly in patients over 30 years of age, the chief symptoms of headache, feeling of tightness in head, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, numbness of extremities, etc.

Secondary hypertension may be due to nephritis, toxemia of pregnancy, intracranial or endocrine disturbance, etc

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), hypertension belongs to categories dizzines (vertigo) and headache.

Hypertension caused by:

• Stangnation of liver Qi
• Subsequent flaring-up of the liver Yang with deficiency of Kidney Yin

Acupuncture prescription for Hypertension:

Primary Points:

• Taixi (KI.3)
• Shenshu (BL.23) The Back-Shu point of Kidney.
• Xingjian (LV.2) or Tai Chong (LV.3) Reduce liver fire.
• Ganshu (BL.18) The Back-Shu point of Liver.
• Quchi (LI.11) Clear heat and lower high blood pressure.
• Sanyinjiao (SP.6) Reinforces Kidney Yin.

Secondary Points according to symptoms:

• Dizness and headache --> Fengchi (GB.20) Clear fire in the head, tranquilizes pain in the head.
• Abdominal distension and excessive sputum --> Zhongwan (CV.12) Reinforce The middle jiao to decrease production of phlegm and Fenglong (ST.40) Remove phlegm
• General weakness --> Zusanli (ST.36) and Sanyinjiao (SP.6)

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