Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaches You How to Prevent and Treat Hypertension

Author: Hu Yuanhui
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book briefly introduces the basic concepts, regulatory factors, traditional Chinese medicine's understanding of hypertension, measurement methods, and precautions for hypertension. It provides a detailed explanation of the types of hypertension, possible causes, clinical classification and staging, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and various examination methods. It also covers hypertensive emergencies and high-risk populations, the relationship between hypertension and cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal diseases, diabetes, hypertension in different age groups, gestational hypertension, and menopausal hypertension. Additionally, it discusses Western medicine treatment, traditional Chinese medicine treatment, health care, and prevention of hypertension. Suitable for primary care physicians, community and retirement home health care personnel, as well as hypertensive patients and their families for reference.