China News Service, Nanjing, November 20 (Feng Yao and Xu Shanshan) On the 20th, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), the Steering Committee of Primary Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Experts of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Jiangsu Society of Chinese Medicine Hypertension The 2021 Academic Annual Meeting of the Basic-level Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Expert Steering Committee of the Chinese Society of Chinese Medicine and the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Course for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension and Target Organ Damage jointly sponsored by the disease professional committee was held in Nanjing. Industry experts and scholars gathered to discuss high The path of Chinese medicine prevention and treatment of blood pressure.

  The report data shows that the prevalence of hypertension among Chinese residents aged 18 and above is 27.5%.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of prevention and treatment of hypertension. According to the characteristics and clinical manifestations of the onset of hypertension, there are records of "dizziness", "headache", "wind dizziness" and "headwind" in the medical classic "Huang Di Nei Jing".

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  At the end of 2020, Fang Zhuyuan, deputy director of the Primary Hypertension Management Office of the National Health Commission, vice president of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and party secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, led a team of experts. The chapter on blood pressure and traditional Chinese medicine was included in the National Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Primary Hypertension for the first time.

  In line with the guiding ideology of “preventing the disease before the disease, preventing the existing disease from degeneration, and preventing the aging of the existing disease” in the intervention of Chinese medicine in hypertension, this chapter proposes traditional Chinese medicine classic prescriptions including traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of hypertension, characteristic suitable techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional exercise methods, and comprehensive treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. And other content.

  At the meeting, Li Yan, deputy director of the Vascular Testing Center and Community Research Center of the Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, introduced that Chinese medicine has great potential in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a certain degree of antihypertensive effect. Using modern clinical research methods, the efficacy and safety can be clarified.

In the future, it is necessary to further explore its effective ingredients, mechanism of action, and find new targets for lowering blood pressure.

  "The grassroots is the main battlefield for the prevention and treatment of hypertension, and the grassroots doctors are the main force in the prevention and treatment of hypertension." In response to the difficulties and countermeasures in the prevention and treatment of hypertension in the community, Wang Zengwu, director of the Community Prevention and Treatment Department of the National Cardiovascular Disease Center, pointed out that we must pay attention to personnel training and strengthen diagnosis. Assess capacity and carry out regional cooperation through medical consortia.

  In 2019, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine cooperated with the People's Government of Qinhuai District, Nanjing. The hypertension team formed a group to connect with the Qinhuai District Community Health Center, promoted information interconnection, carried out remote consultation, and improved the grassroots through expert consultation and two-way referral. Medical technology service capabilities.

  “It is necessary to continuously optimize the chronic disease management model of Chinese and Western medicine, strengthen communication with the community, establish a network platform for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, create a comprehensive demonstration area for the management of The specific content of traditional Chinese medicine in the Basic Hypertension Prevention and Management Guidelines promotes the homogeneity, standardization and standardization of hypertension and chronic disease management." Fang Zhuyuan said.

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