Essential hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Aged between 18-65 years old, male or female; (2) Diagnose with grade-1 essential hypertension, and the risk stratification is low-risk or intermediate-risk; (3) The diagnosis of TCM syndrome is liver-yang syndrome or asthenic yin causing predominant yang syndrome, or no obvious syndrome; (4) Those who have not taken antihypertensive drugs or have taken antihypertensive drugs irregularly, and do not want to take antihypertensive drugs in the next three months; (5) Subjects are volunteered to participate in the trial and signed the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Obvious liver and kidney dysfunction. ALT, AST, BUN or creatinine is more than 2 times higher than normal; (2) Those who cannot operate Baduanjin or acupoint massage independently; (3) Those who have eczema or injury in head, neck or ear, which may be unsuitable for acupoint massage; (4) Chronic gastrointestinal diseases; (5) Those who may have poor compliance and failure to follow up on time; (6) Woman during pregnancy or lactation or those who have a recent birth plan; (7) Patients with severe mental illness, malignant tumors or other major diseases; (8) Those with a reversed lifestyle or irregular sleep pattern; (9) Those who are known or suspected to be allergic to the test drug; (10) Those who practice traditional Chinese exercises (such as Taijiquan, Ba Duanjin, etc.) in the past 3 months; (11) Those who are inappropriate to participate in this research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 24 hours average blood pressure; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| office blood pressure;Compliance rate of office blood pressure;home blood pressure;daytime mean systolic blood pressure (dSBP), nighttime mean systolic blood pressure (nSBP),;24-hour average heart rate;WHOQOL-BREF score;Symptom score of hypertension grading quantization table; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHao Xu
Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed