How to alleviate low blood pressure?

Written by Zhang Yue Mei
Cardiology
Updated on May 19, 2025
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It is necessary to adjust regular living habits and provide high-nutrient foods and broths for the elderly, women during their menstrual period, pregnant women, or individuals experiencing low blood pressure due to excessive fatigue, lack of rest, staying up late, and poor nutrition, in order to manage their low blood pressure. Often, the use of medications is not necessary. For low blood pressure caused by diseases, it is appropriate to use medications that increase blood pressure or supplement blood volume while treating the primary disease, in order to change the low blood pressure condition.

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The standard for low blood pressure

The diagnostic criteria for hypotension are that if both systolic and diastolic pressures are below normal levels, it is diagnosed as hypotension. Normal blood pressure ranges from 90-140 mmHg for systolic and 60-90 mmHg for diastolic. A clinical diagnosis of hypotension is made if the systolic pressure is below 90 mmHg and diastolic pressure is below 60 mmHg. There are many causes of hypotension, which can result from certain diseases, blood loss, anaphylactic shock, heart failure, etc. Hypotension can also be caused by physiological reasons such as an unreasonable diet structure, lack of nutrition, or lack of energy. Regardless of the cause, any instance of hypotension requires appropriate treatment.

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How to supplement the diet for low blood pressure

Low blood pressure can cause harm to the body, and long-term low blood pressure may lead to insufficient blood supply to important organs. Therefore, while treating with medications, dietary adjustments should also be made. Patients with low blood pressure should generally consume a diet high in protein, nutrients, and calories. It is often beneficial to include nutrient-rich soups such as chicken soup, duck soup, mutton soup, beef soup, and sea cucumber soup. These soups can not only provide high-quality proteins, trace elements, minerals, and various vitamins needed by the body but can also enhance the body's immunity.

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What should people with low blood pressure eat?

No matter what the cause of low blood pressure, it is necessary to supplement with nutrients. Therefore, patients with low blood pressure should consume foods high in quality protein such as milk, eggs, lean meat from animals, fish, and shrimp. These foods not only provide high-quality protein needed by the human body but also supply a variety of vitamins and trace elements, enhancing physical constitution. Additionally, consuming more salty soups, vegetable soups, chicken broth, and fish soup can not only provide rich nutrients but also quickly increase blood volume, thereby raising blood pressure.

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How to deal with low blood pressure?

Low blood pressure in medicine refers to a systolic pressure below 90mmHg and a diastolic pressure below 60mmHg. So, what should one do after being diagnosed with low blood pressure? First, a formal examination is necessary, such as a blood test, to see if anemia might be causing the low blood pressure. Additionally, carrying out a cardiac ultrasound and an electrocardiogram (ECG) to check for potential heart diseases is advisable. Second, if anemia, heart diseases, or other conditions are ruled out as causes of the low blood pressure, appropriate medication can be taken to raise the blood pressure. For instance, certain traditional Chinese medicines, ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Glehnia littoralis, and Pseudostellaria heterophylla, can be helpful. One can take Chinese herbal decoctions under the guidance of a qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor to help increase blood pressure. (Specific medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor; do not self-medicate.)

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What blood pressure is considered low blood pressure?

Systolic pressure less than 90 mmHg and diastolic pressure less than 60 mmHg indicate low blood pressure. The normal blood pressure range for adult males and females of any age is a systolic pressure between 90 to 139 mmHg and/or diastolic pressure between 60 to 89 mmHg. High blood pressure is defined as having a systolic pressure of 140 mmHg or higher and/or a diastolic pressure of 90 mmHg or higher. Arterial blood pressure varies among individuals, as well as by age and gender, with a general trend of increasing pressure as age advances, and the increase in systolic pressure is more pronounced than that in diastolic pressure. Before menopause, women tend to have slightly lower blood pressure than men of the same age, but after menopause, their blood pressure generally aligns with or even slightly exceeds that of their male counterparts.