What should people with low blood pressure eat?

Generally, people with hypotension can consume foods such as longan, red dates (jujubes), lean meat, eggs, and spinach. They may also take medications under medical guidance, including Shengmai Yin Oral Liquid, Yiqi Yangxue Oral Liquid, Midodrine Hydrochloride Tablets, Shenqi Shengyang Bushen Capsules, and Huangqi Jing Oral Liquid for regulation. The details are as follows:

1. Foods

1. Longan
Rich in glucose, sucrose, and various vitamins, longan provides quick energy and raises blood glucose levels, indirectly helping to improve blood pressure. Its nutrients also nourish qi and blood, alleviating symptoms of hypotension such as dizziness, fatigue, palpitations, and shortness of breath. It can be eaten directly or boiled with red dates.

2. Red Dates (Jujubes)
High in iron and vitamin C, red dates provide essential iron for hemoglobin synthesis, improving anemia and indirectly supporting blood pressure elevation. Vitamin C enhances iron absorption and boosts the body's hematopoietic function, helping relieve pallor and low energy caused by hypotension. Suitable for daily consumption.

3. Lean Meat
Rich in high-quality protein and iron, lean meat supplies building materials for tissue repair and improves vascular elasticity. Iron helps prevent and correct iron-deficiency anemia, avoiding worsening of hypotension symptoms such as dizziness and limb weakness. Moderate intake can assist in regulating blood pressure.

4. Eggs
Contain lecithin, high-quality protein, and various minerals. Lecithin protects vascular endothelial cells and maintains normal vascular function. Protein replenishes nutrition and strengthens physical constitution, reducing fatigue associated with hypotension. Consuming 1–2 eggs per day has an auxiliary effect on improving low blood pressure.

5. Spinach
Rich in iron and folic acid, spinach promotes hemoglobin synthesis and improves anemia-related hypotension. Folic acid participates in red blood cell production and helps enhance blood oxygen-carrying capacity, relieving dizziness and difficulty concentrating due to low blood pressure. Can be stir-fried or cooked in soup.

2. Medications

1. Shengmai Yin Oral Liquid
Composed of ginseng, ophiopogon root (mai dong), and schisandra berries, this formula benefits qi, restores pulse, nourishes yin, and generates body fluids. It improves hypotension caused by deficiency of both qi and yin, relieving symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, palpitations, and dry mouth by replenishing qi and yin to elevate blood pressure.

2. Yiqi Yangxue Oral Liquid
Contains codonopsis, astragalus, angelica, and other ingredients that tonify qi and nourish blood. Suitable for hypotension due to insufficient qi and blood, it relieves pallor, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, and reluctance to speak. By enriching qi and blood, it enhances bodily functions and supports blood pressure elevation.

3. Midodrine Hydrochloride Tablets
An α1-adrenergic receptor agonist that constricts peripheral blood vessels and increases peripheral vascular resistance, thereby raising both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. It effectively improves symptoms of orthostatic hypotension such as dizziness, blurred vision, and unsteadiness when standing.

4. Shenqi Shengyang Bushen Capsules
Formulated with ginseng, astragalus, deer antler, and other herbs, it functions to tonify qi, raise yang, nourish yin, and enrich blood. Suitable for hypotension due to dual deficiency of qi and blood and insufficient yang qi, it relieves dizziness, blurred vision, low energy, cold intolerance, and cold limbs by uplifting yang and replenishing blood to regulate blood pressure.

5. Huangqi Jing Oral Liquid
Mainly composed of astragalus, it has effects of enriching blood, tonifying qi, strengthening the body’s foundation, and stopping spontaneous sweating. It enhances immune function, improves symptoms of qi deficiency such as fatigue and spontaneous sweating, and also assists in elevating blood pressure, alleviating discomfort associated with qi-deficiency-induced hypotension.

In daily life, individuals should maintain regular作息 (lifestyle routines), avoid sudden changes in posture, increase fluid intake appropriately to boost blood volume, avoid excessive dieting, and ensure balanced nutrition. Seek medical advice promptly when necessary and use medications only under a doctor's supervision—do not adjust medication independently.