Herbal Diet for Headache and High Blood Pressure – Stewed Pigeon with Gastrodia & Sanqi--头痛高血压药膳-天麻三七乳鸽炖盅

头痛血压高药膳-天麻三七乳鸽炖盅

天麻：《神农本草经》记载，熄风止痉，，平抑旰阳，祛风通络。为治眩晕，头痛之要药，不论虚实，随证配药。

川芎：《神农本草经》记载，行气开郁，祛风燥湿，活血止痛。本品辛温升散，上行头目，祛风止痛，为治头痛之要药。无论风寒，风热，风湿，血虚，血瘀头痛均可随证配伍用之。

三七：《本草纲目》记载：散瘀止血，消肿定痛。本品味甘微苦性温，入肝经血分，功善止血，又能化瘀生新，有止血不留淤，化瘀不伤正的特点。

太子参：补气健脾，生津润肺。本品其性稍偏寒凉，属补气药中的清补之品。

做法：

将乳鸽洗净切块，将天麻，三七，川芎浸泡一晚，软化切片。

将乳鸽，天麻，三七，川芎，太子参一起放入炖盅中火炖40，然后， 放入红枣，枸杞炖10分钟，放入葱花即可食用。

Herbal Diet for Headache and High Blood Pressure – Stewed Pigeon with Gastrodia & Sanqi

Gastrodia elata (Tianma): Recorded in <Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica> as calming internal wind and relieving spasms, pacifying Liver yang, dispelling wind, and unblocking the channels. It is an essential herb for treating dizziness and headaches, suitable for both deficiency and excess patterns when used according to syndrome differentiation.

Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuanxiong): Also recorded in <Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica>, it promotes the movement of qi, relieves constraint, dispels wind and dampness, invigorates blood, and alleviates pain. This herb is pungent and warm with an ascending nature, guiding its action to the head. It is a key herb for headaches and can be used for wind-cold, wind-heat, wind-damp, blood deficiency, or blood stasis–related headaches when properly combined.

Panax notoginseng (Sanqi): According to <Compendium of Materia Medica>, it disperses blood stasis, stops bleeding, reduces swelling, and relieves pain. Sweet and slightly bitter in taste, warm in nature, it enters the Liver meridian and the blood level. It is known for stopping bleeding while also resolving stasis and promoting new blood, with the characteristic of “stopping bleeding without causing stasis and resolving stasis without damaging vital qi.”

Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Taizishen): Tonifies qi and strengthens the spleen, promotes the production of body fluids, and moistens the lungs. Its nature is mildly cool, and it belongs to the category of gentle, nourishing qi-tonifying herbs, providing supplementation without being overly warming.

Preparation Method

1. Clean the pigeon and chop it into pieces.

2. Soak gastrodia, sanqi, and chuanxiong overnight until softened, then slice them.

3. Place the pigeon, gastrodia, sanqi, taizisheng and chuanxiong into a stewing pot and simmer over medium heat for 40 minutes.

4. Add red dates and goji berries, then continue to stew for another 10 minutes.

5. Sprinkle with chopped scallions and serve.