The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition for treating hypertension. The pharmaceutical composition consists of the following medicinal materials by weight: semen plantaginis, rhizoma alismatis, ginkgo leaf, chrysanthemum, blackberry lily, gastrodia elata, semen cassia, rhynohophylla, concha haliotidis, nacre mother of pearl, leech, seaweed, herba siegesbeckiae, root of kudzu vine, hawthorn, parasitic loranthus, feather cockscomb seed, apocynum venetum, fructus viticis, eucommia ulmoides, root bark of white mulberry, dried rehmannia root, achyranthes root, earthworm, oyster, pulp of dogwood fruit, kelp, lucid ganoderma, magnet, selfheal, corydalis amabilis and cinnamon. The pharmaceutical composition disclosed by the invention is obvious in drug treatment effect, free of side effect, does not produce drug dependence, and is low in treatment cost. And moreover, the pharmaceutical composition has certain treatment effect on hyperglycemia, high cholesterol and hyperlipidemia ropiness while being used for treating the hypertension.