Emerging approaches of traditional Chinese medicine formulas for the treatment of hyperlipidemia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-367

  Xie, Weidong ^a   Zhao, Yunan ^b   Du, Lijun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemia; Lipid lowering drugs; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; FALLOPIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT; FERMENTUM RUBRUM EXTRACT; FLOS CARTHAMI EXTRACT; FOLIUM NELUMBINIS EXTRACT; FRUCTUS CRATAEGI EXTRACT; FRUCTUS LYCII EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HE DAN PIAN; HERBA ARTEMISIAE SCOPARIAE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JIANG HUANG QING; JIANG ZHI JIAN FEI PIAN; JIANG ZHI LING; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; PAI DU QING ZHI PIAN; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; RADIX ET RHIZOMA RHEI EXTRACT; RADIX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; RADIX PUERARIAE EXTRACT; RADIX SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA ALISMATIS EXTRACT; SEMEN CASSIAE EXTRACT; SHAN ZHUANG JIANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XUE XHI KANG PIAN; XUE ZHI LING PIAN; ZHI BI TUO PIAN; ZHI QING PIAN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGITATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CIRCULATION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIURESIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FALLOPIA MULTIFLORA; FERMENTUM RUBRUM; FLATULENCE; FLOS CARTHAMI; FOLIUM NELUMBINIS; FRUCTUS CRATAEGI; FRUCTUS LYCII; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINSENG; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS; HERBA ARTEMISIAE SCOPARIAE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PUERARIA ROOT; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RADIX ET RHIZOMA RHEI; RADIX NOTOGINSENG; RADIX SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE; RASH; RHIZOMA ALISMATIS; SEMEN CASSIAE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALIA; FLOS; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 84862801973     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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