Add-on therapy with traditional Chinese medicine: An efficacious approach for lipid metabolism disorders.

Abstract

Add-on therapy with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been extensively researched in the intractable diseases, such as asthma, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. As an entirely new concept, add-on therapy of TCM has been also used to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia via lowering cholesterol level. However, the efficacy of add-on therapy with TCM for mediating lipid metabolism disorders remains controversial. In this review, we summarize and provide strong evidence that add-on therapy of TCM as a novel approach is efficacious and safe for hyperlipidemia associated diseases based on the mediation of lipid metabolism disorders.

• Authors: Ying Zhang, Hiroko Kishi, Sei Kobayashi
• Journal: Pharmacological research (Pharmacol Res) Vol. 134 Pg. 200-211 (08 2018) ISSN: 1096-1186 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 29935947 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• Hypolipidemic Agents
• Lipids

Topics

• Biomarkers (blood)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (therapeutic use)
• Dyslipidemias (blood, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Humans
• Hypolipidemic Agents (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Lipid Metabolism (drug effects)
• Lipids (blood)
• Risk Factors
• Treatment Outcome