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Review
. 2018 Aug:134:200-211.
doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.06.004. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

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

Ying Zhang  1 , Hiroko Kishi  1 , Sei Kobayashi  2
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Review

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

Ying Zhang et al. Pharmacol Res. 2018 Aug.

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.

Keywords: Berberine; Combination therapy; Curcumin; Hyperlipidemia; Lowering-cholesterol.

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