What is hyperlipidemia? Hyperlipidemia refers to disorders of lipid metabolism in the body, manifested as excessive high cholesterol and triglycerides in the serum, which can directly cause diseases that endanger human health, such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, pancreatitis, and . Hyperlipidemia is mainly related to factors such as genetics, diet, nutrition, drugs and metabolic disorders.
people with high blood lipids include hypertension , hyperglycemia , and obese people with high uric acid are very likely to cause dyslipids , causing hyperlipidemia. There are also people who sit for a long time, smoke a lot, drink heavily, and often eat some high-fat and high-cholesterol foods, which are also prone to high blood lipids.
patients with hyperlipidemia have no obvious symptoms, and are often found when physical examinations or complications such as fatty liver, coronary heart disease, diabetes . At present, its diagnosis is mainly based on clinical symptoms and some tests such as blood lipid tests.
For the treatment of hyperlipidemia, in addition to adjusting diet and improving lifestyle, there is also drug treatment. Drug treatment includes mainly divided into statins, benbutyric acid, niacin, resins, antioxidants, ezemab and traditional Chinese medicine. What Chinese medicines can relieve and treat hyperlipidemia? We briefly introduce the following types:
1. Bupleurum
The medicinal part of Bupleurum is the root or whole grass of Bupleurum, which has a bitter taste and a slightly cold nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. The main components are bupleurone, phytosterol , fatty acids, and bupleurine saponins, which have the effects of relieving qi, relieving depression and dispersing fire. Among them, Bupleurum saponin has the effect of lowering blood lipids.
2. Ganoderma lucidum
The medicinal part of Ganoderma lucidum is its fruiting body, which is warm in nature and sweet in taste. Ganoderma lucidum contains sterol , alkaloids, protein , polysaccharides, etc. It has the effects of nourishing essence and qi and strengthening muscles and bones. It is mainly used to treat mental fatigue, palpitations and insomnia, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cerebrovascular sclerosis, , etc.
3. Hawthorn
Hawthorn 1 sour and sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature. Hawthorn fruit contains hawthorn acid , malic acid , citrate , caffeic acid, fat, hypericin , lipidase, tannin, protein, quercetin , riboflavin , carotene , sugars and vitamins, and other ingredients, which can be used to treat chest tightness and pain caused by hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.
4. Cassia seed
Cassia seed is sweet, bitter and slightly cold in nature. It belongs to the three meridians of the liver, gallbladder and kidney, and has the effects of clearing heat, improving eyesight and moistening the intestines. Cassia seed contains anthracene glycosides, which after decomposition produces emodin, emodin methyl ether, rhubarb acid, rhubarb phenol and glucose , etc., and also contains vitamin A substances. Experiments have proven that Cassia has the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and antibacterials, and has certain therapeutic effects in the treatment of hyperlipidemia. However, it should be noted that cassia preparations should be used with cassia seeds with diarrhea and hypotension.
5. Polygonum multiflorum
Polygonum multiflorum has bitter taste, sweetness, astringent taste, warm nature, and belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. Polygonum multiflorum is rich in lecithin (4%~4.2%), starch, etc., which helps fat operation; anthracene ester derivatives mainly include rhubarb phenol and rhubarb celsimonium, followed by rhubarb acid, emodin methyl ether, etc., which can enhance intestinal peristalsis and inhibit cholesterol absorption.
Polygonum multiflorum can also prevent cholesterol from depositing in the liver, retention in the serum, or penetration into the endarterial membrane to slow the formation of atherosclerosis. However, it should be noted that Polygonum multiflorum has side effects that cause diarrhea in some patients. In addition, Polygonum multiflorum leaching solution may contain adrenal corticosteroid analogue.
6. Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing wind and heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Honeysuckle is a broad-spectrum antibacterial Chinese medicine with strong effects. It has an inhibitory effect on various pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses. It has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects. It can improve the body's defense function, and can reduce blood lipids and promote the secretion of gastric and gallbladder fluid.
7. Tangerine peel
Tangerine peel has the effects of regulating qi and reducing reversal, regulating the middle and raising appetite, and drying dampness and resolving phlegm . Traditionally, it is mainly used for abdominal distension, low appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, and cough with damp phlegm and cold phlegm. Modern pharmacological research shows that tangerine peel has the effects of expectorant, antibacterial, antiviral, anticancer, boosting pressure, inhibiting small intestinal peristalsis, reducing cholesterol, inhibiting sebum secretion, reducing capillary fragility, preventing microvascular bleeding, reducing and improving atherosclerosis.
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