What are the methods of reducing blood lipids in traditional Chinese medicine

People's living conditions are getting better and better, but various hyperlipidemia diseases have affected their physical health, so we must pay attention to the control of blood lipids in our lives. Generally people will choose Western medicine treatment, but in fact in our lives, TCM is also a very good method for lipid-lowering. Let us take a closer look at the TCM methods that can help you reduce your risk of lateness.

Today it is actually one of the oldest methods of treating diseases. If it can be used scientifically, it can help you maintain your health. However, if you don’t understand it, you can’t use these methods blindly. Otherwise it may pose a threat to your health.

What are the common lipid-lowering herbs? There are many types of Chinese medicine, but their effects are also different. Today, the editor of Chinese medicine will introduce several lipid-lowering Chinese medicines. Please read on:

Lipid-lowering herbs 1. Hawthorn

Its dried ripe fruit is used for medicinal purposes. It tastes sour and sweet, and is slightly warm in nature. Hawthorn fruit contains hawthorn acid, malic acid, citric acid, caffeic acid, lactone, fat, hyperoside, lipase, tannin, protein, quercetin, riboflavin, carotene, sugars and vitamins. Pharmacological studies have found that after rabbits took hawthorn preparations for three weeks, their serum cholesterol dropped significantly. Hawthorn can be used in combination with chrysanthemum, salvia miltiorrhiza, Corydalis yanhusuo, honeysuckle, safflower, malt, etc. to treat chest tightness and pain caused by hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.

Lipid-lowering herbs 2: Alisma orientalis

The medicinal part is the dried tuber, which tastes sweet and salty and is cold in nature, and enters the kidney and bladder meridians. The main component is volatile oil, which contains furfural. Its ethanol extract contains bioalkaloids, phytosterols, and asparagine. Its water and benzene extracts have anti-fatty liver components.

Lipid-lowering herbs 3: Cassia seed

Its dried mature seeds are used for medicinal purposes. Cassia seed tastes sweet and bitter and is slightly cold in nature. It enters the liver, gallbladder, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat, improving eyesight, and moistening the intestines. Cassia seed contains anthraglycosides, which produce rhein, rhein methyl ether, rhein, chrysophanol and glucose after decomposition. Experiments have shown that Cassia seed has the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and having antibacterial effects, and has a certain effect in treating hyperlipidemia. Note: People with diarrhea and low blood pressure should use Cassia seed preparations with caution.

The above is an introduction to the lipid-lowering methods of traditional Chinese medicine. Have you all mastered them? I hope that after understanding this, patients will pay more attention to their diseases in life, face their diseases scientifically, and never seek blind treatment, as that can easily bring more threats to their health.