Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypercholesterolemia is an important key contributory factor for ischemic heart disease and is associated with age, high blood pressure, a family history of hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes. Chinese herbal medicines have been used for a long time as lipid-lowering agents.

Objectives

To assess the effects of Chinese herbal medicines on hypercholesterolemia.

Search strategy

We searched the following databases: The Cochrane Library (issue 8, 2010), MEDLINE (until July 2010), EMBASE (until July 2010 ), Chinese BioMedical Database (until July 2010), Traditional Chinese Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (until July 2010), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (until July 2010), Chinese VIP Information (until July 2010), Chinese Academic Confere

SUBMITTER: Liu ZL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3402023 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature