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  • Title: Effects of Chinese herbal drugs on serum lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in mild to moderate essential hypertensive patients.
    Author: Saku K, Hirata K, Zhang B, Liu R, Ying H, Okura Y, Yoshinaga K, Arakawa K.
    Journal: J Hum Hypertens; 1992 Oct; 6(5):393-5. PubMed ID: 1464897.
    Abstract:
    We investigated the effects of the traditional Chinese herbal drugs, Dai-saiko-to (D) and Saiko-ka-ryukotsuboreito (S) on blood pressure, pulse rates, serum lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in 30 patients with mild to moderate hypertension in an open, randomised trial. After the drug treatment, BP remained unchanged, but pulse rates declined significantly after 3 months in the S treated group. Serum total cholesterol and triglyceride values did not change, but high density lipoprotein-cholesterol increased significantly (P < 0.05) in both groups. Apo-AI (P < 0.1 in S group) and apo-AII (P < 0.05 in D group, P < 0.1 in S group) tended to increase 3 months after treatment. These data indicate that both of these traditional Chinese medicines have a preferential effect on lipid metabolism with little antihypertensive action.
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