Hypolipidemic Effect of Some Traditional Herbs of Kermanshah Province

Hyperlipidemia is one of the metabolic disorders caused by various factors. Although hyperlipidemic drugs are available, this disease is considered one of the factors involved in the intensification of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. Factors such as patient dissatisfaction with hyperlipidemic drugs, the incidence of the side effects caused by excessive and prolonged use of these drugs, diseases caused by hyperlipidemia, and costs imposed on the patients have increased the desire for the use of alternative and traditional therapies. Epidemiologic observations have shown that a good diet, use of alternative therapies, consumption of herbs and vegetables, in addition to reducing the treatment costs, have satisfactory effects on the complications of hyperlipidemia in many communities. It should be noted that the tendency to consume medicinal plants that reduce blood lipid is very common even in developed countries. However, the arbitrary use of medicinal plants with unknown dosage causes adverse effects such as pharmaceutical and toxic interactions in patients. Yet, the use of traditional medicine and native plants along with chemical and synthetic drugs is still significantly increasing. Some native plants and their compounds affect the metabolism of lipids and reduce lipid factors such as cholesterol and triglyceride. With a good diet and consumption of medicinal plants by patients with hyperlipidemia, the effect of these plants and the reducing trend of blood lipid factors in these patients are suggested to be examined by physicians

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herbal medicine ، Kermanshah ، lipid ، cholesterol ، triglyceride