PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING LIPID METABOLISM CONTAINING AN EXTRACT OF CHINESE HERB AS AN EFFECTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

A composition containing the extracts of medicinal herbs is provided to diminish concentrations of total cholesterol and neutral fat in blood plasma without side effects, thereby improving lipid metabolism commonly occurring in type II diabetes patients. A composition for improving lipid metabolism contains 0.1-50 wt.% of the extracts of medicinal herbs including Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, Astragalus membranaceus, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Lycium chinense, Morus, Pueraria thunbergiana, Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina, Acanthopanax sessiliflorus, Schizandra chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Dioscorea batatas, Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum, Paeonia lactiflora and Rehmannia glutinosa in a weight ratio of 1: 0.7: 0.4: 0.7: 0.4: 0.7: 1.1: 0.9: 0.4: 0.4: 0.7: 0.7: 0.9: 0.9, wherein the medicinal herb extracts are prepared by extracting them with water, C1-C4 lower alcohol or a mixed solvent thereof; the lipid metabolism is the blood neutral fat, blood total cholesterol and blood HDL(high density lipoprotein)-cholesterol metabolism; and the composition is a pharmaceutical or health food composition having a formulation selected from powder, granule, tablet, capsule and beverage.