Kidney Yang-tonifying Drugs with Estrogen-like Affect on Lipid Metabolism

Abstract:

Chinese medicine believes that the cause of postmenopausal ovarian dysfunction and the decrease in estrogen is kidney deficiency, including kidney Yin deficiency, kidney Yang deficiency and kidney Yin and Yang deficiency syndrome. We can use the kidney yang-tonifying medicinal to treat the disorder of lipid metabolism and related diseases caused by estrogen reduce and kidney yang deficiency. On the one hand, it can warm kidney Yang, improve ovarian function, increase the estrogen, on the other hand, it can warm and tonify kidney Yang, enhanced gasification to educe lipid-lowering effect. Consult the articles, we found that many kidney yang-tonifying drugs not only have estrogen-like effects, but also have the regulating effect of lipid metabolism, such as Herba Epimedii, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Cortex Eucommiae, Fructus Psoraleae, Semen Cuscutae, Fructus Cnidii, Herba Cistanches, Semen Astragali Complanati. Some kidney yang-tonifying drugs have the regulating effect of lipid metabolism, such as Cordyceps, Cortex Cinnamomi, Fructus Rosae Laevigatae. Some kidney yang-tonifying drugs have estrogen-like effects, such as Placenta Hominis, Radix Dipsaci, Gecko. Summarize the kidney yang estrogen-like effects and lipid regulating effect mechanisms can provide the basis for depth study of the estrogen-like effects and lipid-regulating mechanisms of the kidney yang-tonifying drugs.