Is fatty liver treated by traditional Chinese medicine good?

Characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine for fatty liver;

Clinically, there are very few patients with syndrome differentiation (2.4%), while most patients with one prescription and one method (92.9%). Among them, eliminating fat and regulating the liver, soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen, soothing the liver and promoting blood circulation, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, removing blood stasis and dredging fu organs are widely used. The method of removing fat is the most (47.6%). In the selection and application of traditional Chinese medicine, the frequency of application of hawthorn, salvia miltiorrhiza, Bupleurum, Alisma orientale and cassia seed is above 60%. 28%-59% of rhubarb, wormwood, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix Curcumae, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati and Poria. Hawthorn, salvia miltiorrhiza and turmeric promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; Bupleuri Radix, Semen Cassiae, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae and Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati are used for soothing the liver and promoting gallbladder function; Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Pinellia ternata, invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm; Polygonum multiflorum Thunb nourishes blood and protects liver; Rhubarb and Alisma orientalis can promote defecation and turbidity removal. The application of the above drugs, to the point of the characteristics of fatty liver, thus received a good clinical effect. However, according to modern medical research, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, Crataegus pinnatifida, Radix Curcumae, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Semen Cassiae and Alismatis Rhizoma all have anti-hyperlipidemia effects, so it is considered that the commonly used drugs for treating fatty liver in traditional Chinese medicine are still mainly lipid-regulating and lipid-lowering.