| | Types | Chinese medicinal herbs | Effect |
| | Chai Hu Li Zhong Tang [52] | Bupleurum, Scutellaria, ginger Pinellia, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Poria, turmeric, Zhigancao, ginger, and jujube | ↓TG, TC, LDL-C, AST, ALT, and insulin
↑HDL-C; activating AMPKα |
| | Ganshutang decoction [53] | Coptidis chinensise, pinellia ternata, trichosanthes kirilowii, rhizoma curcumae longae concisa, and aralia taibaiensis | ↓TG and LDL-C↑HDL-C and MDA Improving fatty degeneration and membrane fluidity of hepatocellular mitochondria. Protecting the structure and function of liver sieve and hindering lipid peroxides from being generated |
| | Ruangan compound [54] | Selfheal, alga, desmodium, oyster and polygonum multiflorum | ↓MDA; ↑SOD Correcting unbalanced oxidation and antioxidation; hindering hepatic stellate cells from being activated and their proliferation and prevent extracellular matrixes from anomalous deposition |
| | Ganzheng compound [55] | Radix bupleuri, salvia miltiorrhiza, rhizoma alismatis, and pinellia ternata |
↓TNF-α; ↑Adiponectin
↓CYP2E1 Reverse hepatic steatosis and inflammation |
| | Aromatic fat-reducing drug [56] | Agastache stem, hypericum japonicum thunb, five leaf akebia fruit, serissa foetida comm., white peony root, herba artemisiae scopariae, angelica sinensis, and poria cocos | ↓ALT, AST, TG and TC |
| | Ahome-made spleen-invigorating and dampness-eliminating decoction [57] | Radix pseudostellariae, poria cocos, bighead atractylodes rhizome, radix glycyrrhizae, pinellia ternata, and dried tangerine or orange peel | ↓TC, TG, ALT, AST and GGT
A good liver-protecting and antilipemic effect |
| | Fuzilizhong decoction [58] | Ginseng radix et rhizoma, Rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, Radix glycyrrhizae preparata, Zingiberisrhizoma, Aconiti Lateralis radix praeparata | Limiting pathological changes; lowering the content of blood lipid
Improving liver function and decreasing liver index |
| | A compound made from panax japonicus, salvia miltiorrhiza, and hawthorn [59] | Panax japonicus, salvia miltiorrhiza, and hawthorn | Antioxidant activity |
| | A phlegm-dissolving and stasis-removing herb [60] | Processed rhizoma pinelliae, Fujian rhizoma alismatis, alga, salvia miltiorrhiza, curcuma wenyujin, stir-baked radix bupleuri with vinegar, radix et rhizoma rhei, semen cassiae, roasted bighead atractylodes rhizome, and raw astragalus | ↓TC, TG, FFA, ALT, and AST; promoting the upregulated expression of LXRα mRNA and ABCA1 to limit liver pathological changes |
| | TangGanJian [61] | White paeony root, angelica sinensis, Bupleurumchinense, wolfiporia cocos, atractylodes macrocephala koidz, artemisia capillaris thunb, polygonum cuspidatum sieb. et zucc, Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) baill, and coptis chinensis franch | ↓TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, CRP
↑GSH-PX and SOD; modulating the inflammatory response and the capacity of oxidative stress |
| | Shugan-Jianpi Recipe [62] | Chai hu, chen pi, chuan xiong, Xiang fu, zhi qiao, Bai shao, and gan cao | ↓IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α
↓p38 MAPK/NF-κBmRNA and a protein |
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