The present invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, which comprises Polygonum multiflorum Thunb,
Fructus Crataegi, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and Radix Notoginseng. If
needed, the pharmaceutical composition may comprise the pharmaceutically
acceptable carriers. The weight ratio of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb,
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, Fructus Crataegi and Radix Notoginseng in the
present composition is as follows: 10 to 20 parts of Polygonum
multiflorum Thunb, 5 to 15 parts of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, 10 to 20
parts of Fructus Crataegi and 1 to 10 parts of Radix Notoginseng. Also,
the present invention discloses the methods for preparing the
composition, including directly pulverizing the medicines into powder to
produce the composition or preparing the medicines into the extracts and
then make the extracts into drugs. The composition of the present
invention has an effect of lowering blood lipid, and therefore can be
used in preparation of drugs for treatment and/or prevention of
hyperlipidemia. The present invention also discloses a method to treat
and/or prevent hyperlipidemia.