Objective: To test and verify the effects of Huangqi Tongmai Decoction (HQTMI) regulating blood lipid in treating arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO).
Methods: Thirty-two cases of ASO was treated with HQTMD for two months. The drug was in water decoction, oral taken.
Results: Compared with the blood lipid level before treatment, the high density lipoprotein of cholesterol (HDL-C) was increased, the low density lipoprotein of cholesterol (LDL-C), atherogenic index (AI) was decreased (P < 0.01). The serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), very low density lipoprotein of cholesterol (VLDL), apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), apolipoprotein B100 (apoB100) were all changed (P < 0.05). apoA1/apoB100 ratio increased.
Conclusion: HQTMD could regulate blood lipid. This method was effective in treating ASO.