Herbal medicines and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Table 1 List of Chinese herbal formulas for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Formula	Composition	Mechanisms	Ref.
Yinchenhao Decoction	Artemisia capillaries Thunb.	↓PPARγ expression	[46]
	Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
	Rheum palmatum L.
Qushi Huayu Decoction	Artemisia capillaries Thunb.	↓SCD1, ↓FAS,	[50]
	Rhizoma polygoni Cuspidati	↓ACAT, ↑CPT expression
	Hypericum japonicum Thunb	↓Lipid droplets and inflammatory infiltration
	Rhizoma curcumae Longae	↓TNFα
	Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
Danning Tablet	Rheum palmatum L.	↓Fat mass	[51]
	Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb.et Zucc.	↓ALT level
	Citrus reticulata Blanco
	Curcuma rcenyujin Y.
	Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge
Sini San	Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd	↓ALT, ↓AST level	[52]
	Paeonia lactiflora Pall	↓Steatosis
	Fructus aurantii Immaturus
	Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch
Ganzhixiao Decoction	Artemisia capillaries Thunb.	↓ALT, ↓TG, ↓IHCL level	[53]
	Rhizoma polygoni Cuspidati	↑CT value ratio
	Radix bupleuri Chinensis
Cigu Xiaozhi Pill	Sagittaria sagittifolia	↓ALT, ↓AST level	[56]
	Alisma plantago-aquatica Linn	↓TC, ↓TG level
	Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge
	Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge
	Steleophaga plancyi Boleny
	Pinellia ternata Breit
Tangzhiqing Decoction	Paeonia veitchii Lynch	↓TC, ↓TG level	[54]
	Morus alba L.	↓LDL-C, ↓HDL-C level
	Lotus leaf Tea	↓Fat mass
	Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.	↓MDA level
	Grataegus pinnati fida Bge.
Hugan Qingzhi Tablet	Alisma orientalis Juzep	↓ALT, ↓AST level	[55]
	Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge	↓TC, ↓TG level
	Typha orientalis C. Presl	↓IL-6, ↓P65
	Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn
	Panax pseudoginseng var. notoginseng
BaiHuJia RenShen Decoction	Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge	↑p-AMPK level	[57]
	Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata	↓SCD1, ↓FAS,
	Oryza sativa L.	↓ACAT, ↑CPT expression
	Gypsum Fibrosum
	Panax ginseng C. A. Mey.
LiGan ShiLiuBaWei San	Punica granatum L.	↓ALT, ↓AST level	[58]
	Cinnamomum tamala Nees	↓TC, ↓TG,
	Alpinia katsumadai Hayata	↓FFA, ↓MDA level
	Piper longum Linn	↑PPARα expression
	Carthamus tinctorius L.
	Amomum tsao-ko Crevost et Lemaire
	Zingiber oj-jicinale Rosc
	Myristica fragrans Houtt.
Gegenqinlian Decoction	Pueraria omeiensis Wang	↓LDL-C, ↓HDL-C level	[59]
	Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi	↓PPARγ
	Coptis chinensis Franch
	Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch
Lingguizhugan Decoction	Smilax ocreafa A.	↓TC, ↓TG, ↓LDL-C	[60]
	Cinnamomum tamala Nees
	Rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae
	Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch
Huanglianjiedu Decoction	Coptis chinensis Franch	↓TC, ↓TG,	[61]
	Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi	↓LDL-C, ↓HDL-C leve
	Heteropogon contortus P.
	Gardenia jasminoides Ellis