Gynostemma and cassia are both Chinese medicines, can lower blood fat, the efficacy of the two are not good or bad, it is recommended to choose the right symptoms.
Gynostemma is the whole grass of the plant Gynostemma, family Cucurbitaceae, with a bitter, slightly sweet taste and cool nature; it belongs to the lung, spleen and kidney meridians, and has the effect of nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind (by nourishing the heart to stabilize the mind), benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen (by regulating the qi mechanism of the spleen and stomach), and resolving phlegm to stop coughing, so that it can treat qi and jin injuries, coughing up phlegm with lung heat and heart palpitations (accelerated heartbeat often accompanied by heartburn), insomnia and other symptoms. It is prohibited for people with cold body.
Cassia seeds are the dried mature seeds of cassia or small cassia of the genus Cassia, family Leguminosae. Taste sweet, bitter, salty, slightly cold; to the liver, large intestine meridian, with heat and clear eyesight (to remove the body heat, to promote vision recovery), laxative effect, can be used to treat eye redness and swelling pain, darkness and uncertainty of the eyes, headache and dizziness, intestinal dryness constipation and other evidence. It should be used with caution for people with deficiency of spleen and stomach (weak and cold spleen and stomach) as well as people with loose stools.
The two drugs are found to have certain hypolipidemic effect by modern pharmacological research, but the efficacy is not good or bad, if there are related symptoms, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, by the Chinese medicine practitioner according to the condition of the symptoms of the choice.