Proprietary Chinese medicines can lower hyperlipidemia. Hyperlipidemia is categorized as dampness obstruction, blood stasis, phlegm and so on in Chinese medicine, and the main types of evidence include blood stasis and phlegm obstruction, blood stasis and qi stagnation and so on. Different Chinese patent medicines can be chosen to lower blood lipids after identification by a Chinese medicine practitioner. Commonly used proprietary Chinese medicines for the treatment of hyperlipidemia include Blood Stasis Capsule, Shuxin Lipid-lowering Tablet, Lipid-lowering and Tongluo Soft Capsule and so on. Patients with blood stasis and phlegm obstruction with chest tightness can take Blood Stagnation Capsule as prescribed by the doctor; patients with blood stasis and qi stagnation can take Lipotropic Soft Capsule as prescribed by the doctor; and patients with qi, blood, phlegm and turbid paralysis obstruction can be treated with Shuxin Lip-lowering Tablets. It should be noted that Shu Xin Lowering Tablets are forbidden for pregnant women, and patients with hyperlipidemia who suffer from qi deficiency and blood stasis, blood stasis due to cold condensation, internalized dampness and heat, liver and gallbladder dampness and heat (dampness and heat accumulated in the liver and gallbladder), and yin deficiency in the liver and kidneys (deficiency of yin in the liver and kidneys) should be careful with the use of Shu Xin Lowering Tablets, as an allergic reaction may occur. The above medicines should not be taken at random, but should be used reasonably after identification by a Chinese medicine practitioner.