Excess of fatty substances in the blood is defined as 'lipemia'. Among the fatty substances are cholesterol and triglycerides .

Lipid disorder is more common in men than in women.  Many cases have a genetic predisposition or are associated with a high fat-content diets, pathologies such as diabetes, hypothyroidism , Cushing syndrome or renal insufficiency ; but also medications such as contraceptive pills, estrogens, steroids, some diuretics or beta-blockers, factors related to life style such as the habitual and excessive consumption of alcohol, lack of exercise and obesity .

This condition represents an important risk factor in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular illnesses, such as: coronary diseases, vascular encephalic accidents and peripheral vasculopathies; which represent at the present time the main morbidity and mortality cause in the world. 

For that reason, the fight to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases is one of the most important objectives in health systems. Therefore, treatments are required to reduce lipid blood levels in an effective way, thus preventing cardiovascular episodes, without causing undesirable effects in patients.

Orthodox medicine offers well-known synthetic drugs with the name of statins, as a choice treatment, nevertheless these drugs produce numerous important indirect effects, such as: gastrointestinal disorder, muscle pain or damage, memory loss, hepatic damage, red uction in the concentration of important antioxidants such as vitamins, beta-carotene and ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q10); as well as an increase in blood insulin concentration, among many others.

Systemic Medicine offers medicinal plants (Adaptogens) that indeed lower blood cholesterol levels and triglycerides, without side effects.

This has been scientifically demonstrated with a study that evaluated the effects of ' Triglisterol' a herbal combination formulated under the principles of the Systemic Medicine.

The study was a retrospective, multicenter, descriptive 3 month long survey, covering a 125 patient population with high triglycerides and cholesterol levels. 

' Triglisterol' significantly diminished triglycerides and cholesterol values in 80 and 88.8% of the evaluated patients, respectively. Quality of Life improved in 96.8% of the patients.

It is possible to emphasize that we avoided the manifold and sometimes severe indirect effects frequently observed when using diverse synthetic drugs proposed by conventional medicine. 

Systemic Medicine constitutes an effective alternative which can provide a favorable response in patients affected with high cholesterol.