Study	Reason for exclusion
Cui 2005	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation. The intervention and the control group both used Chinese herbal medicines and the intervention group did not meet the inclusion criteria of this review.
Feng 2004	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation. The participants included hypercholesterolaemic and hypertriglyceridaemic patients and did not meet the inclusion criteria.
Li 2010	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation. The participants included hypercholesterolaemic and hypertriglyceridaemic patients and did not meet the inclusion criteria.
Lin 1999	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation. The participants included hypercholesterolaemic and hypertriglyceridaemic patients and did not meet the inclusion criteria.
Liu 2006	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation. The participants included hypercholesterolaemic and hypertriglyceridaemic patients and did not meet the inclusion criteria.
Lv 2005	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation. The participants included hypercholesterolaemic and hypertriglyceridaemic patients and did not meet the inclusion criteria.
Yang 2009	Claimed randomised clinical study without elaboration of the methods of random sequence generation.