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It is intended to provide compositions which are superior in drug effect to Hachimi-jio-gan (an ancient Chinese herbal formula) and preventives/remedies for osteoporosis, hyperlipemia or diabetes and foods for health use which are superior in drug effect to Hachimi-jio-gan. Thus, there have been developed compositions containing fresh plants, dry plants or extracts of at least one plant selected from the group consisting of those belonging to Rehmannia of Scrophulariaceae, Cornus of Cornaceae, Diosorea of Discoreaceae, Alisma of Alismataceae, Poria of Polyporaceae, Paeonia of Paeoniaceae, Cinnamomum of Lauraceae and Aconitum of Ranunculaceae, and at least one plant selected from the group consisting of Angerica, Ligusticum and Levisticum of Apiaceae, Salvia of Lamiacea, Panax of Araliaceae, Codonopsis of Campanulaceae and Atractylodes of Asteraceae; and preventives/remedies for osteoporosis, hyperlipemia or diabetes and foods for health use which contain these compositions as the active ingredient. It has been confirmed that the above compositions remarkably inhibit a decrease in lumbar bone density and remarkably elevate decreased bone density, inhibit an increase in plasma total cholesterol level and lower increased plasma total cholesterol level, or inhibit an increase in blood glucose level and lower increased blood glucose level, each compared with Hachimi-jio-gan. |