五虎汤对炎症反应的抑制作用

Anti-inflammatory Effect of Aqueous Extract of Wu-Hu-Tang

摘要: 五虎汤水提物对二甲苯所致小鼠耳廓肿胀，乙酸引起的小鼠腹腔毛细血管通透性增加及角叉菜胶、新鲜蛋清、组胺等致炎剂引起的大鼠足垫肿胀均呈明显的抑制作用，并抑制大鼠棉球肉芽组织增生，但对肾上腺及胸腺重量无显著影响。

Abstract: Wu-Hu-Tang (WHT),a Chinese formulation which consists of seven crude drugs has been used in the treatment of asthma for hundreds of years.In the present study,the anti-inflammatory action of aqueous extract of WHT was reported. WHT inhibited the swelling