Discussion on the Application of Ascending and Descending Property of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Compatibility of Clinical Prescriptions

Through the method of literature mining,the classics of traditional Chinese medicine,materia medica works,medical cases and documents are studied.Based on common prescriptions for the treatment of diseases such as abnormal Zang-fu viscera and qi movement,dysfunction,etc.,and combined with the theory of ascending and descending property of traditional Chinese medicine,the application of ascending and descending property of traditional Chinese medicine in clinical prescription compatibility and the factors affecting the application are summarized.The ascending and descending properties of traditional Chinese medicine have been widely used in prescription compatibility for the clinical treatment of impairment of purifying and descending function of the lung,spleen and stomach's ascending and descending disorders and heart-kidney noninteractionpatte.

Study on the four Qi of Pfaffia glomerata based on the metabolomics technology and comparison of Dangshen(Radix Codonopsis) in the equivalent substitution prescription

OBJECTIVE:To explore the four Qi of Pfaffia glomerata(PG)and endow this foreign folk herb with the properties of Chinese medicine,make it Chinese medicinal and localized,and could be used as a Chinese medicine.METHODS:The normal group,six cold herb groups,six hot herb groups,six cool herb groups,PG prescription group(PGPG),and Dangshen(Radix Codonopsis)prescription group(CPPG)were prepared with corresponding concentrations of water extracts,these herb extracts were administered by gavage to SpragueDawley rats,and the 12 h urine at night on the 29th day of the SD rats in each group were collected,Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer system was used to analyze them,the best discriminant models for the medicinal properties of cold-hot and cold-cool were set up,so as to the medicinal properties of PGPG,CPPG and PG were predicted.Based on the Progenesis QI,Human Metabolome Database,Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes,MetaboAnalyst 5.0 database,we enriched metabolic pathway and classification mechanism of medicinal properties of cold-cool Chinese herbs and the molecular mechanism of PG prescription.RESULTS:We established a best model of cold-hot herbal discrimination in the positive ion mode,then the probability that PGPG was predicted cold property was 88.9%.Furthermore,a model of cold-cool herbal discrimination was established,then the probability of PGPG containing the cool property was 77.8%.In addition,typical cold and cool herbs mainly affected nine biomarkers such as tyrosine-proline,(R)-3',7-Dihydroxy-2',4'-dimethoxyisoflavane in rats.The regulation trend of PGPG on markers was basically as same as the cool herbs and mainly involved in regulating the two pathways of cytochrome P450 and purine metabolism.CONCLUSION:The results showed PGPG had a cool medicinal property as same as CPPG,and the regulation trend of PGPG on markers was consistent with cool herbs.Therefore,the medicine properties PG and CP should be consistent,and the Traditional Chinese Medicine property of PG was predicted to be neutral.

ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF ANTICOMPLEMENT AGENTS FROM TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES

The inappropriate activation of complement system may cause some life-threatening symptoms such as rheumatoid arthritis,systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)and acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS).In our efforts to obtain natural anticomplement agents from traditional Chinese medicines(TCMs)for prevention and treatment of the complement-associated diseases。

Neuroprotective Effect of Shenfu Injection (参附注射液) Following Cardiac Arrest in Pig Correlates with Improved Mitochondrial Function and Cerebral Glucose Uptake

Objective：To test whether Shenfu Injection（参附注射液,SFI）might attenuate the impact of cerebral energy dysfunction after resuscitation in a pig model of cardiac arrest（CA）.Methods：Thirty-four Wuzhishan miniature inbred pigs were randomly divided into three groups：the SFI group（n=12）,the saline group（SA group,n=12）,and the sham-operated group（sham group,n=10）.Following successful return of spontaneous circulation（ROSC）from 8-min untreated ventricular fibrillation,animals received a continuous infusion of either SFI（0.2 mL/min）or saline for 6 h.Cerebral performance category score was evaluated at 24and 48 h after ROSC,followed by positron emission tomography and computed tomography scans of cerebral glucose uptake.Surviving pigs were euthanized 48 h after ROSC,and the brains were removed for detecting mitochondrial function.Results：Compared with the SA group,SFI treatment produced a better neurologic outcome48 h after ROSC（P〈0.05）.However,there was no significant difference of survival rate between the SA and SFI groups（83.3%vs.81.8%,P〉0.05）.After ROSC,the SA group showed a decrease in the maximum standardized uptake value of different regions in the brain tissue,where SFI treatment can ameliorate these decreases（P〈0.01or P〈0.05）.Improved mitochondrial respiratory properties and higher mitochondrial membrane potential were also found following SFI treatment compared with the SA group at 48 h after ROSC（P〈0.05 or P〈0.01）.Conclusion：SFI treatment after resuscitation has significant neuroprotective effects against disruption of cerebral energy metabolism from CA by improving glucose uptake and by normalizing mitochondrial function.