[Effect of yin and qi tonifying herbs on hyperthyroid model of yin-deficient rats]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1993 Aug;18(8):494-5, 510.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The article reports the effect of Yin and Qi tonifying herbs (Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Ophiopogonis and Pseudostellaria Heterophylla) on hyperthyroid model of Yin-deficient rats. The model rats were made Yin-deficient by injecting thyroxine. Observation showed that after injection, indexes such as anus temperature, oxygen consumption, weight, diet, activity, general conditions, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) in serum were markedly changed. It is thus suggested that the Yin and Qi tonifying mixture of the above three herbs can regulate and correct Yin-deficiency in hyperthyroid model of Yin-deficient rats.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Temperature / drug effects
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Hyperthyroidism / chemically induced
  • Hyperthyroidism / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Oxygen Consumption / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Thyroxine / blood
  • Triiodothyronine / blood
  • Yin Deficiency / chemically induced
  • Yin Deficiency / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Triiodothyronine
  • Thyroxine