Observation on the effects of Chinese medicine zhenxuanyin for improving cerebral blood flow in rats with cerebral ischemia

J Tradit Chin Med. 1997 Dec;17(4):299-303.

Abstract

Zhenxuanyin [symbol: see text] is composed of pure Chinese medicinal herbs, such as gastrodia tuber, poria cocos, ligusticum wallichii etc. 4-verssel occlusion (4VO) model rats were reperfused after 30 minutes' complete occlusion, and Zhenxuanyin was administered 3 times a day. 24 hours later, 123I-IMP uptake in the brain was evaluated as an index of cerebral blood flow (CBF). The results show that Zhenxuanyin (0.03 g/kg, 0.3 g/kg, 1 g/kg, or 3 g/kg a day) can greatly improve the blood flow in the main cerebral regions, and 0.3 g/kg can increase cerebral blood flow (CBF) to the normal level.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Flow Velocity / drug effects
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / drug effects*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Iofetamine
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Iofetamine