Weichang’an (WCA) pill, a traditional Chinese patent medicine consisting of ten Chinese medicinal herbs, has been used to treat irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia for several decades. In this study, twelve bioactive constituents in the methanol extract of WCA were accurately identified since MS/MS fragmentation behavior of the references and the standards by using HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS...

an important factor in the growth medium of plants and chemical plants. native substrates can be used to improve plant performance. to evaluate the effect of growth medium on the herb f. benjamina experimental design was completely randomized with eight treatments and four replications were carried out in the research greenhouse of islamic azad university of jiroft. f. benjamina  plants from ve...

This study was aimed to evaluate the effects of diets containing some hot and coldtemperament herb seeds according to Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) on some metabolicparameters in acute (24 h) and sub-acute (7 day) experiments that were performed on rats. Foreach experiment, effects of diets containing 10% herb seeds in category of hot (anise, fennel,ajowan) and cold (cucumber, watermelon, ...

Extract of gazyagi has protective effect against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer and it decreases microscopical ulcer index in rat. At the last some years, treatment of peptic ulcer by medicinal herbs have been were very successful. Gazayagi (Falcaria vulgaris) is a member of Umbelliferae family. In the folk medicines of the west of country, this herb is used for healing of skin ulcer and peptic ...

In the present investigation Catharanthus roseus, an important herb used in traditional as well as modern medicine, exposed to water deficit stress and possible changes in chlorophyll contents, photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, growth parameters as well as total alkaloid content and vincristine and vinblastine levels were studied. Seedlings subjected to 4 different water-regimes. Experim...

BGE., commonly known as “Danshen” 丹参), is an important Chinese medicinal herb used to promote blood flow to overcome blood stasis and to cool the blood to resolve abscesses in traditional Chinese medicine. Because of the increase of cardiovascular diseases in modern society, it is now experiencing a particularly strong and rapid upsurge in usage. In chemical studies over several decades, it has...

The popular use of herbal products in the general community raises concerns for potential herb– drug interactions. The risk of herb–drug interactions is increased if the herbal medicines are used concurrently with drugs which have a narrow therapeutic range, or are used in certain groups of patients, such as the elderly or those with impaired liver and renal functions. This short paper reviews ...

the effect of different levels of wood betony (wb), stachys lavandulifolia extract, as complement in feed, on the performance of common carp, cyprinus carpio was evaluated. the fish (44±0.62 g) was assigned to four treatments, three replicates each. the fish was fed on normal diet with no wb (control) vs. diet containing 2, 4 and 8% of wb extract. fish were successively fed on the diet, 2% live...

Traditional herbal medicine is a global phenomenon especially in the resource poor economy where only the very rich can access orthodox care. These herbal products are associated with complications such as acute renal failure and liver damage with a high incidence of mortalities and morbidities. Acute renal failure from the use of herbal remedies is said to account for about 30-35% of all cases...

Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) describes a kind of dementia with similar signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It explains the pathology of dementia with cold intemperament of the brain, which means that the brain is colder than its healthy form. ITM strategy for treatment of dementia is to heat the brain up by medical “hot” herbs. Nepeta menthoides (NM) is one of these “hot” herb...