an provinces of China, has been used for a long time as a traditional Chinese medicine to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (1, 2) as well as a common food supplement to reinforce vital energy (3, 4). Modern phytochemical studies have shown that LIG (Fig. 1) is the main lipophilic component of Danggui (1). Our previous studies have shown that LIG had neuroprotective effects on s...

During inflammation, immune cells produce cytokines, chemokines and prostaglandins. This results in acute or chronic inflammation, which favor the development of degenerative diseases such as diabetes, obesity or cardiovascular diseases. Inflammatory processes are modulated by intrinsic and external factors. External factors are supposed to act via similar modes of action as do endogenous molec...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a 3000 years' history of human use. A literature survey addressing traditional evidence from human studies was done, with key result that top 10 TCM herb ingredients including Poria cocos, Radix polygalae, Radix glycyrrhizae, Radix angelica sinensis, and Radix rehmanniae were prioritized for highest potential benefit to dementia intervention, related to th...

Tao-Hong-Si-Wu decoction (TSD) is a famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and widely used for ischemic disease in China. TSD medicated serum was prepared after oral administration of TSD (1.6 g/kg) twice a day for 3 days in rats. TSD medicated serum induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) proliferation, VEGF secretion, and nitric oxide (NO) production. These promoted effects...