Original Article

Ameliorate Effects of Li-Fu Formula on IL-6-Mediated Cardiac Hypertrophy in Hamsters Fed with a Hyper-Cholesterol Diet

Table 1

Composition of Li-Fu formula.

ItemsWeight (g)Portion (%)

Celery 252.5
Black fungus 32032.3
Mushroom 42042.4
Saliva miltior rhiza757.6
Crataegi cuneata757.6
Stragali radix757.6

Celery is also kanown as Apium graveolens.
Black fungus indicates Wood ear, or pinyin: mù ěr, lit. “wood ear" or “tree ear" are commonly sold in Asian markets as dietary supplement.
The standard for the name “mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.