Mechanistic Study on the Antidepressant-Like Effect of Danggui-Shaoyao-San, a Chinese Herbal Formula

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Components</td><td align="center">Ratio</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">(1) Dang gui (<i>Angelica sinensis</i> (Oliv.) Diels., root)</td><td align="center">3</td></tr><tr><td align="left">(2) Bai Shao (<i>Paeonia lactiflora</i> Pall., root)</td><td align="center">16</td></tr><tr><td align="left">(3) Fu Ling (<i>Poria cocos</i> (Schw.) Wolf., fungus nucleus)</td><td align="center">4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">(4) Bai Zhu (<i>Astractylodes macrocephala</i> Koidz., root and rhizome)</td><td align="center">4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">(5) Chuan Xiong (<i>Ligusticum chuanxiong</i> Hort., rhizome)</td><td align="center">8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">(6) Ze Xie (<i>Alisma orientale</i> (Sam.) Juzep., rhizome)</td><td align="center">8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Composition of Danggui-shaoyao-san (DSS).

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Table 1: Mechanistic Study on the Antidepressant-Like Effect of Danggui-Shaoyao-San, a Chinese Herbal Formula 