Research Article

Traditional Chinese Medicine Tongxinluo Improves Cardiac Function of Rats with Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Table 1

Formulation of tongxinluo capsule.

ComponentsVoucher specimen numberPart usedAmount (%)

Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. (extraction)11,001Root and rhizome1.68
Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (extraction)11,003Root1.56
Ziziphus jujuba Mill. Var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H.F.Chou (extraction)11,002Seed1.17
Santalum album L. (extraction)11,004Heartwood of stem0.35
Dalbergia odorifera T.C.Chen (extraction)11,005Heartwood of stem and root4.00
Steleophaga plancyi (Boleny) (Microoryzae farina)12,003Female dried body18.11
Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans L. Koch (farina)12,001Dried body3.62
Hirudo nipponica Whitman (farina)12,004Dried body27.33
Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius (farina)12,005Skin18.11
Buthus martensii Karsch (farina)12,002Dried body18.11
Boswellia carteri (farina)11,006Resin5.93
Borneolum syntheticum (artificial)11,007C10H1803.62