The Vasodilatory Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Herb Medications: A Comparison Study of Four Botanical Extracts

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Botanical extracts that possess anti-inflammatory properties.

Medicinals	Photos	Nature of medicinals	Flavor of medicinals	Functions	Clinical application	Reference
Spatholobus suberectus Dunn		Warm	Bitter, sweet	Promoting blood flow, tonifying blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, relaxing sinews, and activating collaterals	Treatment of irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhea, rheumatic arthralgia, paralysis or numbness in the limbs, blood deficiency, and chlorosis	Chinese Pharmacopoeia (Version 2015)
Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn		Slightly cold	Bitter, pungent	Directing qi downward to resolve phlegm, dispelling pathogenic wind, and clearing heat	Treatment of respiratory symptoms such as phlegm-heat asthma, yellow viscous phlegm, cough, and phlegm induced by wind-heat	Chinese Pharmacopoeia (Version 2015)
Actinidia arguta (Sieb. &Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq		Cool	Sour, astringent	Clearing heat and detoxicating, dispelling wind-dampness, diuretic, and haemostatic	Treatment of rheumatism, pain, and jaundice	The national compilation of Chinese herbal medicine
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch		Calm	Sweet	Tonifying spleen and qi, clearing heat and detoxicating, dispelling phlegm and suppressing cough, relieving spasm and pain, mixed herbs	Treatment of deficiency of spleen and stomach, fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, cough and phlegm in throat, abdominal pain, spasm of limbs, carbuncle sore, and reduce drug toxicity	Chinese Pharmacopoeia (Version 2015)