Heart Protection by Herb Formula BanXia BaiZhu TianMa Decoction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Figure 3

Effect of BBT on the heart histology (200 x). WKY at week 12 and week 20 showed no abnormal structure in the heart; SHRs showed glomerular capillary atrophy at week 12 and became more sever at week 20 in the heart; SHRs showed mild change at week 12 but showed that the sizes and gaps of myocardial cell significantly increased at week 20 in the heart; BBT at week 12 and week 20 showed the improvement effect both in the heart.