Figure 2.

Effects of Bai-Hu-Tang on plasma levels of IL-6 (a) and IL-10 (b). Plasma levels of IL-6 and IL-10 in the sham-control, sepsis-control, CLP + BHT-L₆, and CLP + BHT-H₆ groups at 0, 4, 8, and 12 hours postoperatively were shown above. Boxes denote 25th and 75th percentile; horizontal lines in boxes indicate the median. Outliers are displayed as circles (○) and extreme values as stars (⋆). “↑”: BHT was administered at 6 hrs postoperatively. Notice that the elevations of IL-6 and IL-10 levels were both reduced after the administration of BHT and it was most prominent in the CLP + BHT-H₆ group. ^a P < 0.05, compared with sham-control group. ^b P < 0.05, compared with sepsis-control group. ^c P < 0.05, compared with CLP + BHT-L₆ group.