Table 1.
Composition of Shexiang Baoxin Pill (SBP).
Chinese medical materials | Compounds | Effects (Actions) |
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Moschus | Muscone | Induces resuscitation and refreshes the mind, activates blood and alleviates pain, anti-inflammatory. |
Radix ginseng | Ginsenoside Rb1 Ginsenoside Re Ginsenoside Rb2 | Induces tranquilization of the mind and improves intelligence, nourishes the blood, improves glucose and lipid metabolism. Exhibits anti-atherosclerotic and cardiotonic effects. |
Calculus bovis | Cholic acid Ursodeoxycholic acid Chenodeoxycholic acid Deoxycholic acid | Extinguishes wind and stops spasms, clears phlegm and thereby eases resuscitation, clears heat and relieves toxicity. Decreases cholesterol and triglyceride levels, exhibits anti-inflammatory and cardiotonic effects. |
Styrax | Benzyl benzoate | Induces resuscitation and refreshes the mind, dispels cold and alleviates pain. Exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic properties. |
Cortex Cinnamomi | Cinnamic acid Cinnamaldehyde | Dispels cold and stops pain, warms meridians and collaterals, and exhibits anti-hypertensive and anti-diabetic properties. |
Venenum Bufonis | Bufalin Cinobufagin Gamabufotalin | Induces resuscitation, relieves toxicity and alleviates pain, and exhibits anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulative and cardiotonic properties. |
Borneolum | Borneol | Induces resuscitation and refreshes the mind, clears heat and alleviates pain. Exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-hypoxic properties. |