Table 1.
Composition and roles of CHM
| Composition | Percent (%) | Dose (g/kg) | Maximum dosage(g) | Pharmacological effects |
| Raphanus sativus L. | 12.5 | 0.75 | 20 | CHM: eliminating food stagnation and flatulence. Pharmacology: facilitating intestinal motility and restraining gastric emptying, hypotensive and antimicrobial effect. |
| Areca catechu L. | 8.33 | 0.5 | 15 | CHM: relieving food stagnation and flatulence, driving Qi and liquid downward. Pharmacology: stimulating gastrointestinal cholinergic receptor, vermifuge effect, hypotensive effect, and antimicrobial effect. |
| Fructus aurantll immaturus | 6.67 | 0.4 | 12 | CHM: pushing Qi downward and relieving food stagnation and flatulence. Pharmacology: two-way effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle and stimulating effect on cardiovascular and uterine smooth muscle. |
| Citrus aurantium L. | 8.33 | 0.5 | 15 | CHM: promoting circulation of Qi and relieving food stagnation and flatulence. Pharmacology: two-way effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle and stimulating effect on cardiovascular and uterine smooth muscle. |
| Crataegus pinnatifida | 6.67 | 0.4 | 12 | CHM: eliminating food stagnation and coordinating the function of Pi. Pharmacology: stimulating gastrointestinal smooth muscle and helping digestion, cardiotonic, hypotensive and hypolipidemic effect, and immunopotentiator effect. |
| Magnolia officinalis Rehd | 6.67 | 0.4 | 12 | CHM: promoting Qi downward, relieving flatulence, and eliminating dampness. Pharmacology: two-way effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle, antiulcerative and antimicrobial effect. |
| Cannabis sativa L. | 8.33 | 0.5 | 15 | CHM: moistening the bowel and softening the stools. Pharmacology: purgative and hypotensive effects. |
| Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. | 21.66 | 1.3 | 36 | CHM: coordinating the function of Pi, enriching Qi, and moistening the bowel Pharmacology: two-way effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle, antiulcerative and antimicrobial, cardiotonic, and hypotensive and hypolipidemic effect. |
| Semen armeniacae amarum | 6.67 | 0.4 | 12 | CHM: guiding Qi downward, moistening the bowel, and purging the stools. Pharmacology: purgative, antitussive and antiasthmatic effect, and antineoplastic and antimutagenic effect. |
| Paeonia lactiflora Pall | 6.67 | 0.4 | 12 | CHM: nourishing Yin and harmonizing homeostasis. Pharmacology: analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and immunologic effect. |
| Radix et rhizoma rhei | 5.0 | 0.3 | 9 | CHM: draining heat and purging the stools. Pharmacology: stimulating smooth muscle, purgative and antimicrobial effect, antineoplastic effect, and immunosuppressive effect, and choleretic effect. |
| Honey mel | 2.5 | 0.15 | 4 | CHM: harmonizing homeostasis, moistening the bowel, and purging the stools. Pharmacology: providing energy, purgative and immunologic effect. |
CHM, Chinese Herbal Medicine.