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Aim To observe the antiviral function of Radix Notoginseng flavone on a virus infection model caused by COXB_3 virus in vitro and in vivo. Methods To establish an experimental in vitro model of viral myocarditics based on primary culture of myocardial cells of newborn Wistar rats and a Balb/c mouse model of viral myocarditics through intraperitoneal injection. Results In vitro Radix Notoginseng flavone obviously inhibited pathologic change of cultured cardiac cells; it reduced release of enzymes from myocardial cells, and increased the level of interferon in mouse spleen, and inhibited inflammatory cells infiltration among cardiac cells in Balb/c mice infected by COXB_3 virus; survival rate of mice in treated groups increased. Conclusion Radix Notoginseng flavonoe has therapeutic efficacy on viral myocarditis caused by COXB_3 virus.