The experimental research of Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos on the meridian tropism theory in animals / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The research was designed to study the meridian tropism theory of traditional Chinese drug through experiments in animals.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>We used the mouse model of deficient spleen as the object. After administering Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos respectively, we measured the indexes of MDA, SOD, NO to observe the effects of the drugs on various organs and compared the results with the traditional meridian tropism theory.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The two drugs had selective effects on the quantity or activity of MDA, SOD, NO in the organs for the normal group and the model group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The selective influence of the two drugs has close relativity with the traditional meridian tropism theory.</p>