Research progress on Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma is one of the Chinese materia medica in common use, which has the effect of promoting circulation of blood, hemostasis, activating collaterals, and so on. The chemical constituents of Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma are plentiful which mainly contain anthraquinones and naphthoquinones and cyclic hexapeptides, terpenoids, polysaccharides, and microelement are also included. The pharmacological activities are various which have the effects of hemostasis, antitumor, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, rising white blood cell and immunoregulation. The clinical applications are also extensive which have the prominent curative effect for gynecological diseases such as metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, abnormal uterine bleeding, primary dysmenorrhea and other diseases such as anaphylactoid purpura, and renal hematuria. Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma has the very important research values. This paper summarized the research progress on Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma in recent years from the aspects of chemical component, pharmacological action, processing and clinical application so as to provide references to further researches and applications of Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma.