Immunopharmacological Studies on LWDHW and RGL / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

The effect of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan(LWDHW)and Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch(RGL)on the immune function of normal and immune-suppressed mice were observed.The results showed that the two medicinal herbs given orally can correct the suppres-sive effect of cyclophosphamide on spleen and thymus weight,serum specific antibodylevel and lymphocyte transformation.They can also improve the phagocytic activity ofperitoneal macrophages and enhance peripheral blood ANAE~+ lymphocyte ratio of mi-ce.Under the same conditions,no obvious effect of LWDHW and RGL on the normalmice was found except that RGL can increase the antibody level of normal mice.Theresults implicate that LWDHW and RGL may have some immunomodulatary effect.