Progress of Xingnaojing injection on the treatment of ischemic stroke / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Xingnaojing injection has been widely used in the treatment of cerebral vascular diseases, through the following mechanisms improving the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, anti-oxidant free radical damage, inhibition of excitatory amino acids (EAA) toxicity and calcium overload, inhibition of apoptosis, reducing cerebral edema and inhibition of autophagy. Thus, the paper summarized its progress.