Effects of Alexipharmic Capsule on fever,inflammation,pain and cough / 中成药

ABSTRACT

AIM:This study was concerned with the effect of Alexipharmie Capsule(Flos Lonicerae Japonicae,Fructus Forsythiae,Radix Scutellariae,Radix Isatidis,Herba Ephedrae,Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae) on fever,inflammation,pain and cough. METHODS: We adopted ear swelling mouse model induced by xylene and foot swelling mouse model induced by carrageenan to observe the anti-inflammatory effects;took 15% beer yeast and bacterial endotoxin as pyrogen to study the antipyretic effects on rats and rabbits;used acetic acid stretching method to observe the analgesic effects;adopted strong aqua ammoniae spraying and sulfur dioxide stimulus method to study the antitussive effects. RESULTS: Alexipharmic Capsule could obviously inhibit ear and foot swelling of mouse model(P