Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1994 Aug; 19(8): 500-2, 512.

[Animal experiments on meridian-reaching actions of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs]

Wang SR, Sun B, Ding GM.

Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan.

With the level variations of cAMP and cGMP in cat tissues as the criteria, the meridian actions reaching of Fructus Schisandrae, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae and Herba Houttuyniae were studied tentatively in animal experiments. The result obtained in this way approximates to the understanding of the meridian reaching actions of Chinese medicinal herbs as approved by traditional Chinese medicine.