Reducing fatigue of athletes following oral administration of huangqi jianzhong tang.
OBJECTIVE
To study the effect of Huangqi Jianzhong Tang in reducing fatigue improvement in athletes.


METHODS
Twelve athletes were randomly separated into a control group, whose members were administered with placebos, and the experimental group, whose members were administered with Huangqi Jianzhong Tang. During the eight weeks of the experiment, test subjects continued exercise as usual. Preliminary and final exhaustion times, anaerobic thresholds, and kinetic energies were determined.


RESULTS
Huangqi Jianzhong Tang might increase exhaustion time, positively influence anaerobic threshold, and also enhance recovery from fatigue.


CONCLUSIONS
Huangqi Jianzhong Tang reduced fatigue by increasing the oxygen uptake and the systemic utility of oxygen.
Chen
Kung-Tung
KT
Department of general education, Ming-Hsin Institute of Technology Hsinchu, Taiwan, China.
Su
Chun-Hsien
CH
Hsin
Li-Hua
LH
Su
Yi-Chang
YC
Su
Ya-Ping
YP
Lin
Jaung-Geng
JG
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D027883:Astragalus Plant; D027885:Astragalus propinquus; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019344:Lactic Acid; C027492:Huang Qi