title: [Pharmacological study on asthma-relieving decoction (dingchuan tang) treating asthma].
abstract: Asthma-relieving decoction (Dingchuan tang) is a famous prescription of treating asthma, but its pharmacology has been not reported. This experiment showed that Asthma-relieving decoction (Dingchuan tang) can protect experimental asthma that blending of histamine and acetylcholine caused (P < 0.05 [symbol: see text] P < 0.01), can resist external trachea smooth muscle's contracting that histamine caused (P < 0.01), and can promote secretion of phenol red of rat's respiratory tract (P < 0.01). Results indicated that Asthma-relieving decoction (Dingchuan tang) has significant effect of relieving asthma and expelling phlegm.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 510407.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine; D000818:Animals; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029790:Ephedra sinica / Q000737:chemistry; D005100:Expectorants / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006632:Histamine; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D010637:Phenolsulfonphthalein / Q000032:analysis; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D031364:Scutellaria baicalensis / Q000737:chemistry; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005100:Expectorants; D010936:Plant Extracts; C477142:dingchuan tang; D006632:Histamine; D010637:Phenolsulfonphthalein; D000109:Acetylcholine