| Herbal drug |
Clinical use |
Pharmacological effects |
| Garlic |
Hypertension |
↓ SBP, ↓DBP |
| Danshen |
Moderate gestational |
↓ HCT, ↓ BV, ↓ PV |
| hypertension |
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| Red yeast rice |
Hyperlipidemia |
↓ Total cholesterol, ↓LDL |
| Coronary heart disease |
↓ coronary events
↓ Death from coronary heart disease. |
| Hawthorn |
Primary mild hypertension |
↓SBP, ↓DBP |
| Coronary heart disease |
↓ cardiac mortality |
| Ginkgo biloba |
Cerebral insufficiency |
Improvement off memory |
| Panaxnotoginsengg |
Spontaneous Intracerebral hemorrhage |
↓NIHSS score
↓ Hematoma volume
↓Inflammatory responses
↑Hematoma absorption |
| Ischemic stroke |
↑ score of ESS
↑Score of BI |
| Berberine |
Acute coronary syndrome |
Ameliorates inflammation following percutaneous coronary intervention |
| Chronic congestive heart failure |
↑ LVEF, exercise capacity and Dyspnea-Fatigue Index,
↓ Frequency of VPCs |
| Tetamethylpyrazine |
Acute coronary syndrome |
Preventing coronary thrombosis after PCI |
| Myocardial infarction |
↓ Attack of angina pectoris, ↓ LPO, ↑ SOD |