Objective: Jianpi huoxue decoction (JHD), a Chinese herbal formula, is commonly used for treating alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). This study aimed to investigate the mechanism by which JHD affects intestinal barrier function in ALD rats.
Methods: The Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: control group, model group and JHD group.
Objective: To explore the diagnostic value of 75 commonly used clinical laboratory markers for differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes such as liver and gallbladder damp-heat and liver depression and spleen deficiency in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Methods: A total of 422 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were enrolled, including 300 patients with damp-heat in liver and gallbladder syndrome, and 122 patients with liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome. Seventy-five commonly used clinical markers were selected, including liver and kidney function, clotting function, the quantitative detection of hepatic B virus (HBV) markers, HBV-DNA, blood count, hormones levels, cellular immunity indicators, humoral immunity indicators, lipid panel, protein electrophoresis, alpha-fetoprotein and liver fibrosis indicators.
Objective: To investigate the herbal medicines which play a main role in Chinese herbal formula Jianpi Huoxue Decoction for improving intestinal permeability and protect alcohol-induced liver injury and intestine damage, and to explore the analysis method for the material base of pharmacological effects of the Chinese herbal compound.
Methods: Sprague Dawley rats were given Lieber-DeCarli ethanol liquid diet once daily for 6 weeks to induce alcoholic liver injury. In step one, U(17)(17(16)) table of uniform design was adopted to design the experiment and the eight herbs of Jianpi Huoxue Decoction were screened to seek the herbs which play the main role.