[The textual research on FANG Dao's life and Fangshijiacangjiyaofang (Collected prescription of Fang family's).].

Fangshijiacangjiyaofang (Collected prescription of Fang family's) is a prescription book compiled by Fang Dao in Southern Song Dynasty, and most of these prescriptions from experience have important clinical guiding values. However, few recorders about the book and its compiler could be found in relevant literature, it is necessary for them to be further verified.

[On the academic value of Wutingzisujiebashiyinanjing (Wutingzi's Vernacular Explanation of Nanjing).].

Nanjing, one of the four ancient classics of TCM, was followed by later students of TCM, XIONG Zong-li, a famous doctor and publisher in the Ming Dynasty, compiled Wutingzisujiebashiyinanjing (Wutingzi's Vernacular Explanation of Nanjing) which combined visual and legible graphic interpretation with vernacular language to explain, or quoted the classics, combined with his own opinions. This book popularly and vividly displayed the substance of Nanjing to the descendants and made a great contribution to the popularization and propagation of TCM classics. It is a valuable reference book both to students and researchers of Nanjing.

Glucose endothelial cytotoxicity and protection by Dan Gua-Fang, a Chinese herb prescription in huVEC in hyperglycemia medium.

Background: Low success rate of blood glucose in diabetes is an international problem. The endothelia cytotoxicity of hyperglycemia has been widely accepted. However, it has not been seen in reports of the value of concentration of high glucose beginning to produce cytotoxicity and the relationship between hyperglycemia and cytotoxicity as well as how to effectively prevent and control hyperglycemia cytotoxicity.