Effect of Nourishing “Yin” Removing “Fire” Chinese Herbal Mixture on Hypothalamic Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Expression during Onset of Puberty in Female Rats

Table 1

Composition of nourishing “Yin” removing “Fire” herbal mixture.

Chinese name	Botanical name	Family	Common name	Used part
Sheng-Di-Huang	Rehmannia glutinosa	Scrophulariaceae	Rehmannia root	Dried root tuber
Xuan-Sheng	Scrophularia buergeriana	Scrophulariaceae	Buerger’s Figwort	Dried root tuber
Zhi-Mu	Anemarrhena asphodeloides	Liliaceae	Zhimu	Dried rhizome
Huang-Bai	Cortex Phellodendri	Rutaceae	Phellodendron bark	Dried bark
Mu-Dan-Pi	Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.	Ranunculaceae	Moutan	Bark dried root
Xia-Ku-Cao	Prunella vulgaris L.	Lamiaceae	Common self-healing	Dried aerial parts and flowers
Gui-Jia	Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis	Testudinidae	Plastron of fresh-water tortoise	Carapace and plastron of the turtle Chinemys reevesii
Long-Dan-Cao	Gentiana scabra Bge.	Gentianaceae	Chinese gentian	Dried root and rhizome