Research Article

Antiarthritic Activity of Qi-Wu Rheumatism Granule (a Chinese Herbal Compound) on Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in Rats

Table 4

Effects of QWRG in AIA model on mechanical nociceptive threshold (, ).

GroupsPaw withdrawal latency (%)
0 d7 d14 d21 d28 d35 d

Control100.0
AIA group100.0
DEX (5 mg/kg)100.0
QWRG
 1.0 g/kg100.0
 2.0 g/kg100.0
 4.0 g/kg100.0

The values from 10 different rats in each group. Data are mean ± SD. versus control; , versus model; versus DEX.