Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions Decrease Diarrhea Rate by Relieving Colonic Inflammation and Ameliorating Caecum Microbiota in Piglets

Table 1

Composition and main active constituents of TCM1 and TCM2 (air-dried basis)^†.

Latin name	Main active constituent	Used part	Content (%)
TCM1
Cassia twig	Cinnamaldehyde	Dried twig	13
Glycyrrhiza uralensis	Glycyrrhizin	Dried root	4
Ziziphus zizyphus	Jujuba polysaccharide	Dried fructification	4
Cynanchum otophyllum	Paeoniflorin	Dried root	13
Zingiber officinale Roscoe	Ginger oleoresin	Dried root	6
Rhizoma Atractylodes	Atractylodine	Dried root	14
Atractylodes macrocephala	Biatractylolide	Dried root	10.5
Poria cocos	Pachymaran	Dried sclerotium	10.5
Coptis chinensis Franch.	Berberine	Dried root	4
Maltose	Maltose	—	21
Total			100
TCM2
Nepeta cataria L.	Nepeta cataria oil	Dried stem	16.5
Radix Saposhnikoviae	Chromone glycoside	Dried root	16.5
Notopterygium incisum	Notopterol	Dried root	16.5
Radix Angelicae pubescentis	Heraclenin	Dried root	16.5
Radix bupleuri	Saikosaponin	Dried root	10
Radix Peucedani	Peucedanin	Dried root	10
Poria cocos	Pachymaran	Dried sclerotium	10
Glycyrrhiza uralensis	Glycyrrhizin	Dried root	4
Total			100

Note. ^†Main active constituents of TCM come from Chinese pharmacopoeia (2005).