Research Article

Tibetan Medicine Shi-Wei-Gan-Ning-San Alleviates Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Chronic Liver Injury by Inhibiting TGF-β1 in Wistar Rats

Table 1

The composition of Tibetan medicine SWGNS formula.

English nameChinese nameSourceAmount (%)

Carthamus tinctoriusHonghuaDry flowers of Carthamus tinctorius L70 g (13%)
Crocus sativusFanhonghuaThe dry stigma of Crocus sativus L15 g (2.8%)
Herpetospermum pedunculosumBolengguaziDried seeds of Herpetospermum pedunculosum (Ser.) Baill50 g (9.3%)
Meconopsis integrifoliaLvronghaoThe dried whole grass of Meconopsis integrifolia (Maxim.) Franch, Meconopsis quintuplinervia Regel, and Meconopsis lancifolia (Franch.) Franch70 g (13%)
Dracocephalum tanguticumGanqingqinglanThe dry aboveground part of Dracocephalum tanguticum Maxim70 g (13%)
Saxifraga stoloniferaLianzuohuercaoSaxifraga pasumensis, a plant of the genus snail Marq.et Dry whole grass of Saxifraga confertifolia Engl. and Saxifraga candelabrum Franch.50 g (9.3%)
Corydalis impatiensZijinThe dried whole plant of Corydalis hendersonii Hemsl. (c. nepaiesis Kitamura) and c. mucionifera Maxim.50 g (9.3%)
Bear gallbladderXiongdanfenThe dried product of Selenarctos thibetanus Cuvier, a bear in the family Ursidae, which is drained bile by gallbladder operation0.5 g (0.093%)
Calculus BovisNiuhuangGallstones in the gallbladder of Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin1.0 g (0.186%)
Brag-zhunZhaxungaoThe cream is made from the dry feces of Trogopterus xanthipes Milne Edwards50 g (9.3%)
CalciosintiShihuihuaCarbonate minerals, mainly containing calcium carbonate (CaCO3)50 g (9.3%)
TurquoisisSongshiA mineral formed by the precipitation of copper-bearing aqueous solution with alumina-bearing minerals and phosphorus-bearing minerals in fractures under supergene conditions. The main water-bearing phosphate containing copper and aluminum is CuAl6 (PO4)4 (OH)8·4H2O.60 g (11%)