A review of the pharmacological mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the intervention of coronary heart disease and stroke

Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2013 Oct 3;10(6):532-537. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v10i6.24.

Abstract

In recent years, several researches have showed that Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BHD) possesses multiple target points in the intervention of diseases, and has same treatment effects on cerebrovascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases. But, there was no full report about the mechanistic and material basis in Brain-Heart concurrent treatment. The objective of the present study was to examine the pharmacological mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the intervention of coronary heart disease and stroke. We combined the HIT, PubChem, David Database resource and the networked pharmacology method to ultimately find out BHD's thirty-five potential brain-heart concurrent treatment target points, and preliminarily reveal BHD's material basis for treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Finally, the study provided new information with the guidance meanings.

Keywords: Brain-Heart concurrent treatment; Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BHD); Material basis; Pharmaceutical effect mechanism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Disease / drug therapy*
  • Databases, Chemical
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Stroke / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • buyang huanwu