Water leach liquor, ethanol-water leach liquor and 30% ethanol leach liquor can all lower the blood pressure in anaesthetized animals. 0.15% alcohol preparation can increase the myocardial contractive of isolated toad heart but has no influence over the heart rate. 0.4% alcohol and aqueous liquor can increase the heart rate of isolated rabbit heart. 0.2g/gk alcohol preparation can increase the volume of blood flow in dogs and the effect is equal to that of 0.75mg/kg aminophyllin.

Gastrogavage of huang jing decoction to rabbits with experimental hyperlipoidemia can obviously decrease triglyceride, b-lipoprotein and blood cholesterol. Another report showed that compared with the control group, intramuscular administration of huang jing and chi shao (red peony) injection to rabbits with experimental arteriosclerosis can decrease the plaques on the inner membrane of the animal aorta and atherosclerosis of the coronary artery.

Gastrogavage of huang jing extractum to rabbits can first increase and then lower the blood sugar, it showed significant inhibitory effect on the increasing blood level induced by adrenalin.

In silkworm fed with mulberry leaves soaked in water decoction of haung jing, the quantity of mulberry leaves would increase, and the larval stage and life-span would be prolonged.

Guinea pigs with experimental tuberculosis were treated with huang jing decoction when they were infected with tubercle bacillus and when they had enlarged lymph nodes after being infected, and significant bacterium-inhibiting effect was shown, and the healthy conditions could be improved, the therapeutic effects were similar to those of isoniazide. In addition, haung jing had inhibitory effect on commonly seen pathogenic fungi to different extent; it could also inhibit typhoid bacillus and staphylococcus aureus.

Improve lymphocyte transformation rate; increase immune function; promote the synthesis of DNA, RNA and protein; lower the plasma content of cAMP and cGMP; increase the survival rate of animals exposed to radiation; accelerate the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells and restore the hematopoiesis.

huang jing, dang shen, 30g each; zhi gan cao 10g; water decoction, 1 dose every day. 10 cases of hypotension caused by anemia, infection or orthostatic hypotension were treated, and all were shortdatedly cured after 2~3 doses.

Intravenous drip of Xin Mai Ning Injection (made of haung jing, dan shen, sheng shou wu, ge gen), 250ml every day, 20 days as a course of treatment.42 cases of coronary heart disease were treated, the effective rate of angina pectoris were 86.7%, and the effective rate of EKG was 64.3%.

Tong Yang Fu Mai Tang (haung jing 50g; huang qi, xian li pi, mai dong, wu wei zi, 20g each; ren shen, gan cao, ma huang, fu zi, lu jiao, sheng ma, 10g each; xi xin 5g) was used as a basic formula to treat 20 cases of sick sinus syndrome. The ventricle rate was restored to more than 60~70 beats per minute, and the clinical symptoms were improved too.

Huang Jing Decoction (huang jing, sheng shan zha, sang ji sheng) was used to lower cholesterol, triglyceride and b-lipoprotein, the effective rates were 83.3%, 72.2% and 64.2% respectively.

Jiang Zhi Pian made of haung jing, he shou wu and sang ji sheng was also used to treat 86 cases of hyperlipoidemia, the effective rates of cholesterol and b-lipoproetin were 59.3% and 87.9% respectively.

Jiang Tang Wan (haung jing 10 shares; hong shen, fu ling, bai zhu, huang qi, ge gen, 5 shares each; da huang, huang lian, wu wei zi, gan cao, 1 share each) 15g, orally taken, three times daily. 20 cases of diabetes were treated, the effects were significant.

Oral administration of huang jing extratum (5g huang jing per ml) 10ml, qid for 2 months was used to treated 19 cases of infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis, the effect rate of affected area was 84.2%, ESR of most patients restored to normal.

huang jing, bai bu, 10g each, dong chong xia cao, bei mu, bai ji, 5geach were soaked in distilled spirit for one week. Drink the liquor after removing the dregs, 5~10ml, tid. 134 cases of chronic bronchitis were treated for 20 days, the effective rate was 90.2%.

huang jing, bai bu, she gan, tian dong, mai dong, bai he, zi wan and zhi shi were used to treat whooping cough, the effective rate was 90.4%.

huaang jing 45kg, hei da dou 5kg, white sugar 7.5kg were made into syrup at the concentration of 1g huang jing per ml. 20ml, bid. In adults, zhi huang jing 50g, hei da dou 10g, water decoction twice, 10ml yellow wine was added when taking the medicine. 82 eyes were trated, 26 were markedly effective, 22 improved, the total effective rate was 59.75%.

huang jing 2 shares, da zao 1 share were made into 100% decoction, 20ml, tid. 42 cases of leukopenia were treated, the effective rate was 66.6% and the long-dated therapeutic effect was better than that of western medicine.

Ning Shen Tincture (huang jing 180g; gou qi, sheng di, bai shao, shou wu teng, 90g each; huang qi, dang shen, dang gui, chao zao ren, 60g each; mai dong, hong hua, ju hua, pei lan, shi chang pu, yuan zhi, 30g, being soaked in distilled spirit for 2~4 weeks), 5~15ml, oral administration, tid, or 10~20ml every night. 175 cases of neurosis were treated, 94.9% of the patients felt that symptoms relieved or disappeared, sleep improved, dreaminess relieved or disappeared.

huang jing 60g, chun gen bai pi 60g, water decoction. 146 cases of leukorrhea were treated, 138 cases were cured, 8 improved.

Except those noted, all references come from Weng Weiliang, et al., Clinical Chinese materia medica, Henan Science & Technology Press, 1998