Modern Research of Calculus Bovis (Fourth) : Pharmacological Effects / 医药导报

ABSTRACT

Calculus Bovis (CB) is one of the precious traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) and has been widely used in oriental countries over 2000 years.It possesses a broad spectrum of pharmacological properties such as relieving fever,analgesic,diminishing inflammation,sedation,reducing blood pressure,recovering gallbladder functions,antioxygenation,and anti-tumor and improving immunity,et al.Due to the scarce resource and high price of natural CB,its substitutes,artificially synthesized CB and C.Bovis Sativus (CBS),also called in vitro cultured C.Bovis,have already been developed and widely used in medicine preparation.By using the literature material method,the current article explored literatures regard to pharmacological activities and clinical application of CB and its substitute,and the compound preparations were also included,from 1949 to 2016 in journals of domestic and foreign.All documents are summarized to provide a valuable reference for further basic or clinical research about CB and its substitute.