Latin name

Common name

Pharma. actions

Radix ginseng

Ren shen

strengthens cardiac contractility, increasing cardiac output, and has cardiokinetic function, slows heart rate down, dilates blood vessel, anticoagulation, inhibits platelet adhesion reaction

Scorpio

Scorpion

treatment of hypertension, apoplexy, arteriosclerosis, some nervous system diseases, various tumefaction and infections

Hirudo

Leech

anticoagulation, thrombolysis, reduces viscosity of whole blood, antimyocardial ischemia, induces cholesterol and anti‐atherosclerosis

Eupolyphaga seu steleophage

Eupolyphaga sinensis walk, Ground beetle

increase cardiac output, improve tolerance of hypoxia

Scolopendra

Centipede

strengthens cardiac contractility, decreases blood pressure, and increases blood vessel perfusion flow

Periostracum cicadae

Cicada slough

anticonvulsion and slows heart rate down

Radix paeoniae rubra

The root of common peony

anticoagulation and prevents thrombosis functions, and obviously inhibits to form platelet and fibrin thrombus, dilate coronary artery directly, has strong anti‐myocardial ischemia function, and change the contents of lipoprotein, deduce calcium ion sediments on the arterious parietes, anti‐atherosclerosis

Borneolum syntheticum

Borneol

analgesia and sedation