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Table 4 Possible pharmacological mechanisms of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) used for premenstrual syndrome

From: Identifying Chinese herbal medicine for premenstrual syndrome: implications from a nationwide database

Name

Ingredients

Possible mechanisms of extract of SH

Single herb (SH)

  

Cyperus rotundus L.

Hydroalcoholic extract

Anti-oxidative effect [33]

 

Essential oil

Anti-oxidative effect [34]

Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet

Methanol extract

Anti-oxidative effect [35]

Corydalis yanhusuo W. T. Wang

Tetrahydropalmatine

Anxiolytic effect [36]

Analgesic effect [37]

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.

Miltirone

Anxiolytic effect [38]

Salvianolic acid B

Anti-depressant effect [39]

 

Analgesic effect [40]

 

Anti-oxidative effect [41]

Tanshinone IIA

Analgesic effect [42]

Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.

Water extract

Anti-oxidative effect [43, 44]

Herbal formula (HF)

  

Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (JWSYS)

 

Anti-depressant effect on animal model [45, 46]

IL-6 related anti-depressant effect on menopausal women with mood disorder [47]

  

Anxiolytic effect on animal model [48]

Reduced proinflammatory cytokine [49]

Dang-Gui-Shao-Yao-San

 

Anti-depressant effect on animal model [50]

  

Anti-oxidative effect in vitro [51]

Wen-Jing-Tang

 

Anti-depressant effect for menopausal women [52]