Sun Gui-zhi
2013
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China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
Abstract
Hematoxylin is a kind of commonly used traditional Chinese medicine,and it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis,and detumescence and relieving pain.It may play an anti-tumor effect by regulating the immune mechanism,but with the stage of disease progress hematoxylin antitumor and antimetastatic effects will gradually weaken,the relevant mechanism is not very clear.Some progress has been made in clinical application and experimental study for how hematoxylin effects on immune system as an immunomodulator in recent years.This article would review its effects on thymus,spleen and the peripheral blood immune cells and immune molecules to guide the future studies.