The invention relates to a
medicine for treating rheumatic
heart disease. The
medicine is prepared from the following medicinal raw materials in parts by weight: 22 parts of caudate sweetleaf roots, 12 parts of radix euphorbiae, 9 parts of cortex erythrinae, 7 parts of radix asteris, 12 parts of macrosolen bibracteolatus, 10 parts of
scutellaria orthocalyx and 12 parts of herba artemisiae annuae. According to the
medicine, caudate sweetleaf roots have the effects of clearing heat, inducing
diuresis, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, expelling wind and relieving pain; radix euphorbiae has the effects of stopping bleeding by astringency, relieving
dysentery and killing parasites; cortex erythrinae has the effects of dispelling wind,
drying dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, removing obstructionfrom meridians, killing parasites and relieving
itching; radix asteris has the effects of moistening
lung, descending qi, eliminating
phlegm and relieving cough; macrosolen bibracteolatus has the effect of removing wind-dampness;
scutellaria orthocalyx has the effects of purging internal fire, relieving
asthma, removing
toxicity and diminishing swelling; herba artemisiae annuae has the effects of clearing heat, inducing
diuresis and removing
jaundice. The medicinal materials are combined to achieve the effects of promoting
blood circulation to
remove blood stasis, calming heart, tonifying
lung, warming yang, inducing
diuresis, tonifying qi and consolidating depletion. The medicine can be used for safely and effectively treating rheumatic
heart disease.