The Therapeutic Effects of the Chinese Herbal Medicine, Lang Chuang Fang Granule, on Lupus-Prone MRL/lpr Mice

Table 1

LCF granule treatment reduced spleen and thymus coefficients in MRL/lpr mice.

Groups	Spleen coefficient; (g/100 g)	Thymus coefficient; (g/100 g)
MRL/lpr	0.533 0.057	0.320 0.027
HCQ	0.437 0.034	0.282 0.014
LCP	0.395 0.027	0.273 0.019
LCF Low	0.453 0.027	0.261 0.025
LCF Medium	0.423 0.033	0.232 0.020
LCF High	0.387 0.030	0.289 0.016

MRL/lpr: lupus model group; HCQ: hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablet group; LCP: Langchuang Pill group; LCF Low: low dose of LCF granule group (0.97 g/kg/d); LCF Medium: medium dose of LCF granule group (1.95 g/kg/d); LCF High: high dose of LCF granule group (3.90 g/kg/d). Data are expressed as means SDs, . P < 0.05 versus MRL/lpr.