A Traditional Clinic Chinese Medicine Prescription Qu-Zhuo-Tong-Bi (QZTB) Alleviates Gouty Arthritis in Model Rats

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Effects of pretreatment of QZTB (500 mg/kg·bw) and meloxicam (3 mg/kg·bw) on pain-like behaviors and mechanical allodynia. Diagram of the experiment (a). QZTB (500 mg/kg.bw) and meloxicam (3 mg/kg·bw) decreased the pain-like behavior scores (b) and increased the paw withdraw thresholds (c) significantly. Comparisons were made as follows: , MSU + vehicle vs. Sham; , MSU + QZTB vs. MSU + vehicle; , , MSU + meloxicam vs. MSU + vehicle. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used followed by Dunnett’s tests (n = 6–8).

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