Protective effects of Mu-Fang-Ji-Tang against myocardial injury in a murine model of congestive heart failure induced by viral myocarditis

Abstract The effects of Mu-Fang-Ji-Tang (TJ-36), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, were studied in a murine model of congestive heart failure induced by viral myocarditis. In the group of animals treated with Mu-Fang-Ji-Tang in a dose of 1.5g/kg/day, the heart weight to body weight ratio was significantly lower than in the control group (p