ZHANG Ming-fa, SHEN Ya-qin
Matrine and oxymatrine have a widespread bioactivities, including protection of organs (heart, liver, lung, kidney, brain and blood vessel), positive inotropic action, negative chronotropic action, antiarrhythmia, the effect of increasing leukocyte, antiasthma, antiulcer, anti-fibrogenesis, the central nervous pharmacological action (sedation, hypnogenesis and analgesia), antitumor, immunoregulation, anti-bacteria, anti-virus, anti-parasite and anti-inflammation. In gynecologic domain, matrine and oxymatrine have anti-gynecologic tumors effects, and could protect epithelial cells of mamma, endometrium and vagina, and antagonize inflammatory pathologic change of epithelial cells induced by various pathogenic factors. In clinic matrine and oxymatrine have been used to treat various cervicitis and vaginitis, and have been tried to treat mammary cancer, ovarian carcinoma, cervical carcinoma and endometrial carcinoma. In this paper, the clinical pharmacological effects of matrine and oxymatrine on cervicitis are reviewed and analyzed.