Objective To investigate the effect of different formulae composed from the therapeutic principle of Qi-boosting toxin-resolving on the migrating potentiality and associated gene expressive activities of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell line CNE2Z cells. Methods Firstly, different formulae derived from the same therapeutic principle of Qi-boosting toxin-resolving were composed only with their dosages changed but not with their composing kinds of herbs, i.e. the original formula (OF) and the modified one (MF). Herbal medicines-containing plasma (HMCP) were prepared routinely from rats by fee...