Huoxue Rongluo Tablet was made of tal gastrodis tuber, dahurian angelica root, honeysuckle stem, grassleaf sweetflag rhizome, common flowering quince fruit, figwort root, red peony root and peach seed at a ratio of 3:2:6:2:3:3:3:3. Huoxue Rongluo Tablet is a wel-established and common pre-scription for the treatment of cerebral infarction. In this study, a rat model of cerebral ischemia was established and the animals were intragastrical y administered Huoxue Rongluo Tablet. This treat-ment reduced infarct volume, decreased matrix metal oproteinase-9 expression, and improved neurological funct...