Objective To observe the effect and mechanism of Wenyang Zhenshuai Granule on rats with chronic heart failure (CHF) induced by adriamycin. Methods A model of chronic heart failure was estaldished by injection of amycin into the abdominal cavity of SD rats. Six weeks after modeling,they were randomLy divided into 3 groups judging by cardiac function: model group,Wenyang Zhenshuai(1.44 g·kg ~(-1)·d ~(-1)) group and enalapril (1.8 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)) group,each with 10 rats. Another normal 10 rats were as the normal group,twice a day for 4 week...