“…According to the literature, SHSST has been used in East Asia as a representative herbal medicine to treat both hypertension and its complications (Hur, 1613). Recently, scientific studies have newly demonstrated that SHSST has pharmacological efficacy, due to its having anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative stress, anti-cancer, and neuroprotective properties (Li et al, 2010; Shih et al, 2011; Liou et al, 2012; Lo et al, 2012). These properties would mainly be associated with the constituents of SHSST such as berberine, coptisine, berberastine, worenine, and palmatine from Coptis Rhizome (Manisha, 2009); hydroxyanthracene derivatives (emodin, physcione, aloe-emodin, and chrysophanol glycosides) from Rhei Rhizoma (Manisha, 2009); and aglycones (baicalein, wogonin, oroxylin A) and glycosides (baicalin, wogonoside, oroxylin A-7-glucuronide) from Scutellariae Radix (Li et al, 2011).…”