Didang Decoction from ’Shanghanlun’ is onsisted of Shuizhi

Mengchong

Taoren

Daihuang.The collected the modern medical research literature on the decoction

benign prostatic hypertrophy

unstable angina

diabetes

deep vein thrombosis

thrombotic phlebitis

post-traumatic constipation

ulcerative colitis

cerebral hemorrhage

anti-cancer

immune function

diabetic complications

atherosclerosis

restenosis after PTCA against coronary heart disease

improving brain blood vessels

anti-inflammatory cytokines

protection for function of brain cells

and other aspects of the decoction.help expand Didangtang applications and related diseases.However

the current researches are mostly samll sized studies

lack of multi-centered double-blined studies.It is recommendated that the future studies should be more scientific and reliable.