Abstract:Zhigancao injection can antagonise the arrhythmia induced by chloroform, adrenaline, aconitine, strophanthine K and barium chloride, slow the heart rate, prolong P-R and Q-T intervals and antagonise the positive chronotropic response induced by isoprenaline. The LD50 of Zhigancao injection is 41.2g/kg in nice by intraperitoneal.