Huangqi markedly facilitated small intestinal propulsion in normal mice, and promoted intestinal propulsion when intestinal motility was delayed by atropine and isoproterenol.

• 黄芪可明显促进正常小鼠的肠推进作用,对阿托品和异丙肾上腺素所致的小肠推进抑制具有拮抗作用。