简介：Theuterinetetaniccontractionanduterinearterybloodflowreductionarepossiblereasonsforprimarydysmenorrhea（PD）.Inthepresentstudy,weaimedtoevaluatetheuterinerelaxanteffectandtheinfluenceonuterinearterybloodvelocityofGe-GenDecoction（GGD）,awell-knownChineseherbalformula.InfemaleICRmice,uterinecontractionwasinducedbyoxytocinexposurefollowingestradiolbenzoatepretreatment,andtheuterinearterybloodvelocitywasdetectedbyDopplerultrasound.HistopathologicalexaminationoftheuterinetissuesampleswereperformedbyH&Estaining.Exvivostudiesdemonstratedthatoxytocin,posteriorpituitary,oracetylcholineinducedcontractionsinisolatedmouseuterus.GGDinhibitedbothspontaneousandstimulatedcontractions.InvivostudydemonstratedthatGGDsignificantlyreducedoxytocin-inducedwrithingresponseswithamaximalinhibitionof87%.FurtherstudydemonstratedthatGGDnormalizedoxytocin-inducedabnormalitiesofprostaglandinsF2alpha(PGF2α)andCa2+inmice.Inaddition,injectionofoxytocininducedadecreaseinuterinearterybloodflowvelocity.PretreatmentwithGGDreversedtheoxytocinresponseonbloodflowvelocity.HistopathologicalexaminationshowedpretreatmentwithGGDalleviatedinflammationandedemaintheuteruswhencomparedwiththemodelgroup.BothexvivoandinvivoresultsindicatedthatGGDpossessedasignificantspasmolyticeffectonuterinetetaniccontractionaswellasimprovementonuterinearterybloodvelocitywhichmayinvolvePGF2αandCa2+signaling,suggestingthatGGDmayhaveaclinicpotentialinPDtherapy.