The invention pertains to the field of
traditional Chinese medicine and relates to a pharmaceutical composition for improving the function of
skeletal muscle and treating
heart failure simultaneously and a preparation method thereof. The pharmaceutical composition aims at the
pathogenesis of deficient and weak yang and qi of heart and
kidney, fluid retention and blood stagnation of the
heart failure and adopts the traditional Chinese medicines of raw
membranous milkvetch root, prepared common monkshood
daughter root, largehead atractylodes
rhizome, white paeony root, Indian buead, common burreed
rhizome, zedoary, pepperweed seed, plantain seed, dwarf lilyturf tuber and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for preparation. The pharmaceutical composition has the effects of warming yang andqi of heart and
kidney, eliminating pathogens from
lung and inducing
diuresis, the clinical and animal tests prove that the pharmaceutical composition can effectively improve the retention of
sodium and water of the patients with the
heart failure, liver congestion and even liver
cirrhosis due to the congestion; at the same time, the pharmaceutical composition has significant protective effect ofthe damaged function of the
skeletal muscle during the heart failure. The pharmaceutical composition is applicable to the patients with the heart failure and the different degrees of fluid retention.The pharmaceutical composition can improve the quality of lives of the patients with the chronic heart failure, further improve the exercise tolerance, increase the 6-minute
walking distance and improve the function of the
skeletal muscle during the heart failure.