Abstract:

Twenty adult wistar rats were used and divided into two groups,normal control group and "experimental splenic" deficiency group. The experimental rats had been fed with the decoction of Dahuang for 42 d with ensuing experimental "splenic deficiency" symptom.The adrenal glands of two groups were observed morphologically and cytochemically.The resulted morphological study of experimental "splenic deficiency" group indicated that the zona glomernlosa became narrower, the stains in every zones were light, the cytoplasm were vesicular vacuolated, the cell interstitium became wider. The cytochemical study showed that activity of every enzyme in cortex and medulla of adrenal glands changed in various degrees and ACP, ATPase showed definite changes.This research proved that "splenic deficiency" syndrome resulted in not only that the function of digestive system became lowered, but also that the adrenal gland underwent pathological changes.

Key words: experimental "spleen deficiency", syndrome;adrenal gland of rat;cytochemistry