Methods Anemia was induced by injecting freund adjuvant twice to the traditional model rats of adjuvant arthritis to enhance their immune responses.

Methods Adjuvant-induced rat arthritis model was used for the study. The effects of XG on the swelling of joints, auricular pathology and oxygen free radicals were investigated.

AIM: To investigate the prophylactic and therapeutic effects of MuGua Pill on Freund s adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats.