In ALI and chronic lung injury, Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma can increase the expression of AQP1 in pulmonary capillaries, improve blood rheology, alleviate pathological changes in lung tissue, and alleviate the occurrence and development of lung injury to a certain extent (Li et al., 2009). This evidence concerns the gene AQP1 and acute respiratory distress syndrome.