The present invention provides methods for treating ischemic
cardiomyopathy. In one embodiment, provided is a method of treating a
disease characterized as ischemic cardiomyopathy, comprising
administering to a subject suffering from said disease a pharmaceutical
composition comprising therapeutically effective amount of synthesized
Leonurine. The method induces at least one biochemical change to improve
hypoxia myocardial cells survive rate, reduce LDH releasing from the
ischemic myocardial cells, and reduce infarction area of cardiomyopathy
in the subject.