On August 31， 2025， the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver （APASL） updated and released management of acute variceal bleeding： updated APASL guidelines （2025 edition）， which systematically elaborates on the definition， diagnosis， assessment， and treatment of acute variceal bleeding. This article gives an excerpt of the recommendations in this guideline.

Objective: To establish the method for determining matrine in Sophora subprostrala Chun et T.Chen. by HPLC. Methods: A CLC-phenyl column was selected as separation column at 30 ?C . Matrine was isocratically eluted by methanol-water-triethylamine (50∶50∶0.05,v/v) at flow rate of 1.0ml?min -1 . The peak of matrine was monitored at UV 219nm. Results: The detection limit was 2ng?ml -1 . The recovery of the added sample was above 95%. RSD of intra-day and inter-day was less than 2% and 4%, respectively. The linear range was 1.0～1000?g?ml -1 . Conclusion: The method was simple, rapid and producible.