The traditional Chinese medical formulae which can promote the peripheral nerve regeneration were reviewed by the literatures in the latest twenty years from domestic and abroad.The result showed Buyang Huanwutang is the representative of these formulae with good therapeutic effect on the peripheral nerve regeneration.However

there are still many questions to be answered

such as the the active components and the related mechanism

innovation of dosage forms and so on.So we suggest that more work should be done in the future.