To study the antidepressant effect of Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba with the collation and analysis of literatures. Radix Bupleuri

Radix Paeoniae Alba and antidepressant as the subject headings were used to screen literatures from 1988 to 2012 in CNKI

and then make an overview of the antidepressant effect of Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba according to chemical composition

pharmacology

clinical application and another several aspects. The active ingredient and material basis of the antidepressant effect of Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba were introduced in order to provide literature reference for the study on the antidepressant effect of Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba.There is broad prospect treating depression with Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba

but the related research on the mechanisms of antidepressant effect of Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba is less

and further research are need.