To review and analysis the literature of Tripterygium’s property

efficacy

application and mechanism research. Use ‘Tripterygium wilfordii’ as the theme word

‘medicinal properties’

‘medicinal study’

‘mechanistic investigation’

‘xperimental research’ as free words search in Chinese database

such as Chinese periodical full-text database

VIP database retrieval. Use‘Tripterygium’

‘T. wilfordii’

‘thunder god vine’

‘Leigongteng’ as the theme word

‘traditional Chinese medicine’s property’

‘property’

‘mechanism shudy’

‘experimental study’ as free words search in the foreign language databases such as Medline

EMbase search

besides

tracking their references

and reference some books. Except some repetitive research literature

we collect 38 literature relevant to our purpose. On the basis of these literature and related books

this paper first reviews the related literature of T. wilfordii’s property

than summarizes its efficacy and clinical application

analyses its mechanism research at last.Although T. wilfordii has been widely used in the treatment of various diseases

its property is controversial

its mechanism of action is not so clear

the clinical application is unreasonable

we should carry out its mechanism research under the guidance of its property theory

and use the contacted

developed thoughts in order to make it more effectively

reasonable implicated in clinical.