Shengtong Zhuyu decoction was a famous prescription for critical cases in traditional Chinese medicine

which was known as one of the five Zhuyu decoctions for blockage syndrome complicating blood stasis disease in clinic. Based on the literature search of Shengtong Zhuyu decoction in the past decade and the summarization of its clinical application

we have found that this prescription was used to treat the diseases of arthritis

lumbar spinal stenosis

cervical spondylosis

lumbar disc herniation

etc

in the department traumatology & orthopedics on the premise of syndrome differentiation. The results also suggest that Shengtong Zhuyu decoction shows better therapeutic effect for those diseases and has great value in clinical application.