Objective: Eighteen incompatible herbs and Nineteen herbs of mutual antagonism

the incompatibility between the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has had the history of thousands of years so far. Whether Eighteen incompatible herbs and Nineteen herbs of mutual antagonism are incompatibility or not has become one of the hot spot of academia right now. Method: The medicine catalogue for the national basic medical insurance

injury insurance and maternity insurance was issued by the department of social security and Human Resource

which improving the level of clinical use of drugs. Result: According to statistics

there are 987 kinds of patent Chinese medicine products (CPMs) in medicine catalogue for the national basic medical insurance

injury insurance and maternity insurance (2009 Edition)

in which 5 CPMs contain eighteen incompatible herbs and 4 CPMs contain Nineteen herbs of mutual antagonism. Conclusion: This paper analyze CPMs containing Eighteen incompatible herbs and Nineteen herbs of mutual antagonism to offer some elicitation for promoting rational drug use in the clinic.