Formula is the major style of traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） clinical application.Study on medication regularity is the key inheritance content of the methods of TCM.This paper summarized the research methods and development of TCM medication regularity

in order to provide the information for deeply study.We proposed that the combination of traditional inheritance method and computer-assisted data mining method would be the development tendency of study on medication regularity of TCM.On the one hand

we must think highly of the traditional method to summarize the clinical experience and thought of famous veteran teran doctors of TCM;on the other hand

it is important to bring new ideas of analytical method and tool.TCM Inheritance Support System（TCMISS）

which was exploited by Institute of Chinese Materia Medica

China Academy of Chinese medical sciences

would be the utility implement to inherit the experience of TCM medication

and have extensive perspective and useful value.