The literature in recent years about the intervention mechanisms of Chinese herbal compounds for rheumatoid arthritis were summarized and analyzed in this paper. Wanfang

CNKI and other large Chinese databases and foreign databases were searched for the literature about the intervention mechanisms of Chinese herbal compounds for rheumatoid arthritis. The results showed that the intervention mechanisms of Chinese herbal compounds for rheumatoid arthritis were mainly through multiple-target system

referring to regulating inflammatory factor levels

neuroendocrine

immune response pathways and gene expression.The current researches indicate that Chinese herbal compounds can intervene the pathological process of rheumatoid arthritis in various methods

showing the great advantages and prospects of Chinese herbal compounds for rheumatoid arthritis; however

it remains to be explored about how to apply Chinese traditional dialectical theory for accurate syndrome differentiation and precise prescription. In addition

big-scale samples collection and data mining will become the more effective methods to accurately and precisely explore the syndrome differentiation mechanism for Chinese herbal compounds.