Pandemic influenza virus is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus infection. Resources of Chinese herbal medicines are rich in our country

so the price of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is low for preventing and treating pandemic influenza virus. It has an obvious effect

and is easy to spread

with a broad development prospect. From earliest times to the present day

TCM always has remarkable effects in treating the common cold

viral influenza

flu and fever. Many scholars of TCM have made deeper research on single Chinese herbal medicine with anti-influenza virus effect by using modern means of science and technology and combining the basic TCM theory

provided a platform against influenza virus

achieved fruitful results

and selected a large number of Chinese herbal medicines and compound preparations against influenza virus effectively. Based on the advantages of TCM on influenza

the literature reviewing method was mainly adopted in this paper

and the current research status of single Chinese herbal medicines was summarized

including traditional Chinese herbal with a direct antiviral effect and indirect antiviral effect; the Chinese herbal medicines with a direct antiviral effect were represented by Isatidis Radix

Isatidis Folium

Lonicerae Japonicae Flos

Weeping Forsythia Extract

and Houttuyniae Herba

et al

and the Chinese herbal medicines with an indirect antiviral effect were represented by Catechu

Gardeniae Fructus

Bupleuri Radix and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma

et al. The active anti-influenza virus compositions as well as the research and mechanism of the corresponding Chinese medicine parts were summed up in this paper

and by referring to the current research results

it would have certain guiding significance for further research work.