In recent years

the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has sharply increased because of the increasing major traumatic accidents

such as wars

natural disasters

traffic accidents and violent crimes. PTSD is a long-term persistent mental disorder that is caused by unusual threatening or catastrophic psychological trauma. Over the past decade

the incidence of PTSD has increased year by year

which causes high concerns from the public. This paper retrieved clinical and experimental literatures on treating antagonism of PTSD with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) collected by CNKI from 2006 to 2016.It also overviewed the effect of TCM in antagonizing PTSD in the following six aspects:scope of TCM syndromes related to PTSD; understanding of etiology and pathogenesis of PTSD in TCM; clinical syndrome differentiation

prescription and medication for PTSD; clinical study on treating PTSD with TCM; clinical study on treating PTSD with acupuncture; experimental study of TCM in antagonizing PTSD. According to the summary and analysis of the retrieved literatures

most scholars classified PTSD into the following categories:Baihe disease

lethargy

palpitations

insomnia

forgetfulness

syncope syndrome

depression syndrome

up-rushing gas syndrome

globus hysteriocus. The clinical syndrome differentiation of PTSD involves heart

liver

spleen

lung and kidney

especially heart and liver. Electro-acupuncture at acupoints has a significant efficacy in the treatment of PTSD. The experimental results of antagonizing PTSD show that the changes in glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in hippocampus region receptor expression and the regulation of HPA axis are the targets or key links of TCM in antagonizing PTSD. The preliminary analysis was made on the problems in studies on the effect of TCM in antagonizing PTSD.