The invention discloses a
traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating depression as well as a preparation method and application of the
traditional Chinese medicine composition. The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing vinegar-processed rhizoma cyperi,
ligusticum wallichii, fried rhizoma atractylodis, fried medicated leaven and fried fructus gardeniae which are equal in
mass; crushing and sieving the vinegar rhizoma cyperi, the
ligusticum wallichii, the fried rhizoma atractylodis and the fried medicated leaven to obtain
traditional Chinese medicine powder; placing the traditional Chinese
medicine powder in a 60-80%
ethanol solution for decoction extraction, filtering, collecting filtrate, repeatedly extracting for 2-4 times, merging the filtrate, concentrating and
drying to obtain thick paste; the fried cape jasmine is smashed and sieved, cape jasmine
powder is obtained, then the cape jasmine powder and the thick paste are mixed, and the traditional Chinese
medicine composition for treating depression is obtained. The preparation method disclosed by the invention can be used for efficiently and fully extracting active ingredients, such as ligustilide, atractydin I and alpha-cyperone, in the traditional Chinese
medicine raw materials to obtain a new extract which is excellent in medicine effect, clear in ingredients and free from obvious toxic and side effects, and is expected to be developed as a novel medicine for improving and / or treating depression and
anxiety disorder.