The invention relates to an
antidepressant pharmaceutical composition and application thereof, and particularly discloses a pharmaceutical composition for treating depression as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The active pharmaceutical ingredients of the pharmaceutical composition are prepared from the following traditional Chinese medicines in parts by weight: 500 to 600 parts of
radix bupleuri, 500 to 600 parts of
fructus aurantii immaturus, 500 to 600 parts of radix aucklandiae, 500 to 600 parts of
pericarpium citri reticulatae, 500 to 600 parts of rhizoma pinelliae preparata, 750 to 900 parts of herba taraxaci, 500 to 600 parts of scorched fructus crataegi, 300 to 360 parts of scorched
semen arecae, 500 to 600 parts of
paederia scandens, 300 to 400 parts of radix
codonopsis, 300 to 400 parts of rhizoma
corydalis and 500 to 600 parts of fried medicated leaven. The pharmaceutical composition has a remarkable
curative effect on depression, animal experiments show that the pharmaceutical composition can remarkably enhance the social coefficient (showing that the pharmaceutical composition can improve social fear of depression patients) and improve sweet water preference (showing that the pharmaceutical composition is beneficial to transformation of negative emotions such as interest deficiency of the depression patients), and the pharmaceutical composition is safe to take, free of adverse reaction and toxic and side effects and free of toxic and side effects. And the composition can take effect quickly, and can take effect generally within 1-2 weeks after medication.