The application provides a
traditional Chinese medicine compound
essential oil and application thereof in preparation of an
antidepressant product, and relates to the technical field of
traditional Chinese medicine essential oil pharmaceuticals. The
traditional Chinese medicine compound
essential oil is composed of
benzoin essential oil 3-15 parts, Chinese
rose flower essential oil 2-10 parts, immature bitter orange fruit essential oil 2-10 parts, white cardamom essential oil 1-8 parts and fennel essential oil 1-8 parts. The traditional Chinese
medicine compound essential oil is administered in the form of sniffing, stimulates olfactory nerves, influences the
cerebral cortex margin and neurotransmitters, and realizes improvement of brain depression-like symptoms. After the CUMS depression
animal model is treated with the traditional Chinese
medicine compound essential oil, the symptoms of loss of pleasure are reversed and improved, the state of reduced movement of the animal is improved, and the behavior state of the depression
animal model of despair and giving up struggle is obviously improved. Meanwhile, the levels of DA, 5-HT and NE in the
brain tissue of the depression
animal model are significantly improved, and the
pathological changes in the
hippocampus region of the depression animal model are obviously improved. The traditional Chinese
medicine compound essential
oil can be used for preparing drugs for
aromatherapy, has no adverse reactions, has high acceptability, and provides a new way for the treatment of depression.