The invention provides a
traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating or improving depression, and relates to the technical field of
traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy. The
traditional Chinese medicine preparation is prepared from the following ten medicinal materials:
semen aesculi, fructus citri, fructus toosendan,
semen celosiae, herba commelinae, herba senecionis scandentis, fructus liquidambaris,
semen pruni, common
fenugreek seed and liquorice root, and all the medicinal materials are combined to achieve the effects of soothing liver and regulating qi, clearing liver and purging fire, regulating liver and
spleen simultaneously, dredging meridians and collaterals and warming
kidney yang, so that liver depression can be relieved, qi activity can be smooth, liver fire can be cleared and depression syndrome can be removed. The traditional Chinese
medicine preparation disclosed by the invention has a remarkable improvement effect on depression-like behaviors of mice with depression and has a remarkable inhibition effect on
neuroinflammation. Meanwhile, the traditional Chinese
medicine preparation is combined with western medicines to treat depression, the effect is remarkable, the HAMD-17, HAMA and TESS scores of treated depression patients can be remarkably reduced, depression and
anxiety moods of the patients are remarkably improved, adverse reactions are relieved, and the traditional Chinese
medicine preparation provides a new thought for treating depression through traditional Chinese medicine.