The invention relates to a medicine composition for treating depression and a method for preparing the medicine composition, and belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicines. The medicine composition comprises components including, by weight, 8-12 parts of radix ginseng, 8-12 parts of radix bupleuri, 10-14 parts of radix scutellariae, 8-12 parts of rhizoma pinelliae preparatum, 8-12 partsof ramulus cinnamomi, 8-12 parts of rhizoma zingiberis, 7-9 parts of semen ziziphi spinosae, 8-12 parts of radix curcumae, 13-17 parts of ossa draconis, 13-17 parts of concha ostreae, 3-5 parts of fructus jujubae and 8-12 parts of radix glycyrrhizae preparata. Outstanding curative effects can be realized by the various components in the weight ranges. The medicine composition and the method havethe advantages that the medicine composition comprises traditional Chinese medicines such as the radix ginseng, the radix bupleuri and the radix scutellariae, the radix ginseng is sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature and mainly acts in spleens and lung channels, the radix bupleuri is bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature and has certain pharmaceutical activity for regulating immune systems, effects of tranquilizing mind and relieving pain can be realized by the radix bupleuri, effects of clearing heat, drying dampness, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage can be realized bythe radix scutellariae, effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm can be realized by the rhizoma pinelliae preparatum, obvious effects for treating the depression can be realized by the ramuluscinnamomi, the rhizoma zingiberis, the semen ziziphi spinosae and the like, and the medicine composition is applied to an accumulative number of years for the time being, is used for more than 300 cases and accordingly has solid clinical foundations and theoretical foundations.