ABSTRACT
Chinese compound priscriptions of traditional herbs are widely used in the alternative therapy for all kinds of diseases It remains unclear how the compounds in different herbs interact each other and which exacting mechanism can complain their effects The components and pharmacological effects of the combination of Chinese herbs are not due to the simple mixture of single herb's The substance basis research of combination herbs is one of the important issue for understanding their pharmacological mechanism Here the recent progress on the substance basis research of combination Chinese traditional herbs is reviewed, including the combinative effects and quantity ratio relation study, herbs serum study, chemical compounds research, the methods and techniques in chemical components analysis, and application foreground of Chinese compound priscription