Traditional Chinese herbal formula is the main drug treatment means. It reflects holistic concept and pattern identification and differentiation, and plays an important role in the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine. So, the modern study of Chinese herbal compound attracts wide attention. In recent years, many experts studied the pharmacology of Chinese herbal formula using molecular biological techniques and acquired a lot of fruitful results. This paper reviews the profiles of these studies and discusses them according to different types of content.