Abstract:The clinical application of research literature about Chinese medicine Arnebiae Radix was organized and introduced to provide a reference for further study over the past five years. Thirty representative literatures were classificated and summarized in CNKI and VIP database and retrievaled taking Arnebiae Radix as subject words. Arnebiae Radix has the function of cooling blood, detoxify, and laxative effect of intestinal, which clinically can be effective in the treatment of pressure sores, the neonatal red buttocks, skin ulcers, skin itching, dermatitis and other common skin diseases, and commonly used for burns, phlebitis, ectopic pregnancy, cervical erosion, placenta accreta, anorectal postoperative medical abortion, nail bed defect, as well as chronic nephritis. At present, the Chinese medicine Arnebiae Radix has widely used in clinical, but usually used by borage oil or Arnebiae Radix ointment type. The aim of this paper is to provide little clinical reference for the future development of Arnebiae Radix new dosage form.