焦慮癥是一種由中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)功能紊亂引起的常見精神疾病，由于近年來發(fā)病率不斷增高，引起社會的廣泛關(guān)注。目前臨床上常用的西藥在治療焦慮癥時存在不良反應多、依賴性強、易復發(fā)等缺點；而天然藥物具有療效明顯、毒副作用小等優(yōu)點，能夠很好地避免西藥治療焦慮癥的諸多不足，因此成為當前研發(fā)抗焦慮新藥的熱點。對近年來國內(nèi)外抗焦慮天然藥物，尤其是單味藥研究的最新進展進行了綜述，以便為進一步的研究工作提供理論依據(jù)。

Anxiety disorder is a common mental disease which has attracted great attention in recent years worldwide. The current therapy for anxiety disorder mainly depends on chemical drugs. However, side effects, drug dependency as well as recurrence have become the hindrance for its clinical applications. On the contrary, natural medicine has become a research focus for new anxiolytic drug because it could overcome the disadvantages of western medicine. This paper reviews the research progress of natural medicine with anxiolytic effects, so as to provide theoretical basis for further research.

國家自然科學基金資助項目（20972165）；中國科學院知識創(chuàng)新工程重要方向性項目（KSCX2-YW-R-118和KSCX2-YW-R-211）；云南省中青年學術(shù)技術(shù)帶頭人后備人才項目（2007PY01-48）