近年来对活血化瘀中药的药理作用及其机制研究主要集中在改善血流动力学、改善血液流变学、改善微循环障碍、抗血栓、抗动脉粥样硬化及心肌缺血、抑制组织异常增生、抑制炎症、抑制肿瘤等方面。已经有很多成药应用于临床，涉及心脑血管疾病、糖尿病、肝硬化等数十种疾病，临床疗效显著，展现出良好的应用前景。综述活血化瘀中药及天然药物提取物的药理作用研究进展。

Recently, the researches on the pharmacological actions of Chinese materia medica (CMM) with the function of activating blood and resolving stasis and the mechanisms are mainly concentrated in the improvement of hemodynamics, hemorheology, and microcirculation, antithrombosis, anti-atherosclerosis, anti-myocardial ischemia, inhibition of abnormal tissue hyperplasia, anti- inflammation, antitumor, and so on. There are many Chinese patent medicines widely applied in the clinical use for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, cirrhosis, and other diseases, with a good prospect. This paper summarizes the research progress in pharmacological study on CMM and extract from natural products with the function of activating blood and resolving stasis.