中医药治疗溃疡性结肠炎（ulcerative colitis，UC）具有多靶点整体调节、副作用少、疗效稳定等优势。从中医治法治则的角度及中药复方、单味中药及中药有效成分的角度，总结中医药治疗UC实验方面的研究进展，为阐释中医药治疗UC的机制奠定基础。在此基础上分析目前研究中存在的问题和今后发展的方向，以期为临床上UC的治疗提供更好的方案。

The treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has many advantages, such as the overall regulation of multiple targets, less side effects, stable curative effect and so on. This paper mainly summarizes and analyzes the research progress of TCM treatment of UC in the experiment from two aspects:One is from the perspective of the therapeutic method and principle of Chinese medicine; The other is from the view of Chinese materia medica (CMM) compounds, single Chinese herbs and the active ingredients of CMM, which lay a foundation for the treatment of UC in interpreting the mechanism of TCM. This paper attempts to provide a better treatment for clinic on the basis of the two aspects to analyze the existing problems in the current researches and the direction of future development.

国家自然科学基金资助项目（8167150826）