Objective Preliminary study on the anti-depressant effect of compound Chaijin Jieyu tablet (CJJY). Methods Two kinds of mice models of depression were established, the mice forced swimming test and hanging tail test replication stress behavioral despair models of depression, serotonin acid and reserpine induced drug-induced depression model; detection of mouse forced swimming test and the tail suspension test in the time of immobility, serotonin acid induced depression in mice the number of head twitches, reserpine induced depression of body temperature, eyelid closure, akinesi-a difference de...