Abstract: OBJECTIVE To analyze the prescription characteristics of Chinese patent medicine of treating hypertension recorded in Chinese Pharmacopeia(2015 Edition), provide reference for the rational medication for clinical treatment of hypertension.METHODS Collected Chinese patent medicine of treating hypertension or having antihypertensive effects recorded in Chinese pharmacopeia (2015 Edition), and made classification, frequency statistics. RESULTS There were 55 kinds of Chinese patent medicine included in total, 166 herbs included in Chinese patent medicine. The most common use of Chinese patent medicine were wind-extinguishing medicine, blood-regulating medicine and tonic medicine.CONCLUSION Chinese patent medicine of treating hypertension recorded in Chinese pharmacopeia, taking calming the liver and extinguishing wind, activating blood and dissolving blood-stasis, nourishing Qi and Yin as the main treatment principle, heat-clearing medicine, liver-calming and wind-extinguishing medicine, deficiency-invigorating medicine use the most, and mainly effective to clear liver heat, nourish liver, spleen and kidney.