Abstract: OBJECTIVE The advances on chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of Sarcandra glabra are reviewed in this article in order to give some direction for utilizing Sarcandra glabra,improving clinical safety and developing new pharmaceutics.METHODS To consult a lot of references from domestic and foreign. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Sarcandra glabra is a kind of common herbs included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia，it has obvious pharmacological effects on anti-tumor, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and increasing the number of blood platelet. The main chemical constituents are terpenoids, flavonoids, coumarins and phenolic acids. It was widely used in clinical.