Traditional Chinese medicine has played a good part in the prevention and treatment of many diseases due to its low toxicity, effectiveness and ability to regulate the functions of the whole body from multiple targets. Traditional Chinese medicine compound can also play a synergistic effect between a variety of single-flavor Chinese medicines to act on multiple targets of the disease, and then achieve therapeutic effects. During recent years, many researchers have begun to concentrate on the pharmacological activity of traditional Chinese medicine, and clinical studies have also shown that the traditional Chinese medicine in the adjuvant treatment of AD is remarkable, and the development of effective drugs to improve the course of AD from natural herbs has become a hot spot in today’s research. Therefore, this article reviews the current status of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of AD, in order to provide new ideas for related research.