Objective To summarize Chinese medicinal law for viral myocarditis by searching Chinese medicine literature on viral myocarditis in database.Methods Chinese medicine literature on viral myocarditis was searched in China National Knowledge Internet

China Excellent Postgraduate and Doctoral Thesis Full-Text Database

China Important Conference Papers Full-Text Database

China Major Newspapers Full-Text Database

Chinese Yearbook Database

China Patent Database and International Conference Papers Full-Text Database. The database of Chinese medicine literature on viral myocarditis was established. The medicinal recorded in Chinese Pharmacy Textbook was chosen as search term and the database was searched and analyzed.Results Totally 6853 articles were included. There were 269 medicinals and 69853 frequencies involved. There were 45 medicinals of more than 300 frequencies

a total of 65009 frequencies and accounting for 93.07% of the total frequency. The 45 frequent medicinals were deficiency-supplementing medicinal

blood-quickening stasis-transforming medicinal

heat-clearing medicinal

exterior-resolving medicinal

phlegm-transforming medicinal

spirit-quieting medicinal and interior-warming medicinal.Conclusion The commonly used Chinese medicinals for vital myocarditis are qi-boosting yin-nourishing medicinal

heat-clearing toxin-resolving medicinal

blood-quickening stasis-transforming medicinal and dampness-drying phlegm-transforming medicinal.