Jiannao pills improved anxiety-like behaviors in mice. A. The results of dwelling time in the central area, standing time and grooming time of mice by the open field test. B. The number of mice entering the open arm and the lingering time of mice in the open arm by the elevated plus-maze test. C. The time of mice staying in the cassette and the times of entering the cassette by the cassette test. D. The burrowing times of mice by burrowing experiment. C, Control group; A, Anxiety model group; G, Jiannao pills treatment group; P, Positive control group. These data are presented as the mean ± standard (SD). **P < 0.01 when compared to groups C, as measured by Student’s t-test; #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01 when compared to group A, as detected by one-way analysis of variance, followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test.