Acne vulgaris is a follicular chronic inflammatory diseases,with a certain loss of compatibility. Propionibacterium acnes is a gram-positive non-spore facultative anaerobes.It is widely present in the sebaceous follicles,leading to acne opportunistic pathogens. Because antibiotics are unregulated,so the proportion of resistant acne bacteria increased year by year,seriously affecting the clinical treatment of acne vulgaris. This article describes the recent study found that the role of the anti-acne bacteria plant components in order to provide for the treatment of acne new direction.