The essential oil components in herbal pair(HP) Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae- Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride( PCR- PCRV) and its single herbs were respectively extracted by steam distillation, then qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by gas chromatography -mass spectrometry (GC -MS ) and a chemometric resolution method, namely heuristic evolving latent projections (HELP). In addition, temperature-programmed retention indices(PTRIs) were employed to improve the precise degree of qualitative analysis. To sum up, 27, 27 and ...