From the perspective of planning and design of forest therapy base, this paper expounds the relationship between therapy factors and therapy base, as well as the current state of the research on forest therapy factors, followed by an underlying summary of the latest research progress made home and abroad in site selection, trail patterns, rehabilitation facilities and the evaluation of overall planning and design. Studies suggest that, compared with some advanced foreign countries in the world, the construction of forest therapy base in China is still in its infancy, with a sound theoretical system to be formed. Therefore the focus of future research should be on the establishment of the planning and design system, the favorable influence of native plants on public health and its application in planning and design, with more emphasis laid on the evaluation system and methods of planning and design in forest therapy base.