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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 19 Clear reporting randomized controlled trials of Chinese medicine in Chinese medicine side effects [Abstract] Though traditional Chinese medicine come from the natural, but it can also contain harmful substances, therefore, the toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, more and more attention. Traditional Chinese medicine side effects can be divided into unexpected categories, improper use of class, traditional Chinese medicine ‘contaminated’ class, variety chaos classes and Western drug interactions etc.. Improper use of non-compliance categories, including prescription of Chinese medicine theory, excessive use, processing and preparation methods inappropriate and improper compatibility; medicine ‘contaminated’ class, including heavy metals, pesticide residues and traditional Chinese medicine products are chemical substances ‘pollution’. Chinese medicine side effects, the report must be clear. Is too high or too low estimate of the toxic side effects of traditional Chinese medicine, will mislead clinicians and patients. We propose that the report of randomized controlled trials of Chinese medicine standards, the report side effects, should include the following aspects: research background information on side effects of drugs for side effects, assessment of specific outcome indicators; toxic side effects and the interpretation of the details. [Keywords:] Chinese medicine traditional Chinese medicine clinical research randomized controlled trials of evidence-based medicine 1 Introduction It is generally accepted that all health interventions, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), should be as safe as possible prior to adopting them in clinical practice. There is a common misconception that herbal materials - including those used in TCM, known as Chinese materia medica (CMM) are harmless to humans because they come from natural sources [1]. In fact, TCM may cause serious adverse effects (AEs) when adulterated or