To provide a reference for clinical use of drugs by analyzingthe situation of traditional Chinese medicine injections (TCMIs) of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the elderly population. By means of retrospective study

23 096 ADRs case reports caused by TCMIs were analyzed by the gender

age

drug therapy status

serious degree

occurrence time

the main performance of ADRs and clinical outcome. The proportion of ADRs caused by TCMIs in the elderly population was 31.4% in total ADRs caused by TCMIs. The ADRs concerned body as a whole-general disorders

skin and appendages disorders and cardiovascular disorders were 35%

25% and 13.3% in the ADRs caused by TCMIs in the elderly population. Different categories of TCMIs caused ADR in the elderly were respectively 46.8%

23.3%

14.9%

which was used for promoting blood circulation

reducing fever and compensation. The TCMIs should be used reasonably in the elderly patients; the postmarket survillance of the ADRs of TCMIs should be strengthened.