Objective:To study potential risk of Chinese medicine preparations containing toxic herbs and offer suggestion about risk management system.Method: Based on Statistics of Chinese medicine preparations containing toxic herbs in Chinese Pharmacopoeia（2010）

related literature

regulations

drug standard

the statements of drug labels and instructions were searched.The insufficient causes were analysed and the potential risk was investigated.Result: To ensure the safety of drug usage for the people

risk management system should be set up by improving the related laws

evaluating these drugs with Pattern Recognition

researching on toxic substances

perfecting quality standard

instruction and lable

etc.Conclusion: It is very important to construct and perfect risk management system for Chinese medicine preparations containing toxic herbs by management means and technical means.