The mode of postmarketing evaluation of Chinese medicine on TCM syndromes is the top design content which requires a careful thi nking.In the design

the key contents should be confirmed on the classification

application conditions

and advantages and disadvantages of the mode.The mode of TCM syndromes evaluation include the disease-syndrome in combina tion re-evaluation mode

syndrome re-evaluation mode

and disease re-evaluati on mode

of which

the first one is most commonly used

and the application of the other two is not common.In the postmarketing evaluation

the app ropriate clinical re-evaluation mode of TCM syndromes should be selected on the basis of purpose and design method.