Case report is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine classical literature

which is also a common style of modern Chinese medicine academic journals. As Chinese medicine case report could truly and vividly reflect actual situation and characteristics of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment

it is widely applied in Chinese medicine field. Case report is of great significance to inherit and develop Chinese medicine theories and clinical experience. By summarizing the historical origin and current situation of Chinese medicine case reports

the authors think that there are some major problems presenting in case reports of Chinese medicine academic journals

such as insufficient understanding of the importance of Chinese medicine case report

the selected topic not reflecting the characteristics and advantages of Chinese medicine

incomplete records of diagnosis and treatment methods

lack of objective basis and accurate description on evaluating clinical effect

lack of theoretical summary and sublimation on the basis of case records

etc. Moreover

there is a problem of writing style chaos. Based on the analysis of the problems in present Chinese medicine case reports

the authors propose that combining the internal requirements of Chinese medicine development and papers’ own characteristics of Chinese medicine technical journals

appropriate standards of Chinese medicine case reports should be made to improve quality of case reports and to promote Chinese medicine academic development.