This paper reflects on history and reality of higher education in Chinese materia medica. Based on social diversified demands and new distribution of Chinese materia medica specialty

the positioning of Chinese materia medica specialty and setting of personnel types and personnel training goals were discussed. In training personnel of Chinese pharmacy specialty

the basic principles of "paying equal attention of training Chinese medicine thinking and scientific thinking"

and "distinctive inheritance

basic innovation and competent service"should be persisted in

and reform of personnel training mode in Chinese materia medica specialty should be deepen. Also the course system of Chinese materia medica specialty should be established scientifically

deep development of the research on higher education in Chinese materia medica should be promoted

and the national standard of undergraduate teaching quality for Chinese materia medica specialty should be carried out positively.