Currently active Chinese medicine traditional knowledge in Beijing was investigated. Information surveyed includes the names of Chinese medicine traditional knowledge

the classification

holder’ s information

application area

inheritance time

main content

related literature and real objects

the main features and the important value. One hundred and twelve valuable Chinese medicine knowledge items were selected

and information on those items were collected to initially establish Beijing Chinese Medicine Traditional Knowledge Database. By doing these

the researchers generally understood the existence and inheritance situation

as well as the distribution features of Chinese medicine traditional knowledge in Beijing area

which could provide technical support for further defensive protection Chinese medicine traditional knowledge.