Chinese medicine is the Chinese national outstanding cultural heritage. It has been the indispensable influential role in the national medical care. However, there are still shortcomings and deficiencies at present about the legal protection of Chinese medicine. By introducing the legal system of Chinese medicine about the ancient China, the Republic of China as well as the current period and analyzing the problems and the legislative difficulties in the current legal system of Chinese medicine, the article tried to provide some related suggestions for promulgating the fundamental law of Chinese medicine.