To assess the quality of published randomized controlled trials on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treating chronic gastritis. Methods： Studies on treating chronic gastritis with the terms of “random” or “randomized”，“randomized controlled” published form 1999 to 2008 were retrieved on CNKI and VIP. Results： Among the retrieved 1088 studies，12 non-randomized ones were excluded，and the remaining 1076 papers were accorded with the inclusion criteria. 1) There were only 119 articles describing the allocation method，and the appropriate allocation method was described in 64 of them. 2) Only 3 articles described allocation concealment，and two of them adopted sufficient allocation concealment. 3) Four studies mentioned the blind method of intervention，and two of them studies noted double-blind. 4) Five studies reported the number of unfinished cases，and only one study finished intention-to-treat. 5) There were altogether 351 literatures reporting selective results，and 725 ones were non-selective results report. 6) There were only 22 articles without the problems which would lead studies to be at risk. Conclusion： Till now，it was lack of high-quality RCT literatures in the clinical research of chronic gastritis treated with TCM，therefore，the overall level of Chinese medicine clinical researches needs to be improved. RCT has not been truly used in Chinese medicine clinical research.