Toxic components of Chinese medicines are often the active ingredients in the treatment of diseases, i.e., fighting poison with poison. The key to whether a Chinese medicine is toxic or not is whether it can be treated according to the evidence. As long as the right treatment, toxic drugs are also safe; not the right treatment, non-toxic drugs are also harmful. Recently, the incident of “aristolochic carcinogenicity” has been in full swing. This incident originated from a paper published in the journal Translational Medicine, the article suggests that aristolochic acid may be a risk factor for liver cancer, but does not provide direct evidence that aristolochic acid causes liver cancer. In response, a spokesman for the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said that according to epidemiological analysis of large samples and large data, liver cancer patients in China are mainly caused by hepatitis B virus infection. Whether there is a direct relationship with aristolochic acid is not yet supported by strong data. The research results of that paper mentioned above pointed out that 78% of 98 cases of liver cancer in Taiwan, China and 47% of 89 cases of liver cancer in mainland China showed aristolochic acid-related mutation characteristics. In fact, genetic mutation is not equal to cancer, and the intrinsic connection between aristolochic acid-containing Chinese medicines and liver cancer is not yet clear. However, with repeated dissemination by the media, the headlines have become more and more sensationalized. For example, “What is “harmful” aristolochic acid? It is the murderer of 80% of liver cancer in Taiwan and nearly 50% of liver cancer in mainland China! It harms the liver and kidneys, and is also a powerful cancer-causing agent! The name “Aristolochic Acid” must be memorized” “This study is on fire, Aristolochic Acid causes Liver Cancer! …… These headlines alarmed the uninformed public, and many people only read the headlines without reading the original text, and did not explore the causal link between aristolochic acid and liver cancer, preferring to believe in what they have and not believe in what they don’t have. A paper with no definite conclusion has become so convincing that it has made people panic. In recent years, the claim that Chinese medicines are toxic has been widely circulated. Most of the claims that Chinese medicines harm the liver and kidneys have remained at the level of unclear and undefined myths. However, some media and websites have contributed to this, not only questioning the toxicity of Chinese medicine, but also further inferring that “toxic herbs should not be eaten indiscriminately”, to “trumped-up” charges to smear the entire Chinese medicine industry. In Chinese medicine, “toxicity” refers to the partiality of drugs, according to the degree of severity of the medicinal properties, there is a big poison, often poisonous, small poison, non-toxic. The toxic components of Chinese medicine are often the active ingredients in the treatment of disease, i.e., fighting poison with poison. For example, strychnine is a toxic ingredient as well as an effective ingredient, such as the saponin of strychnine and the oil of croton in croton. The toxic side effects of toxic Chinese medicines can be reduced or eliminated by concocting or compounding. The key to whether a Chinese medicine is toxic or not is whether it can be treated according to the evidence. As the old saying goes: “The harm of medicine is not in medicine”. As long as the right treatment, toxic drugs are also safe; not the right treatment, non-toxic drugs are also harmful. As the Qing Dynasty physician Xu Lingtai said: “Although licorice, ginseng, misuse of harm, are poisons and so on.” Leaving the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners and using or abusing Chinese medicines indiscriminately will easily lead to problems. If taken under the guidance of a doctor and in accordance with safe dosage and medication time, it will not trigger toxic reactions. Many people are worried that Aristolochia will spill over to the entire Chinese medicine industry. Chinese medicine practitioners prescribe in accordance with the principle that if a certain drug is banned, even the alternative drugs can not be found, the prescription is not complete, can only look at the drug, Chinese medicine practitioners still how to see a doctor? On the contrary, foreign countries, Aristolochia is a different picture. Aristolochiaceae plants have a herb called Han Fangzhi, its extract Han Fangzhi alkaloids, is a very promising anti-Ebola virus drug candidates, the United States and German researchers in the journal “Science” published a relevant paper. The Chinese use scientificity to compare the toxicity of Chinese medicines, while foreign scientists are more concerned about the effectiveness of toxic Chinese medicines. As a result, the treasure of the old ancestors has become a money-spinner for foreigners. The 19th CPC National Congress Report proposes the inheritance and development of Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine is a valuable treasure left to us by our ancestors, and a good public opinion atmosphere is indispensable for inheriting, developing and utilizing it well. In the clamor, all walks of life, especially all kinds of media to remove tinted glasses, less stigmatization assumptions, more responsibility to bear, the root cause, restore the original appearance of qihuang art, do not let the “unwarranted” ruined Chinese medicine.