Abstract:To discuss the significant application for the membrane science and technology in the deve-lopment of pharmaceutical industry of Chinese materia medica (CMM) in such aspects as obtaination of in-tegrated effctive substances，transformation of traditional technology, reduction of power consumption，product safety, sewage treatment，and technological innovation. To analyze the major restrictions on theindustrialization of CMM‘s membrane science and propose the corresponding measures. Currently，the de-velopment of macromolecule science and technology and the implementation of environmental-friendly strategy have advanced the technology of membrane to a new stage and thus offer the insurance to the inte-gration of extraction, separation, concentration, and purification in traditional pharmaceutical production of CMM. Meanwhile，the technolgy of membrane separation has been widely used in the separation，con-centration，and purification of macromolecule, which bears similar characteristics with traditional CMM. It is also a proof that the technology of membrane will improve the efficency of traditional CMM production when it is used in the pharmaceutical industry of CMM.