Abstract: It directly affects the quality of Chinese herbal medicines and “export” sales that pesticide residues and heavy metals exceeded in Chinese herbal medicines. The problem has became the bottleneck of Chinese herbal medicine export. Therefore， how to establish a rapid， efficient， sensitive detection technology for pesticide residues and heavy metal become the hot research area. In this paper， the detection methods for pesticide residues and heavy metals in recent years in Chinese herbal medicines were reviewed. It can provide some reference for detection technologies improvement and development of pesticide residues and heavy metals.