Astragali Radix is one of the common traditional Chinese medicines in our country,and has high edible and medicinal value.Its quality is related to drug safety and efficacy.Through referring to the collection of scientific literature in databases such as CNKI,Wanfang,and Pubmed,51 papers in last 14 years from 1999 to 2013 were summarized and analyzed in terms of the methods of quality evaluation of Astragali Radix,including morphological identification,microscopic identification,thin-layer chromatography,physicochemical analysis,fingerprinting,molecular identification and pesticide residue evaluation,which would provide reference and basis for evaluating the quality of Astragali Radix.