AIM: To assess the neuroprotective effects of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of glaucoma. METHODS: The electronic bibliographic databases were searched, including Medline (1966-01/2011-03), EMbase (1996-2010), Cochrane library, Wanfang database, VIP (1999-2011), CNKI, the radomized controlled trials of TCM treatment compares with Western medicine treatment of the glaucoma were assembled Data were extracted and evaluated by two reciewers independently with a designed extraction formation by Meta-analysis based on the Cochrane net suggestion. RESULTS: A total of 8 theses written i...