Objective:To develop a health-evaluating scale from a Chinese medicine (CM) perspective and reflecting CM conception of health.Methods:The Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Self-Evaluation Scale (TCM-50) was developed by verification of dimensions,formation of item pool,verification of scoring methodology,and pilot test of scale and item analysis.Results:TCM-50 composed of 50 items that could be classified into 4 dimensions including physiology and health,psychology and health,nature and health,and society and health.An examination of reliability and validity of TCM-50 yielded Cronbach\'s α coefficient of 0.927,and half coefficient of r was 0.876.The intraclass correlation coefficient of total score was 0.912.After using SF-36 questionnaire to evaluate the criterion validity,the Pearson r of the score of the two scales from the same participant was 0.740.Conclusions:TCM-50 has good reliability and validity,and can yield similar levels of efficacy as SF-36 in terms of evaluating people\'s overall health level.As a scale based on CM theory,TCM-50 is suitable for self-measuring the general health of Chinese patients.