Global climate change is a growing problem, it also affects the growth and development of medicinal plants largely, and people pay more and more attention to the research of medicinal plants response to climate change.This paper summarized the response of growth of medicinal plants, photosynthesis, effective components etc to climate change phenomenon which can be included elevated CO_2, temperature rises, drought, ozone stress, UV-B radiation and N deposition, and gived suggestions for direction and emphasis of the future research.