Chinese herbal tea, also known as tea, refers to the use of Chinese herbal medicine with tea, or Chinese herbal medicine (single or compound) instead of tea brewing, decoction, and then drink like tea. Chinese herbal tea drink is a traditional form of Chinese medicine, which is made under the guidance of the theoretical principles of Chinese medicine, method, formula and medicine, through the combination of identification and identification of disease and the combination of prescription and tea (or without tea). Chinese herbal tea drink substitution has been widely used in internal and external medicine, gynecology, pediatrics and five senses, especially in the field of health and rehabilitation of middle-aged and elderly people. The advantages of Chinese herbal tea drink and its application in the health rehabilitation of the elderly are introduced as follows: 1, the advantages of Chinese herbal tea drink 1, easy to drink and serve, suitable for conditioning: Chinese herbal tea drink can not only be used according to the needs of the disease to identify the formula, add or subtract with the evidence, but also according to the performance characteristics of the drug to choose the appropriate method of use, the procedure is simple, easy to deploy, targeted, flexible, very suitable for disease management and health rehabilitation. It not only maintains the characteristics of TCM tonics, which are flexible in addition and reduction according to the evidence, but also overcomes the shortcomings of the former, such as tedious decoction and inconvenience in carrying, which is in line with the development trend of modern life with faster pace. 2, the full effect of medicine, save herbs: Chinese herbs crushed into coarse powder or cut into fine shreds, small sections, the surface area increased, and the contact surface of the solvent increased, so that the active ingredients of the drug can be fully dissolved. The drugs that make up the medicinal tea are mainly some flowers, leaves, light roots, stems, fruits, seeds and other light spirit drugs, whose active ingredients are easily dissolved after decoction. Generally speaking, the finer the drug is crushed, the larger its surface area, the larger the contact surface with the solvents, the more conducive to the leaching of the active ingredients of the drug, so as to give full play to the medicinal effect. At the same time, the Chinese medicine will be brewed with boiling water or slightly decocted and drink, avoiding the loss of some drugs, especially aromatic drugs, caused by processing and long decoction and boiling, which is also conducive to maintaining the efficacy of the medicine. Because of the full play of the medicinal effect, the amount of herbs used for tea drink is generally only a few percent of the soup, which can significantly save Chinese herbs. 3, light and delicate, sweet and calm: from the composition of drugs, tea drink formula in addition to pay attention to the identification and strict combination, its salient features for the selection of the formula, the use of less flavor, light dosage. From the point of view of the nature of the drug, the medicine used for tea drink and calm, no risk of injury to the stomach, and taste more sweet and light, or slightly bitter and slightly cold products, both in addition to the function of disease regulation, and no bitter taste difficult to swallow the disadvantages, easy to be accepted by the majority of patients. 4, long-term use, slow figure of its effect: Chinese medicine for tea drinking amount of light, should be served frequently, and the medicine is calm, no damage to the stomach, so you can adhere to long-term use, slow figure of its effect, and the internal organs, especially for the treatment of chronic diseases and the adjustment of the body function. Some studies have shown that long-term use of medicinal tea, the active ingredients of the drug in the body to maintain a high concentration, and make the effect of consolidation, the role of more durable. Second, the prescription with the characteristics of Chinese medicine tea drink as one of the traditional Chinese medicine treatment, the use of attention must be paid to the overall concept, the rational use of drugs under the guidance of the idea of diagnosis and treatment. Commonly used drugs for tea drink to solve the table, clearing heat, dispel dampness, eliminating the guide, cough and phlegm, tonic qi, nourishing yin, nourishing blood and tranquilizing, regulating qi, blood class drugs more. These drugs, the nature of the medicine is more calm, sweet and light, sweet and cold or slightly bitter and slightly cold, good at treating external wind-cold, external wind-heat, phlegm and dampness offending the lung, food accumulation, intestinal dryness and dryness, summer heat injury to the body, mental restlessness, deficiency of Qi and blood and other evidence. Use less vomiting, steep down products, because they are fierce, if improperly administered, easy to damage the right qi. Do not use poisonous drugs, so as not to attack the internal organs, damage the vital energy, and even cause life-threatening poisoning. In addition, fishy tasting animal drugs and mineral drugs that are difficult to leach are rarely used. The dosage of each drug is small, generally significantly less than the amount of ordinary soup, often only half or one-third of the dose of soup, or even less, plus the full formula of Chinese medicine taste is also significantly less than soup, so the total amount of tea drink for each dose of medicine is significantly less than soup. Third, in the middle-aged and elderly health rehabilitation in the use of 1, disease management: Chinese medicine tea drink is convenient to use, the effect is long-lasting, and no stagnation in the spleen and stomach of the drawbacks, suitable for long-term consumption, so it can be used as a mild or chronic disease management method, if not a mild or chronic disease, can also be used as an auxiliary treatment means. For example, the middle-aged and elderly people with high blood lipid levels, this time can use chrysanthemum and hawthorn tea (chrysanthemum, hawthorn each 6 ~ 12 g), Shou Wu cassia tea (He Shou Wu, cassia each 6 ~ 12 g) and so on, not only can reduce blood lipids, but also certain blood pressure and anti-atherosclerosis effect. In addition, for the middle-aged and elderly people suffering from chronic cardiac insufficiency, the evidence of Qi and Yin deficiency, can be given to the Yang Shen strong heart tea (American ginseng 3 g, yu zhu 6 g, fried sour date 9 g, Fu Shen 6 g, Chen Pi 3 g), has a certain improvement in cardiac function and alleviate the symptoms of the role. 2, post-illness conditioning: the agent to remove the evil is easy to hurt the righteousness, so although suffering from the actual evidence, it should not attack too much, must stop in the disease. In order to make the evil go away, can be after the gram, choose the mildness of the medicine, to dispel evil and also have the effect of supporting the tea drink, in order to benefit the vital energy, and harmonize the internal organs, to promote recovery. For example, the middle-aged and elderly people who have residual heat after a cold, stomach gas is not clear, can be used to clear heat and stomach tea drink (bamboo rhizome 3 g, maitong 6 g, raw earth 6 g, pollen 3 g, poria 3 g, Shen Qu 3 g, jiao hawthorn 3 g, malt 3 g, lampblack grass 3 g), not only to clear residual heat, and stomach gas, good after conditioning to receive the full effect. Middle-aged and elderly people who are injured after illness, choose a tonic tea drink, such as astragalus ginseng and wheat tea drink (astragalus 9 g, ginseng 3 g or party ginseng 9 g, maitong 9 g, jujube 3, Chen Pi 1.5 g), tonic vital energy, spleen and stomach, to promote the recovery of mental strength. 3, health care: human aging is a chronic process, common signs of aging such as deafness, slow movement, skin wrinkles and memory loss, etc., mostly due to the deficiency of the five organs of Qi and blood. Therefore, health care and anti-aging pay much attention to supplementation, such as supplementation of Qi and blood, nourishing the five organs, often take such effects of Chinese herbal tea drink, for Chinese medicine, one of the many health care, anti-aging methods. The health care tea drink used in the tonic medicine, tonic gas medicine to astragalus, ginseng, American ginseng, atractylodes, jujube as commonly used; nourishing blood Chinese medicine is often used angelica, Shu Di Huang, white peony, longan flesh, mulberry seeds, etc.; nourishing yin medicine used more frequently are maidenhair, asparagus, sage, dendrobium, yu zhu, etc.; warm yang medicine available Epimedium, Herba Cistanches, Baji Tian, Eucommia, etc.; nourishing liver and kidney commonly used wolfberry, chasteberry, etc.. In the process of clinical application, according to the yin and yang of the body of the elderly, qi and blood bias of the decline in the selection of the corresponding herbal tea drink. For example, those who are deficient in qi can give Bao Yuan tea drink (ginseng 3 g, astragalus 6 g, roasted licorice 3 g); those who are deficient in both qi and yin should give Sheng Wei tea drink (ginseng 3 g or Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng 9 g, Medlar 9 g, Wu Wei Zi 3 g); those who are deficient in kidney qi and kidney yang can give Xian Qi tea drink (Epimedium 6 g, Fructus Lycii 9 g); those who have blood stasis can add hawthorn, safflower, salvia and so on in the above. If you can be consistent, to strengthen the body and prolong life will be helpful. Fourth, the experience of Chinese medicine tea drink formula focus on identification, rigorous combination, the selection of drugs when the mouth, both to maintain the characteristics of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment, but also has a convenient, flexible, effective, economical, targeted, wide range of indications, both to maintain the significant role of the soup, with the characteristics of the reduction, but also to overcome its production of complicated, waste of herbs, to facilitate long-term use, easy to be accepted by the majority of patients, especially suitable for It is especially suitable for the health and rehabilitation of middle-aged and elderly people. The author believes that with the development of modern technology, through the useful discussion and academic research on the issues related to Chinese medicine tea drink, it will definitely be given a stronger life and modernity. This ancient and unique medical method will make greater contribution to human health care, disease prevention and rehabilitation and life extension.