The Chinese medicine referred to in the title should be Chinese medicine soup, which has more differences with cream formula, including traits, taking methods, taste, efficacy requirements, etc.. 1. Characteristics: Chinese medicine soup is made by directly decocting various kinds of Chinese herbs with water, which is a soup and is in the form of watery liquid; whereas, paste is made by various kinds of Chinese herbs through complex decocting and concentrating process, which is a paste and is mostly in the form of paste, relatively thick. 2. Taking method: Generally speaking, Chinese medicine soup needs to be decocted once a day, and then taken in the morning and evening; while the paste is a finished product, which can be drunk directly or taken with water, which is relatively more convenient. 3. Taste: Because the Chinese medicine soup is made of directly decocted Chinese herbs, it generally has a poor taste, and the taste is more bitter; while the paste is usually made by adding honey, caramel and other flavoring agents, the taste will be relatively sweet and delicate. 4. Efficacy needs: Generally speaking, the role of Chinese medicine soup is more direct, and the efficacy of relatively fast, for the need to play a short-term therapeutic effect of the disease is more often used; and the cream is generally biased towards physical conditioning, prevention and treatment of disease and the role of health, in the conditioning of the deficiency and health care, etc. more often used. In short, the cream and Chinese medicine soup have their own strengths and advantages, and adapted to different diseases, the specific selection should also be based on the patient’s own specific conditions under the guidance of a physician.