Soup, as it was called in ancient times, is one of the oldest forms of traditional Chinese medicine and has been most widely used in Chinese medicine clinical applications for thousands of years. In addition to the inseparable relationship with Chinese history, culture and customs, it has been continuously absorbing modern science and technology to make the characteristics of the soup itself better for people to use. Tonics can fully adapt to the needs of Chinese medicine in diagnosis and treatment, and have several characteristics such as fast curative effect, easy absorption and strong action. It is especially suitable for various chronic diseases. Xu Lingtai, a famous medical doctor of the Qing Dynasty, once said: “The healing of the disease is not healed. Not only must the formula hit the disease, but also the formula is not served by the method, it is not only useless, but also harmful ……” pointed out that the correct way to take the soup can accelerate the improvement of the disease, while the wrong way to take it will make the disease worse. It can be seen that whether the correct method of taking tonics directly affects the absorption of drugs in the body and the therapeutic effect, how to take tonics correctly? I think we should pay attention to the following aspects. First, the correct time to take medicine The time to take medicine should be decided according to the condition. Disease in the upper jiao (heart, lungs), to make the medicine stay longer, it is appropriate to take after meals; disease in the lower jiao (bladder, intestines), to make the medicine quickly down, it is appropriate to take before meals; heat detoxification drugs, laxative drugs, tonic drugs should be taken on an empty stomach, when the stomach is empty and easy to absorb. The so-called fasting service means that the medicine should be taken one hour before breakfast or one hour after dinner. Special drugs should be special, such as digestive drugs before taking a small amount of food to help the effect; deworming drugs should be taken in the morning on an empty stomach, before taking the drug should drink some sugar water, which can improve the effect of killing worms; attack drugs should be stopped immediately after the stool; tranquilizers, tonic drugs, drugs to delay aging should be taken before bedtime; sleeping drugs should be taken 2 hours before bedtime; malaria drugs should be taken 2 hours before the attack. Emergency medication is not bound to time, chronic diseases more pills, pills, creams, wine, should be taken regularly. If it is difficult to sweat, the time of taking medicine can be shortened to facilitate sweating. Second, the correct temperature of taking medicine soup in the treatment of general diseases are appropriate to use the warm serving method, the case of special treatment needs should be taken according to the special serving method. Where it is a class of drugs, heat is easy to relax, cool is increased stagnation; blood, blood, blood, cooling, hemostatic drugs, cold is stasis, heat is boiling over. Where the antidote is taken, it is advisable to take it cold, so that the stagnation of the poison can be easily discharged, and hot to increase the desirability of dispersion of the poison. Where hot diseases should be taken cold (such as four tiger soup), while cold diseases should be taken hot, dispersing the attack to help the power of the medicine. It is advisable to take it hot for those who travel through the blood vessels and channels to reach the tendons and bones, while it is advisable to take it cold for those who collect and fix the essence to stop bleeding. It is advisable to take hot to remove annoyance, quench thirst and dispel summer heat, and to take hot to relieve the surface of the skin, as most of the drugs are pungent and disperse the muscle surface; it is advisable to take cold to clear heat and dispel summer heat. Cold medicine for hot diseases should be served warm; hot medicine for cold diseases should be served cold. For the soup should not be taken cold after taking will cause gastrointestinal irritation, abdominal pain or vomiting, can be used ginger tongue rubbing that stop. Third, the correct dose of Chinese medicine soup are decocted 2 to 3 times after the combined liquid, and then according to clinical needs in several doses, generally speaking, each time to take 150 ml is appropriate, but there are exceptions to some diseases. For fever patients, the liquid can be slightly more to help the medicine; for thirst quenching medicine, the amount of liquid should also be more, and can be taken frequently in place of tea. Those who are strong should take more medicine, while those who are weak, such as children and the seriously ill, should take less medicine. Generally, children within one year of age should take one-fifth of the amount of adult medicine, one quarter of the amount of adult medicine for 1 to 3 years old, one-third of the amount of adult medicine for 4 to 7 years old, half of the amount of adult medicine for 8 to 10 years old, and the amount of adult medicine for 10 years old and above. Fourth, the correct number of times to take the general soup is divided into two times a day in the morning and evening, and detoxifying drugs can be taken 3 to 4 times a day. The rehydration medicine should be taken once in the morning and once in the evening, sweating medicine can be added 2 to 3 times, and the juice containing throat can be taken a few times more. After mastering these methods, you will be able to make better use of the medicinal properties and achieve better therapeutic effects.