There is no authoritative information on how long it will take for the anxiety disorder to be effective, and it needs to be decided according to the severity of the patient’s condition and physical condition. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, anxiety belongs to the category of depression, at present, there is no authoritative information about how long it takes for anxiety to take traditional Chinese medicine to be effective, according to the degree of the patient’s condition and the individual’s physique to decide. Therefore, the time to take Chinese medicine for anxiety can not be generalized, there are obvious individual differences. For liver qi stagnation (liver qi and blood transportation is not smooth, emotional depression) type of anxiety disorder, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to use chaihu shuhexuan san; For the qi stagnation and fire type of anxiety disorder, need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use dan gardenia free and easy san. To summarize, patients must use traditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, strengthen daily life management, and follow up on time.