It is not recommended to drink coffee while taking Chinese medicine because coffee is a tropical crop with a bitter taste. In terms of its medicinal properties, it is usually considered to be warm in flavor because it contains some fatty substances and has a stimulating effect. If this substance and Chinese medicine taken at the same time, there is a great possibility and some of the ingredients in the drug will produce conflict, affecting the efficacy of the treatment, especially when taking some sedative and tranquilizing drugs, coffee will be on the role of these drugs have a significant reduction in the role of the effect, affecting the clinical effectiveness of treatment. For some other drugs such as pungent warm dispersing drugs, coffee may enhance the efficacy of these drugs, resulting in dispersing too much, the patient’s health is also unfavorable. Therefore, coffee is only a kind of drink for daily use to wake up the mind and brain, and patients should try to avoid drinking coffee at the same time during the period of taking traditional Chinese medicine.