The best time to drink Chinese medicine: 1. Generally speaking, 9 am is the prime time for the body to absorb drugs, so it is best to take Chinese medicine at 9 am. Generally speaking, the treatment of deficiency and gastrointestinal diseases should be taken 30-60 minutes before meals, while the treatment of heart and lung diseases and other general diseases is usually best taken 30 minutes after meals to avoid stimulation of the stomach and intestines and to reduce side effects; the herbs that help digestion and stimulate the stomach and intestines should also be taken after meals, while the tonic and laxative drugs should be taken on an empty stomach before meals. The most important thing is to take them on an empty stomach before meals. Third, drink while it is hot is the habit of most people to drink soup and medicine, drink soup and medicine not necessarily while it is hot. Chinese medicine theory that the general Chinese medicine soup because of the warm serving, that is, immediately after the decoction of the soup medicine filtered out, placed at room temperature 30 ℃ -37 ℃ before drinking.