Objective To summarize the experience and methods of traditional Chinese medicinal materials identification process. Methods by consulting relevant literature, combined with the agent problem in clinical practice, the traditional identification methods were summarized, summed up the experience, evaluation. The results of traditional Chinese medicine identification methods to see, smell, taste the taste character, taste, touch,To test the water, fire test etc.. Conclusion differential workers should be good at accumulating experience, review of relevant literature, combined with the traditional identification methods, living habits, identification of medicinal herbal origin, growth environment combined with each other, finally achieve the identification of traditional Chinese medicine and efficient, practical, easy to.