The book "Old Chinese Medicine Talk about a panacea" introduces 100 kinds of Chinese patent medicines, including 60 kinds of tonic Chinese patent medicines (actually 6/kloc-0 kinds, Zuo Yougui Pill is two kinds of medicines) and 40 kinds of disease-relieving Chinese patent medicines. Based on the principle of practicality, understandability and simplicity, the composition, source and efficacy of each Chinese patent medicine are expounded, and the common sense of health preservation, the mechanism of disease prevention and treatment and the experience of doctors are emphatically expounded. Folk stories and legends about Chinese patent medicines (including animal and plant medicines) are also compiled, and some medicines are also compiled with common sense of medicinal diet, experience of famous and old Chinese medicine practitioners and unilateral prescriptions. In addition, the medicinal properties and health-preserving effects of 67 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines are also introduced, with 38 attached drawings.