Chinese medicine compatibility refers to the rational selection and combination of Chinese medicines according to the nature, efficacy and suitability of Chinese medicines, as well as the patient's condition and treatment rules during the process of Chinese medicine concoctions and medications, in order to enhance the therapeutic effect and minimize the side effects. The compatibility of Chinese medicines is related to the therapeutic effect and the safety of patients, which not only requires doctors to deeply understand the nature of each medicine, its attributes, efficacy and main treatment, but also need to accurately grasp the interaction between the drugs in order to maximize the overall therapeutic effect.

The compatibility of Chinese medicines should also be adapted to the individual and the disease, and flexibly adjusted according to the patient's constitution, age, gender and the specific performance of the disease. For example, for the old and weak, the compatibility should focus on supporting the positive and eliminating the evil, more use of tonic products; and for the young and strong or real patients, it can be appropriate to increase the proportion of drugs to eliminate the evil. At the same time, according to the nature, stage and location of different diseases, the compounding strategy should also be different.

In addition, various factors such as dosage, concoction method, decoction time and so on will also affect the active ingredients and efficacy of the drugs, and therefore need to be considered in the process of compatibility.

It can be seen that the compatibility of traditional Chinese medicine is not a simple stacking of drugs, but needs to follow certain principles and rules. Unreasonable compatibility of traditional Chinese medicines will not only reduce the therapeutic effect, but also may produce adverse reactions, which may cause damage to the patient's health. With the development of modern science and technology, the research on the compatibility of traditional Chinese medicines has become more and more in-depth. Through pharmacology, molecular biology and other means, many scientific connotations of traditional combinations have been revealed, such as certain drug combinations can enhance immunity, regulate endocrine function or inhibit tumor cell growth. These discoveries have not only enriched the theoretical basis of traditional Chinese medicine compatibility, but also provided new ideas for the development of new drugs and optimization of therapeutic solutions.