OBJECTIVE：To improve the teaching quality of TCM processing experiment for pharmacy major. METHODS： With the entry point of TCM processing experiment for pharmacy major in our school，it was reformed from the aspects of teaching mode，teaching method，teaching content and assessment method. RESULTS：It changed the original teaching mode，introduced 4 teaching approaches（compulsory experiment elective experiment，open experiment and exploratory experiment），established specimen bank for common TCM processing and teaching methods（including audio and video），designed contents for basic experiment， comprehensive experiment，design experiment and research experiment and established 4 assessment contents（pre-experiment， operation，experimental design and experimental test）. CONCLUSIONS：According to the reform of teaching method and means of the course，the teaching quality of TCM processing experiment is improved，and the students，innovation and practice ability are developed.