The invention discloses a method for breeding Chinese medicinal herb chicken, which comprises the following steps: adding 80 grams of semen coicis, 80 grams of marsilea quadrifolia, 60 grams of agrimony, 50 grams of honeysuckle flower and 100 grams of plantain herb into water, boiling the mixture to form a Chinese medicinal herb composite preparation for chickens, then adding paddy into the composite preparation, boiling the mixture by intense fire, then keeping the mixture warm for 2 to 4 hours by soft fire, cooling the mixture, and directly feeding the chickens of 5 to 18 weeks with the mixture; and adding 50 grams of radix ophiopogonis, 150 grams of cherokee rose fruit, 120 grams of lousewort root, 50 grams of black sesame and ginseng and 120 grams of Chinese wolfberry into water, boiling the mixture to form a Chinese medicinal herb composite preparation for chickens, then adding paddy into the composite preparation, boiling the mixture by intense fire, then keeping the mixture warm for 2 to 4 hours by soft fire, cooling the mixture, and directly feeding the adult chickens of 19 to 39 weeks with the mixture. The method for breeding the Chinese medicinal herb chicken is free from using antibiotics during the whole breeding process, can improve the trust feeling of customers on Chinese medicinal herb chicken products, has the advantages of environmental protection, no pollution and pure ecology, can reduce the saturated fatty acid content in chicken fat components, and can improve the anti-oxidizing function of the body after people eat the chicken.