The invention discloses a Chinese herbal medicine additive for feeding laying hens and a feeding method of the additive. The Chinese herbal medicine additive is prepared from the following Chinese herbal medicines in parts by weight of 3-6 parts of rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, 2-5 parts of radix astragali, 1-4 parts of radix platycodonis, 1-4 parts of herba epimedii, 1-3 parts of radix angelicae sinensis, 2-4 parts of herba ephedrae, 2-5 parts of rhizoma dioscoreae, 3-6 parts of fructus hordei germinatus, 1-3 parts of massa medicata fermentata, 1-3 parts of pericarpium citri reticulatae, 2-4 parts of radix acanthopanacis semticosi and 1-3 parts of radix sanguisorbae. Various Chinese herbal medicines are ground and sieved, and the sieved materials are mixed in parts by weight to obtain a mixture, namely the Chinese herbal medicine additive. 1-3 kg of the Chinese herbal medicine additive is added into every 100 kg of chicken compound feed according to the weight ratio to obtain chicken feed. 10-36 g of the chicken feed is used for feeding each brooding chicken every day, 40-80 g of the chicken feed is used for feeding each growing chicken every day, and 85-120 g of the chickenfeed is used for feeding each laying hen every day. The additive has the characteristics of strong safety, small toxic and side effects and low residue, avoids tolerance of livestock and poultry to the additive, and basically realizes antibiotic-free breeding.