The invention belongs to the technical field of tea substitutes, and particularly relates to a tea substitute processed through the mixing of multiple herbal raw materials, and a preparation method therefor. The 
herbal tea substitute is prepared from multiple rare Chinese herbal medicines, such as fructus crataegi, fructus hordei germinatus, fructus gardeniae, dried tangerine, radix puerariae, 
flos chrysanthemi, perilla nankinensis, 
honeysuckle, 
houttuynia cordata, fructus alpiniae oxyphyllae, 
lotus seeds, red beans, 
coix seeds, gingkos, rhizoma zingiberis, citrus chirocarpus, radix polygonati 
officinalis, poria cocos, fructus amomi, mint, herba elsholtziae, platycodon grandiflorum and liquorice, through a unique traditional 
pharmaceutical technology, and has remarkable curative effects for various symptoms such as stomachache, 
diarrhea, distention and fullness, and 
constipation caused by heat storage in the 
stomach and the intestines, fever, aversion to cold, 
vomiting and diarrhoea caused by 
heatstroke, 
nausea and 
chest tightness caused by overdrinking, and non-
acclimatization, 
carsickness, 
seasickness and cold during travels. The 
herbal tea substitute can also regulate the 
spleen and 
stomach balance, and has the healthcare function for the 
spleen, the 
stomach and the intestines. Aromatic medicines such as mint, herba elsholtziae and perilla nankinensis are further selected into the formula, so as to achieve the effects of dispelling wind, relieving exterior syndromes, strengthening the 
spleen and the stomach, and promoting the circulation of qi.