The invention discloses a method for raising chicken with Chinese herbal medicines. According to the method, chicken are fed with daily rations with Chinese herbal medicine additives containing different ingredient ratios at different growth stages, and the Chinese herbal medicine additive at the brooding stage is prepared from raw materials as follows: Chinese thorowax roots, isatis roots, hairy asiabell roots, sealwort, selfheal spikes, Radix morindae officinalis, largehead atractylodes rhizomes, indigowoad leaves and diffuse dayflower herbs; the Chinese herbal medicine additive at the growth stage is prepared from raw materials as follows: heartleaf houttuynia herbs, garlic, baical skullcap roots, motherwort, hawthorn fruits, dried tangerine or orange peels, medicated leaven, chingma abutilon seeds and kuh-seng; the Chinese herbal medicine additive at the mature stage is prepared from raw materials as follows: weeping forsythiae capsules, purple perilla, liquorice roots, abrus herbs, okra flowers, dandelions, almonds, chrysanthemum flowers, rhizome anemarrhenae and officinal magnolia bark. With the adoption of the method, immunity of chicken can be enhanced, disease resistance is enhanced, bacterium and viruses are resisted, virus diseases of chicken can be prevented, digestion and growth can be promoted, residues and toxic and side effects on animals and products are avoided after usage, and drug resistance cannot be caused easily.