By expounding the ancient and modern processing techniques of polygoni multiflori radix,and analyzing the advantages and defects of different auxiliary materials and different processing methods in the ancient method and the several major modern new technologies,it was found that the research on the processing of polygoni multiflori radix should have a relatively good effect in the ancient method( such as using black beans as auxiliary materials,"nine steaming and nine drying",etc.) combined with modern science and technology( such as modern machine and equipment,advanced detection methods,etc...