Abstract: Chinese Materia Medica is a very important professional basic course in traditional Chinese medicine.Screening of Chinese medicines with antiviral activity in the eleventh edition textbook of Chinese Materia Medica edited by Zhong Gansheng and Yang Bocan, 70 antiviral Chinese medicines were obtained by statistics.Using Microsoft Excel 2016 for data processing, the characteristics of various antiviral Chinese medicines in textbooks were analyzed.The results showed that the antiviral Chinese medicines in the textbooks were mainly botanicals, and the heat-clearing medicines accounted for the largest proportion.Most of their medicinal parts were roots or rhizomes.Its medicinal properties are mainly bitter, cold in nature, and belongs to the liver and lung meridians, and its chemical composition is mainly flavonoids, volatile oils and alkaloids.Effective teaching modes will be explored to enhance students' learning by analyzing the characteristics and rules of Chinese medicine and grasping the overall rules of Chinese medicine usage.