Objective To research the situation of traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM） adult consumer in 11 provinces of China and to understand the specific ways and dosage of consumers. Methods Using multi-stage stratified sampling and questionnaire survey to investigate the consumption status of TCM among 11 provinces and cities consumers in the past 6 months. Results The study collected a total of 4446 TCM consumers， 2120（47.68%） people only consumed Chinese herbal medicine， 1509（33.94%） people only consumed Chinese patent medicine， and 817（18.38%） people both consumed Chinese herbal medicine and Chinese patent drug. The most common method of taking Chinese herbal medicine was decoction， followed by the use of soup soaked in water， the use of TCM recipe granules accounted for 21.08%. Analysis of the proportion of populations who with the consumption history of proprietary Chinese medicine in different genders and cultural level people， these subgroups didn’t present different proportion. However， the proportion were significant difference between consumers in different ages， city/township， occupations， income， objective and different provinces（P<0.01）. The survey found that in the past six months， consumers used decoction and raw food consumption of Chinese herbal medicine for a duration of 7 days， the use of recipe granules way for 3 days， the consumption of honey pill lasting 7 days， and consumption of other proprietary Chinese medicine was only 5 days. Analysis of the frequency of consumption and found that consumers daily consumption of Chinese herbal medicine was 1 times a day， decoction for 2 times a day， take medicine with water for 3 times day and Chinese patent medicine frequency are 2 times a day. Conclusion The study illustrated the patterns， frequency and dosage of TCM consumption in Chinese adult consumers， and descripted the demand preferences between different subpopulation.