Abstract: Formulaology is a discipline of formulating, herbal compatibility and clinical application of Chinese herbal medicine. The two main training objectives of formulaology are: First, help students to master a certain number of prescriptions from their composition, function, treatment, compatibility and prescription theory and clinical application.Second, training students to possess a basic skill to prescribe herbal formula based on pattern differentiation. To achieve the above goals, the author designes a two-stage teaching method aiming at the formation and improvement of TCM clinical thinking, and combines the systematic knowledge teaching with the cultivation and improvement of clinical practice skills,and integrates the basic and clinical aspects of TCM. The design, implementation and effect evaluation of the two-stage teaching method of formulaology is discussed, which may be helpful to the training of TCM talents under the modern educational mode and concept.