Traditional Chinese herbs serve as a good source for new drug discovery. Critical problems, such as poor solubility, insufficient stability and low bioavailability often occur during research and development processes of new therapeutic agents. Recently, efficient and practical drug delivery technologies, including solid dispersion, nanoemulsion, in situ gel and microcapsules have been proposed for improving solubility, absorption, in vivo half-life and stability of herbal components, and thus improving the overall therapeutic effects. This article introduces several representative pharmaceutical technologies to significantly improve the pharmacokinetic and pharma-codynamic characteristics of active components from commonly used herbs.