Objective: To evaluate the masking effect of three kinds of traditional Chinese medicine companions and beta-cyclodextrin for Qingre Huazhi decoction which is a compound traditional Chinese medicine.Methods: With Qingre Huazhi decoction as a bitter vector,the taste masking effects of the test agents were investigated by classical population taste evaluation method base on two kinds of comprehensive evaluation systems i. e.,sorting plus scoring method and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. Bitterness was...