traditional chinese medicine...how to make the herbs go down easier?

[Morley]

I am seeing a TCM practioner with a specialty in fertility related medicine and...well...the herbs are the worst things I have ever tasted. Actually it is beyond the taste...its the smell the texture, etc.

I have tried the following:
making the tea really concentrated and just shooting it
making the tea dilute and sipping it
adding honey
adding sugar
adding cinnamon
rubbing ice over my tongue
plugging my nose

I am at a loss...it makes me gag and heave. Can anyone suggest anything that may help??