The invention discloses a self-propelled rhizomatic traditional Chinese medicinal material harvester, which belongs to the technical field of agricultural mechanical harvesting equipment. The self-propelled rhizomatic traditional Chinese medicinal material harvester comprises a rack, a chair, a console, a digging and conveying unit, a hoisting unit, a hydraulic linkage assembly, and a power transmission system, wherein the digging and conveying unit, which is located in the harvesting rack, comprises digging spades, chains, sprocket wheels, a rolling bar screen, a driving shaft, and a driven shaft; the hoisting unit, which is located in the front middle part of a hoisting rack, comprises scrapers, link plates, sprocket wheels, a hoisting frame shell, a driving shaft, a driven shaft, and waterproof bearings; the chair is located on the side of the hoisting rack; and the console is located on the side of the hoisting rack. The self-propelled rhizomatic traditional Chinese medicinal material harvester is suitable for harvesting a variety of rhizomatic traditional Chinese medicinal materials, a crawler wheel group is adopted for travelling, so that the self-propelled rhizomatic traditional Chinese medicinal material harvester can more efficiently and conveniently carry out harvesting operation on lands with harsh conditions, the harvester can carry out digging, conveying, separation, collection and other operations in one step, the automation degree is high, the structure is simple, the operation is stable, and the application range is wide.