An object of the present invention is to automatically recognize a direction, a posture and characteristics such as a shape, a size, a type and an expiration date of a medicine and store the medicine with ensuring a high degree of freedom. A medicine supplying apparatus 1 includes an recognizing part 300 and a storing part 500. A storing area is defined at the time of storing the medicine 2 according to a size of a medicine 2 contained in characteristics of the medicine 2 recognized by the recognizing part 300. The medicine 2 is stored in the storing part 500 in a state that identification information of the medicine 2 is associated with the storing area. Further, the medicine supplying apparatus 1 has a determination processing part which can determine whether or not the medicine 2 is a target to be treated based on the characteristics of the medicine recognized by the recognizing part 300.
