The purpose of the present invention is to provide an absorbent article capable of exhibiting the effects of traditional Chinese medicinal materials (e.g. a skin-care action or the like) with respect to the skin of a wearer. Accordingly, a traditional-Chinese-medicinal material layer (5) including an amphiphilic substance as a binder is formed in allocated regions of an absorbent body (4) in a liquid-permeable top sheet (2) provided to a skin-side surface.本發明係提供一種對於穿著者的肌膚可發揮漢方藥材料的效能(例如護膚機能等)之吸收性物品,為了達成該目的,於設置在肌膚側表面之液體穿透性的表面薄片(2)中之吸收體(4)的配置區域,形成含有以兩親性物質作為黏合劑之漢方藥材料層(5)。1‧‧‧用後即棄型尿布(吸收性物品)2‧‧‧表面薄片3‧‧‧背面薄片4‧‧‧吸收體5‧‧‧漢方藥材料層6‧‧‧覆蓋薄片61‧‧‧開口部7a、7b‧‧‧防漏邊71a、71b‧‧‧彈性部8‧‧‧防漏薄片91、92、93、94‧‧‧彈性構件93a、93b、94a、94b‧‧‧沿著中間部12的兩側部121a、121b延伸之部分93c‧‧‧連接部分93a、93b之部分94c‧‧‧連接部分94a、94b之部分