Abstract: The excellent Chinese traditional culture is the wisdom crystallization and essence of Chinese civilization. As one of its outstanding representatives, the culture of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) embodies the ancient Chinese natural philosophy and ethics, therefore it has the positive function of educating and cultivating people in five aspects: morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor education. At present, the cultural education of TCM faces many practical difficulties, such as imperfect mechanism, absence of advanced means and lack of notable results. We should promote the realization of the educational value of TCM culture by means of system optimization, concept upgrade and practice implementation.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), culture of traditional Chinese medicine, education