On December 15, the finals of the first popular science competition of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) in Hunan Province, sponsored by the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hunan Province and undertaken by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (Hunan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), was successful closed.

It was understood that the competition, with the theme of "popularizing Chinese medicine knowledge and safeguarding people's health", aimed to promote the scientific spirit, spread the health culture of traditional Chinese medicine in Hunan Province, promote the discipline construction and overall development of the hospital, let more people know, understand, trust and use traditional Chinese medicine, promote the benefit of Chinese medicine to thousands of families and serve the public health, covering traditional Chinese medicine, moxibustion, health care and other aspects. After the preliminary competition of all cities, states and units in the province, as well as the second round selection of four competition areas directly under the provincial government, 24 teams of the whole province finally conducted the final competition. The contestants competed with each other in various forms such as speeches and performances, which vividly told the story of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Among them, the "Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Kitchen" from Rucheng County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine won the first prize in explanation category.

It was understood that the whole hospital of Rucheng County Chinese Medicine Hospital has attached great importance to and actively responded to the popular science competition. In order to participate in the competition, the hospital combined with the characteristics of the hospital, from the program theme, performance form and other aspects, to strive for high-quality programs. In the "First Popular Science Competition of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chenzhou City" on October 31, the hospital's work "Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Kitchen" stood out and became the only work in Chenzhou City that entered the provincial finals. The number of online praise for the work reached more than 570,000.

"Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Kitchen" aims to popularize the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, promote the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, guide the masses to know and use Chinese medicine skillfully, and advocate the healthy life concept of "prevention is better than cure". They chose ginger, scallion, Zanthoxylum and other cooking ingredients that people often prepare in the kitchen. They introduced their pharmacology and efficacy in a simple and easy way, and vividly taught the small tricks of treating and preventing diseases. They changed the mysterious and obscure impression of traditional Chinese medicine in the hearts of ordinary people, with new ideas, lively forms and close to life.

It was understood that in recent years, Rucheng County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has taken the establishment of a three-level hospital of traditional Chinese medicine as the starting point, giving full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, actively promoting the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, and creating a brand of traditional Chinese medicine. The hospital actively organized and participated in the popular science competition, recorded "Rucheng traditional Chinese medicine health lecture room", held training on appropriate technology of traditional Chinese medicine, organized the training of TCM talents in the whole county, and published the atlas of traditional Chinese medicine in Rucheng County. At the same time, through the establishment of TCM science popularization team to carry out the "five in" brand activities, let "science popularization" go out of the hospital, let health knowledge enter the people's side, and tell "good stories of traditional Chinese medicine". The hospital has made the masses know, trust and use traditional Chinese medicine through various channels and omni-directional, so as to promote the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine to thousands of families and play a positive role in promoting healthy Rucheng County.