Traditional Chinese medicine is known as the quintessence of China and one of the important intangible cultural heritages of mankind. The documentaryãApproaching the traditional Chinese Medicineãis a popular science documentary on the history of intangible cultural heritage. Starting from the source of human medicine, it expounds the whole process of the origin, development, maturity, decline and return of Chinese medicine. It reveals the inheritance and development relationship between TCM and medical sages such as Fuxi, Yan Emperor, Huang Emperor, Qi Bo, Bian Que, Zhang Zhongjing, Hua Tuo, Ge Hong, Sun Simiao and Li Shizhen. It also explains the integration and development relationship between Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Miao medicine and other minority medicine.