In July, the scorching heat is unbearable, but Wuzhai County, a "health resort" located in the hilly area of the Loess Plateau in northwest Shanxi, is surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, cool and comfortable. In August 1994, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine designated Wuzhai County as a central designated assistance unit. What changes have occurred in Wuzhai County over the past 30 years? How can traditional Chinese medicine assist in rural revitalization? On July 29th, the reporter walked into Wuzhai, Shanxi to experience the effectiveness of exploring the diverse value of traditional Chinese medicine and promoting rural revitalization. The practice of 'not leaving the village for minor illnesses and not leaving the county for major illnesses' is gradually becoming a reality. In the moxibustion treatment room of Wuzhai County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, an 8-year-old child named Feng Feng suffering from rhinitis is receiving robot moxibustion diagnosis and treatment. "Moxibustion, acupuncture and moxibustion, cupping and other 'simple and inexpensive' appropriate techniques of traditional Chinese medicine are very advantageous for the treatment of chronic diseases, and are very popular with local people." Zhang Xin, the director of Wuzhai County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, introduced that in recent years, the medical and health care industry in Wuzhai County has undergone earth shaking changes. Especially for the County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has invested huge financial, material, and human resources to coordinate and mobilize resources. Starting from improving the basic medical and health conditions, strengthening the training of grassroots personnel, and enhancing the level of grassroots medical services, the hospital has built a new outpatient building, equipped with basic medical equipment such as color ultrasound and electrocardiogram, updated the information management system, built a remote diagnosis and treatment platform, and held targeted poverty alleviation Wuzhai County Traditional Chinese Medicine suitable technology training courses, greatly improving the overall service capacity and level of the hospital. Yang Guigui, the deputy director of Wuzhai County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, who is currently on secondment at Wangjing Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that many medical facilities in the hospital have "caught up" with Wangjing Hospital in Beijing. In addition to medical equipment, there is also talent and technical support Zhang Xin introduced that since 2016, the hospital has established long-term targeted assistance contacts with Guang'anmen Hospital, Xiyuan Hospital, Wangjing Hospital, and Ophthalmology Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In recent years, the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine has dispatched 5 experts annually to provide long-term consultations at county traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, offering high-quality traditional Chinese medicine services to local residents. In 2022, it will also build a Chinese medicine appropriate technology promotion center for the county TCM hospital, and carry out online training on scraping, cupping, acupuncture and moxibustion and other applicable technologies for rural doctors in the county. Nowadays, Wuzhai County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has become a landmark second-class hospital for traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment in the northwest of Shanxi Province, with outstanding characteristics in traditional Chinese medicine specialties and diseases, attracting many people from surrounding counties and towns to come for treatment. The dream of seeking medical treatment without leaving the village for minor illnesses and the county for major illnesses has gradually become a reality here. Exploring the advantages of the "five resources" of traditional Chinese medicine to help rural revitalization. At the Xinrong Traditional Chinese Medicine Planting Experimental Base, a large area of green and lush Chinese herbs such as catnip, Bupleurum, and Achyranthes are thriving. Due to its high altitude, Wuzhai County has cool summers and cold winters, with large temperature differences between day and night, fewer pests and diseases, and abundant medicinal wild plant resources, giving it a unique advantage in the cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has always been a unique health resource and a huge economic resource in China, as well as a technological resource with original advantages, excellent cultural resources, and important ecological resources. The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, based on the advantages of the "five resources" of traditional Chinese medicine, effectively connects with the development needs of Wuzhai County, continues to carry out traditional Chinese medicine health assistance, implements traditional Chinese medicine industry assistance, promotes the "five revitalizations" of industry, talent, culture, ecology, and organization in Wuzhai County, and has developed the "Wuzhai model" of promoting rural revitalization with the diversified value of traditional Chinese medicine. Liu Zhicheng, the Secretary of Wuzhai County Committee, stated that since the establishment of the assistance relationship, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has relied on the "huge potential economic resources" advantage of the traditional Chinese medicine industry. Through measures such as introducing traditional Chinese medicine enterprises, issuing planting subsidies, conducting technical training, coordinating production and sales, and strengthening brand promotion, the traditional Chinese medicine industry has grown from scratch, from weak to strong, and gradually developed into one of the key projects for local characteristic agricultural planting. At present, the planting area of traditional Chinese medicine in the county has reached 50000 mu, with 4 traditional Chinese medicine production and processing enterprises, more than 10 traditional Chinese medicine planting cooperatives (enterprises), and more than 6000 people engaged in the traditional Chinese medicine industry. In the Wuzhai Modern Agricultural Industry Demonstration Zone, a "10000 acre Chinese herbal medicine planting base" has been established through the regional layout of three characteristic crops: "processed potatoes, sweet glutinous corn, and Chinese medicinal materials". It has undertaken the tasks of testing and demonstrating new varieties of Chinese medicinal materials, seed and seedling breeding, domestication and cultivation of wild Chinese medicinal materials, and standardized cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials throughout the county, effectively promoting the development of the Chinese medicinal material industry. In 2024, 7 enterprises and 2 cooperatives will conduct experimental demonstration planting of 10566 acres of traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the base, including 5450 acres of Huangqi, 5096 acres of Codonopsis pilosula, Scutellaria baicalensis, Isatis indigotica, Fangfeng, Sophora flavescens, chrysanthemum, etc., and assist with multi variety experimental demonstration. Build an industrialization development model of "park+base+enterprise+cooperative (farmer)". Next, the demonstration zone will develop the traditional Chinese medicine industry as a key industry, comprehensively leading the "special" and "excellent" development of the county's traditional Chinese medicine industry, and assisting rural revitalization. By tapping into the "important ecological resources" advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, Wuzhai County has also focused on the "Health and Wellness Wuzhai" brand, relying on platforms such as Wuzhaigou Scenic Area, Traditional Chinese Medicine Health and Wellness Tourism Base, and Chinese Herbal Medicine Planting, actively exploring the deep integration of the health and wellness industry with multiple formats such as medical care, elderly care, agriculture, culture, and tourism, and promoting the development of the health and wellness industry on the fast track. On July 30th, guided by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and hosted by the Wuzhai County Committee and Government, the Shanxi Wuzhai Summer Health and Wellness Activity and Academic Seminar on Traditional Chinese Medicine Supporting Rural Revitalization gathered the wisdom and strength of renowned academicians, national medical masters, health and wellness experts, and cultural scholars to inject new vitality into the development of traditional Chinese medicine health and wellness tourism in Wuzhai. Technological innovation injects new impetus into industrial revitalization, strengthens grassroots party building, leverages the power of digital technology to revitalize rural areas, and injects new impetus into industrial revitalization through technological innovation. At present, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has formed a "five in one" assistance model, including dispatching first secretaries to villages, 10 township health centers, 2 township party committees and 6 village party branches, 1 traditional Chinese medicine industry incubation park, and 1 traditional Chinese medicine cultural education base, leading the high-quality development of the social economy in Wuzhai County. In Zhongsuo Village, Olympic events are playing on the LED display screen in the central square, attracting many people to stop and watch; In the village's' digital command hall ', a' monitoring wall 'is quite prominent. Since the establishment of this surveillance wall, there has not been a single theft or other incident in the village. The LED display screen in the central square also plays popular science works on traditional Chinese medicine, and the village radio station plays eight section brocade music every day. With the continuous strengthening of popularization and publicity of traditional Chinese medicine, the public's understanding and love for traditional Chinese medicine have also significantly increased The first secretary of Zhongsuo Village in Wuzhai County, You Cong, dispatched by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that this year, three projects are planned to be implemented in Zhongsuo Village, including the construction of a beautiful countryside, the promotion and health care of traditional Chinese medicine culture, and the development of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic industries. These projects mainly include improving the village's infrastructure, promoting traditional Chinese medicine culture, building a traditional Chinese medicine pavilion, and planting traditional Chinese medicinal herbs (honeysuckle), in order to create a model of beautiful countryside in the new era. (New Society)