Objective As people's living standards improved, traditional Chinese herbal medicine used in health care becomes well accepted by some fake Chinese herbal medicine doctors. So that, the knowledge of traditional medicine still needs to be popularized. The research is about how well the public know about traditional Chinese herbal medicine in Jiangsu area. Methods We random selected certain amount of citizens to be the informed of the cognition degree of traditional Chinese medicine in public by letting the finish questionnaire. Results We get to know about the current situation of Chinese medicine health care knowledge in Jiangsu area. Conclusion Through the investigation, we need common efforts, carrying and inheriting traditional Chinese medicine. The government should improve the personnel qualification standard of Chinese medicine health care. Hospital will also promote Chinese medicine health care knowledge, and the media and publishing agencies has responsibility to advocate correct Chinese medicine health care knowledge.