On November 15, the 24th Medicinal Food Competition of CPS-ZJU was held on Zijingang Campus. 

The participating teams demonstrated their ingenious designs and health maintenance concepts, and introduced the uniqueness and suitability of their medicinal dishes.

The six participating teams set up creative booths with elegant and pharmacological features according to the characteristics of their respective medicinal food works. In front of the booth, the members were full of enthusiasm, from the ancient wisdom of the homology of medicine and food, to the exquisite matching skills between ingredients, to the profound health concepts, multi-dimensional and all-round introduction and recommendation of their own medicinal dishes to the teachers and students present. The representatives of teachers and students could not hold back their excitement and curiosity, and couldn't wait to pick up chopsticks and enjoy the culinary feast brought by medicinal food.

The judges asked questions around the subtlety of the combination of medicine and food, the remarkable health benefits and the richness of the nutritional value. They not only analyzed the uniqueness of each of the medicinal food works, but also provided unique insights into the dietary experience and medicinal value, guiding students to further understand and grasp the concept of homology of food and medicine.

In the warm atmosphere of the Pharmaceutical Food Competition, the College carefully organized the Pharmaceutical Food Culture Bazaar, which attracted countless teachers and students with infinite longing for the traditional pharmacy culture. In the bazaar, traditional medicinal food tasting, handmade scented capsule making, herbal medicine identification, pot throwing game and other activities made teachers and students forget to come back. It was not only a bazaar, but also a time-traveling cultural feast that immersed every participant in the unique flavor of traditional pharmacy culture.

The 24th Medicinal Cuisine Competition was successfully concluded in a laughing atmosphere. The event provided a good platform for students to further communicate and pass on the culture of traditional Chinese medicine in the form of medicinal food production, and deepened their understanding of the idea of pharmacy profession and the importance of engaging in pharmacy career. It is believed that all students will be able to lead the high-quality development of traditional Chinese medicine culture with innovative thinking in the future and contribute their youthful strength to the national health cause.