Abstract: The integration of the self-confidence education of Chinese medicine into ideological and political courses of higher Chinese medicine colleges in the new era is essential to adapt to new situation of ideological and political work in current Chinese medicine colleges, to achieve new breakthroughs in the construction of Marxist theory, to choose a new perspective of ideological and political theory education for college students, and to form new ideas for ideological and political curriculum reform. This article argues that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) thinking is inherently interlinked with Marxist theory, the excellent TCM culture is compatible with the core socialist values, and the TCM cultures historical evolution coexists with the development of modern Chinese excellent culture. It concludes that the self-confidence education of traditional Chinese medicine can be deeply integrated with ideological and political courses by constructing joint design, blending curriculum resources, and strengthening the path of practical education.

Key words: cultural confidence, confidence in Chinese medicine, higher institutions of Chinese medicine, ideological and political education, ideological and political courses, education of traditional Chinese medicine