The prosperity and revitalization of Chinese medicine was depended on the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), however, inheritance in TCM was less and innovation of TCM was insufficient, and the advantages of TCM characteristics were not highlight. With the development of the economy and the improvement of people's living quality, which has put forward higher requirements for health, as a treasure of traditional Chinese culture, TCM has the outstanding function in the field of disease prevention, disease diagnosis and treatment, chronic disease management, etc. Therefore, TCM has got rapidly development and was paid more and more attentions, thus, the demand for talents in TCM was increasing. The training model of TCM talent was related to the future development of TCM, therefore, in view of the current situation of TCM was that the inheritance of TCM was less, the sense of treatment with syndrome differentiation was also weak, the succession of teachings from a master to his disciples for TCM has changed, the characteristics of TCM were not remarkable, the fundamental research of TCM was not paid enough attention, and the quality of Chinese herbal was uneven, which seriously affected the clinical diagnosis and treatment effect of TCM, thus, in this study, we analyzed the previous issues, and further explored the application of inheritance and innovation in the training mode of TCM talents by considering the aforementioned problems, which would provide beneficial reference for cultivating the high-quality talent in the field of TCM.