Abstract: With the continuous development of medical research and science technology, the division of medicine has been gradually refined, and some advanced medical diagnosis and treatment equipment emerges at the right moment. Although these measures bring convenience to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, they ignore the examination and adjustment of the overall state of patients. This kind of specialized treatment for specialized diseases cannot achieve both physical and mental health of patients at the same time, and the high price of medical equipment adds to the economic burden of patient. As a comprehensive clinical medicine discipline, general medicine integrates clinical medicine, preventive medicine, rehabilitation medicine, humanities and social sciences and other related contents. Its purpose of providing "simple, effective and inexpensive" medical services for individuals, families and communities has been paid more and more attention. As a treasure of Chinese traditional culture, Chinese medicine has many similarities with general medicine in its formation and development. The formation background, core connotation and status of the theoretical system of TCM are the basic conditions, core motivation and guarantee for the development of general medicine in the soil of China. It plays an important role in promoting the development of general medicine system. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine can be combined with the modern scientific thought of western medicine to establish a new medical thinking mode of general medicine with traditional Chinese thinking. For this reason, this paper proposes to take the theory of traditional Chinese medicine as the guide, combine the advantages of the development of modern medicine, and take the development law of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine as the example. Through the analogy, dialectical view of the development of general medicine, to build a suitable for our country's general medicine road, further promote the scientific and orderly development of general medicine.