From the perspective of illness narrative, this article explores how a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner interprets the experience of illness, rebuilds her life world, and conducts medical practice guided by the holistic concept in traditional Chinese medicine philosophy while adopting the method of illness narrative and narrative medicine. Furthermore，this article discusses the mutual construction and validation of the holistic concept of Chinese medicine philosophy and the anthropological method of illness narrative and narrative medicine of modern Western medical illness narrative and narrative medicine. The holistic concept provides a localized perspective for illness narrative and narrative medicine. It also contributes to the Chinese ideological resources of anthropology and modern medicine. Illness narrative and narrative medicine deepen the holistic concept in traditional Chinese medicine and supplement its methodology in practice.