The prepared dish industry offers convenience to the fast-paced social life， and medicinal diet prepared dishes possess the characteristics of dietary nourishment. Against the backdrop of the big health industry， medicinal diet prepared dishes， as an intersecting industry of the medicine and food homology industry and the prepared dish industry， hold significant research implications. However， the development of the medicinal diet prepared dish industry faces numerous challenges， including the applicability issues in nutritional value assessment， the absence of production process standards， the complexity of safety evaluation， and the shortage of compound talent resources. This paper has combed the current state of development and the problems faced by the medicinal diet prepared dish industry， and proposed targeted solutions， aiming to provide references for the healthy and sustainable development of the medicinal diet prepared dish industry.