TCM Pulmonary Department

The Department of Pulmonary Diseases of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 2007 and has 20 beds. In 2011, the department successfully applied for the "National Key Clinical Specialty Construction Project". At the same time, the name of the department was changed to the Department of Pulmonology of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Respiratory Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine), and the number of beds increased from 20 to 36. In the past 10 years, the medical teaching and research work of the department has entered an all-round rapid development track. Currently, the undergraduate program is a national key clinical specialty, a key discipline of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a project of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center, and a leader unit of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Pathway Pulmonary Disease Team. It undertakes the "3+3" project of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance (Chao Enxiang Famous Doctor Inheritance Workstation and Studio). Currently, the department director is Zhang Shunan and the head nurse is Wang Qiao. The department has 5 chief physicians, 6 deputy chief physicians, 2 attending physicians, 2 resident physicians, and 15 nurses. Most of the staff in the department have doctorate degrees. It is currently a doctoral and master’s training center of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. It has undertaken and participated in a number of national and ministerial-level research projects, and is the leader of the clinical pathway pulmonary disease team of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Professor Chao Enxiang, the chief expert of the department, is a national leader in TCM pulmonary diseases, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, and a famous teacher of traditional Chinese medicine in the capital.Outpatient clinic and ward settings: The department opens specialized outpatient clinics for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic cough and other diseases. There are a total of 36 inpatient beds. The department has 1 external treatment room of traditional Chinese medicine and 1 pulmonary function examination room. Diagnostic and treatment features of the department: 1. Internal and external traditional Chinese medicine treatment based on syndrome differentiation and non-invasive ventilator have achieved good results in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; national-level topic Chinese medicine has made progress in the treatment of stable COPD, which has greatly improved the quality of life and prognosis of patients. 2. Among domestic colleagues, research on the treatment of interstitial pulmonary disease (fibrosis) with traditional Chinese medicine began earlier (in the early 1990s). The use of internal and external traditional Chinese medicine combined with traditional Chinese medicine magnetic therapy to treat this disease has its own characteristics and advantages in China. 3. Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine have significant clinical effects in treating chronic cough (such as cough variant asthma, post-cold cough, etc.), asthma, rhinitis, etc. 4. It is unique in carrying out pulmonary rehabilitation that combines internal and external traditional Chinese medicine (including a series of external traditional Chinese medicine treatments for winter diseases and summer diseases) combined with traditional Chinese medicine magnetic therapy to treat chronic lung diseases. 5. Traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnose and treat lung cancer, lung infection, pleurisy, bronchiectasis, pulmonary heart disease, various febrile diseases and allergic diseases, etc., which have department characteristics in shortening the course of treatment and improving curative effect.Professional group setup: ① The leader of the restrictive pulmonary disease group (interstitial pulmonary disease, fibrosis, etc.): Deputy Chief Physician Han Guiling; ② The leader of the obstructive pulmonary disease group (COPD, asthma, etc.): Chief Physician Han Chunsheng; ③ The leader of the febrile disease and miscellaneous disease group (infectious febrile diseases, allergic diseases, lung cancer, rhinitis, etc.): Chief Physician Yang Daowen; ④ The leader of the outpatient department: Chief Physician Chen Yan. The department advocates the cultural concept of "harmony, mutual assistance, rigor and truth-seeking", and practices "one registration for two departments, one visit for life-long service". We are committed to building a special department that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases, infectious febrile diseases and allergic diseases with the "three combinations" (combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, internal and external treatment, and drug and non-drug treatment), with clinical medical care as the main body, and comprehensive and coordinated development of medical education and research. Existing specialty clinics: Currently, there are specialized clinics for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough and pulmonary nodules with traditional Chinese medicine. Scientific research achievements of the department: In the past 10 years, department physicians have worked on more than 10 hospital-level and national-level projects, and published more than 100 scientific research papers in core journals.Teaching situation of the department: The department is a training base for doctoral and master's students, a clinical teaching base, a resident physician base training unit, and a inheritance work base for famous veteran Chinese medicine studios of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. It has trained several doctoral and master's students and traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Many doctors in the department have been rated as outstanding teachers of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, and Director Zhang Shunan has been rated as an outstanding teaching manager. The department has received honors: In 2018, "Compilation and Excavation of Academic Thoughts on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases by Chinese Medical Master Chao Enxiang" won the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2014, "Development and clinical application of Suhuang Zhike Capsule, a new class 6 traditional Chinese medicine" won the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2011, "Wind Wheezing and Wind Cough Theory and Its Clinical Application" won the third prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award. Location in the hospital: The department outpatient department is located on the first floor of Building M, and the inpatient ward is located on the fourth floor of Building L. Department telephone number: Outpatient Clinic: 010-84205250, Ward: 010-84205227, Nurse Station: 010-84205045