TCM Department

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University was established in 1975. After nearly 50 years of development, the department has gradually developed from a traditional Chinese medicine outpatient clinic into a specialty department integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine that integrates medical care, teaching, and scientific research.

In 2008, she was awarded the "Key Gynecological Discipline of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine" by the Beijing Central Administration Bureau, establishing the discipline direction of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine;

In 2014, the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics and other departments jointly established the Beijing Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine and the Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Diagnostic Center for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine to establish the development direction of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for reproductive endocrinology;

In 2019, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine was approved as a key specialty of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine by the China Maternal and Child Health Association;

In 2020, it was approved as the National Training Base for Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine by the China Maternal and Child Health Association;

In 2022, it was approved as the inheritance studio of famous maternal and child doctors in Beijing.

The hospital is now a demonstration unit of traditional Chinese medicine services for maternal and child health care institutions in Beijing.

The department focuses on infertility, recurrent spontaneous abortion, premature ovarian failure, and the application of traditional Chinese medicine in assisted reproductive technology as its dominant diseases, and is committed to solving male and female reproductive endocrine diseases.

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has outpatient clinics such as Traditional Chinese Medicine Gynecology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Andrology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Pediatrics, and Traditional Chinese Medicine External Surgery in both the east and west campuses. It provides gynecological B-ultrasound, gynecological surgery, acupuncture and physiotherapy and other appropriate TCM techniques. It also undertakes TCM consultation work in various wards of the hospital.

Currently, it has 12 doctors and 3 nurses, including 7 chief physicians, 4 attending physicians and 1 resident physician. The annual outpatient volume is about 100,000.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Gynecology Clinic: Including diagnosis and treatment of infertility, recurrent miscarriage, ovarian hypofunction, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, perimenopausal syndrome, traditional Chinese medicine conditioning after tumor radiotherapy and chemotherapy and other gynecological diseases, and conservative treatment of ectopic pregnancy , ABO hemolysis, pregnancy complicated by polyhydramnios, vomiting of pregnancy, preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications. Chinese medicine treatment of puerperal complications such as persistent lochia, postpartum agalactia, postpartum fever, postpartum lactation, postpartum depression, postpartum body pain, postpartum sweating and other puerperal complications.

Especially with the development of assisted reproductive technology and the application of traditional Chinese medicine in the field of assisted reproduction, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, individualized and standardized diagnosis and treatment of diseases has become the diagnosis and treatment feature of our department.

The Wenshen-Yangxue Granules, Cultivation Granules, and Yangxue-Antai Granules created by the predecessors of our department have become hospital preparations and are widely used in clinics. They are very effective in treating infertility, recurrent miscarriage and other diseases.

Specialized clinic for recurrent miscarriage with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine: In 2018, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Department of Reproductive Regulation/Family Planning of our hospital opened the "Specialized Clinic for Recurrent Miscarriage Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine", which combines advanced Western medicine diagnosis and treatment technology with the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of reproductive endocrine diseases. It provides comprehensive management from the perspective of disease occurrence, development, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention, etc., giving full play to the advantages of the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, learning from each other's strengths, and laying the foundation for future collaboration between different departments and opening up new ideas for the development of medicine.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Andrology Clinic: In 2016, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department opened a Traditional Chinese Medicine Andrology Clinic, emphasizing the homology of men and women in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

At present, the andrology clinic mainly carries out the diagnosis and treatment of common and difficult male diseases using traditional Chinese and Western medicine, especially male infertility, oligoasthenozoospermia, sexual dysfunction, acute and chronic prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, orchitis, epididymitis, vas deferens, seminal vesiculitis, urethritis, and male menopausal syndrome.

At the same time, attention is paid to communication skills with patients and purposeful science education.

While highlighting the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine is implemented, with clear curative effects and distinctive features.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Pediatrics: Pediatric diarrhea, pneumonia, cough, hand, foot and mouth disease, and breast moth disease are the dominant diseases treated by traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of pediatric-related diseases.

Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and appropriate techniques are all very effective in treating diarrhea, pneumonia, cough, hand, foot, and mouth disease, breast moth, and other diseases in children.

Based on the existing clinical foundation, our hospital has established a maternal and child workstation "Xu Rongqian Famous Doctor Studio" to summarize the experience of famous experts and develop new appropriate technologies. At the same time, it collaborates with pediatrics to form a set of pediatric diagnosis and treatment centers integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine with traditional Chinese medicine characteristics and clinical efficacy.

External treatment with traditional Chinese medicine: Carry out physical therapy integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine, introduce traditional Chinese medicine technicians, and use comprehensive treatment methods such as traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, massage, medicated baths, fumigation, and ion introduction to highlight the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine physical therapy.

Appropriate technologies of traditional Chinese medicine: In recent years, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has responded to the call of the Hospital Authority and actively developed appropriate technologies of traditional Chinese medicine. Currently, the special projects carried out by the department include: traditional Chinese medicine meridian testing, traditional Chinese medicine tea replacement, acupoint application, traditional Chinese medicine enema, fumigation medicated bath and other special technologies. In addition to internal treatment, it is combined with external treatment methods, giving full play to the advantages of combined internal and external traditional Chinese medicine to treat diseases.

Develop obstetrics and gynecology expertise: The department is equipped with an outpatient operating room that can perform hysterosalpingography, endometrial harvesting, cervical polyp removal, and cervical function testing;

Equipped with gynecological ultrasound diagnostic equipment, which can complete ultrasound monitoring of ovulation projects;

Equipped with cervical infrared treatment equipment, cervical microwave treatment equipment, cryotherapy equipment, and holographic intracavity treatment equipment, it can carry out multiple gynecological physiotherapy projects.

In terms of scientific research: The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has always insisted on promoting clinical practice through scientific research. Based on the clinical practice of the older generation of famous traditional Chinese medicine doctors Zhao Songquan, Li Entang and others, it has formed a variety of in-hospital preparations such as "Warming Shen and Nourishing Granules", "Cultivation Granules", "Yangxue Antai Granules", "Qingjing Granules", etc., with remarkable clinical effects. On this basis, it has applied for basic research on a number of in-hospital preparations for National Nature and Northern Nature, and is gradually developing into a scientific research-based clinical department.

The department has undertaken more than 40 scientific research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation, the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, the Capital Health Development Research Project, the Capital Characteristic Clinical Application, and the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Fund Project, etc. It has received a total of more than 5 million approvals, published more than 90 academic papers, and more than 10 articles have been included in SCI.

Teaching: The department is currently responsible for the teaching tasks of postgraduates, undergraduates, and nursing specialists of Capital Medical University and the education of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It is a postgraduate training site of Capital Medical University. It currently has 2 doctoral supervisors, 4 master's supervisors, 1 outstanding famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the capital, 1 "Double Hundred Project" instructor of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2 instructors for inheriting the academic experience of Beijing's sixth batch of veteran traditional Chinese medicine experts, 1 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei famous engineer supervisor, and 1 famous young and middle-aged traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the capital.

During the long-term clinical practice, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has gradually formed a medical diagnosis and treatment model characterized by "prevention first, combination of prevention and treatment, equal treatment of men and women, internal and external treatment, integration of Chinese and Western medicine, and long-term management". We always adhere to the spirit of not forgetting the original intention, keeping in mind the mission, inheriting the essence, and keeping integrity and innovation. We continue to explore and carry forward the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, promote traditional Chinese medicine, develop traditional Chinese medicine, and popularize traditional Chinese medicine. Relying on the advantages of the hospital, we combine traditional Chinese medicine with western medicine, inherit and innovate, and develop our own characteristics.