Brain Department

The Department of Encephalology of Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences is one of the first encephalopathy specialties in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals established in the country. It is currently the Advanced Stroke Center of the Stroke Prevention and Treatment Engineering Committee of the National Health Commission, the Stroke Screening and Prevention Base of the National Health Commission, and a key specialty of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has been engaged in research on the treatment of neurological diseases with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for more than 40 years.

The department is an affiliated unit of the Neurology Professional Group of the National Research Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. Several director-level physicians have been engaged in clinical treatment and academic research on cognitive impairment for many years. It is a training site for doctoral and master's degrees, and has won 2 Science and Technology Achievement Awards from the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The team of the Department of Encephalology has successfully completed the expert consensus review work on vascular dementia, the dominant disease treated by traditional Chinese medicine, carried out by the China Center for Evidence-Based Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and completed a number of major cognitive dysfunction-related projects such as the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine's special scientific research project for the traditional Chinese medicine industry, clinical research on early prevention of cognitive impairment after acute stroke with traditional Chinese medicine, promotion of community identification and screening programs for vasogenic mild cognitive impairment by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and research on comprehensive intervention of traditional Chinese medicine.

The encephalology team independently developed a variety of Chinese patent medicines that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and presided over 10 consensus guidelines for development. In-hospital preparations such as Naoxue Shutong Oral Liquid, Compound Suanzaoren Paste, Modified Qianzheng Tablets, and Yushu Granules have received good reviews from patients.

The encephalology department treats stroke, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, dizziness, headache, insomnia, anxiety, depression, facial paralysis, neuralgia, epilepsy, tremor, Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, dementia, memory loss, limb numbness, limb weakness, diabetes complicated with peripheral neuropathy, neuritis, etc.

For common and difficult diseases in the Department of Neurology, there are specialized clinics for neuroimmune diseases (impotence), Parkinson's disease (tremor), headaches, dizziness, sleep medicine and other diseases.