Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

The Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the Second Hospital of Hohhot was established after decades of unremitting efforts. It is one of the third batch of key specialties with traditional Chinese medicine characteristics and advantages in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The department currently has 8 doctors, including 3 chief physicians, 1 deputy chief physician, and 4 residents, including 2 with master's degrees, 4 traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and 4 western medicine practitioners; 11 nursing staff, including 1 deputy chief nurse, 4 supervisor nurses, 3 nurse practitioners, and 3 nurses. The department currently has liver disease outpatient clinics with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, expert outpatient clinics, traditional Chinese medicine specialty clinics and physiotherapy rooms, etc., with nearly 50 open beds in the ward. Over the years, the department has used traditional Chinese medicine to treat various liver diseases and infectious diseases on the basis of Western medicine diagnosis and treatment. It has gradually formed the specialty of using integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine to diagnose and treat chronic viral hepatitis, cholestatic liver disease, cirrhosis, refractory ascites in cirrhosis, and acute and chronic severe hepatitis. It has achieved good results especially in the treatment of refractory ascites in cirrhosis with external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and the treatment of liver failure with syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. It is at the leading level of Hohhot's medical system in the prevention and treatment of major emerging and sudden infectious diseases with traditional Chinese medicine.At present, with the strong support of the hospital and the strong help of Beijing You'an Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, the department focuses on minimally invasive ablation of early liver cancer and TAE/TACE sequential minimally invasive radical ablation of intermediate and advanced liver cancer combined with traditional Chinese medicine strengthening and syndrome differentiation and holistic treatment. It gives full play to the role of traditional Chinese medicine in enhancing physical fitness, promoting recovery, synergizing, mitigating adverse reactions, and consolidating curative effects at different stages of treatment of primary liver cancer. It performs an average of about 20 interventional surgeries every month. Especially in terms of adjusting the physical status of patients after interventional surgery and providing individualized rehabilitation treatment, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment has shown unique advantages. The department adheres to the model of combining clinical practice, teaching and scientific research. Now he is responsible for the teaching of "Infectious Diseases" in multiple majors at Inner Mongolia Medical University. In 2022, with the approval of the Autonomous Region Health Commission, we will begin to undertake the key specialty construction project of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in liver diseases in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.