TCM Department

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital is a national demonstration unit for traditional Chinese medicine work in general hospitals. It is a comprehensive department of traditional Chinese medicine that integrates clinical practice, scientific research, and teaching.

It has a history of more than 70 years since its establishment. It is the window for traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital.

In 2008, it was awarded the National General Hospital Traditional Chinese Medicine Demonstration Unit by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Ministry of Health. In 2013, it was rated as a key specialty by the Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau. In 2016, it was approved as a key specialty training project for geriatric diseases of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in Tianjin. In the same year, it undertook research on the geriatrics direction of the integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine discipline of Tianjin Medical University in the “13th Five-Year Plan” comprehensive investment discipline construction project.

Currently, there are more than 40 on-the-job medical and nursing staff in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including 1 doctoral supervisor, 4 master's supervisors, 7 with senior professional titles, 7 with deputy senior professional titles, 13 with doctoral degrees, and 14 with master's degrees.

The outpatient clinic has: Traditional Chinese Medicine Internal Medicine Clinic, Acupuncture, Massage and Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery Clinic. There is a Traditional Chinese Medicine expert clinic in the Cadre Health Center, which has developed 8 types of in-hospital prescriptions, including Xingnaojiu Paralysis Tablets, Cough Mixture, Zhongtang Tablets, and Lithospermum Oil.

The ward currently has 24 beds and is equipped with DC induction electrotherapy machines, microwave therapy machines, electronic acupuncture machines, specific electromagnetic wave therapy machines and other equipment. In 2018, the number of outpatient visits exceeded 160,000, and the ward utilization rate exceeded 100%.

Under the leadership of the department director, Professor Liu Baoshan, as the subject leader, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine continues to innovate and develop on the basis of inheriting traditional Chinese medicine theory, and uses a variety of traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods with remarkable results.

Continue to highlight the diagnosis and treatment characteristics of dominant diseases, propose new theories of traditional Chinese medicine prevention and treatment of related diseases, summarize the academic features with the characteristics of the department, and preside over the implementation of a series of related research.

Established multiple sub-clinical professional research teams such as integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for geriatric diseases, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for hematological cancer diseases, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for cerebrovascular diseases, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for endocrine diseases, etc.

Corresponding clinical diagnosis, treatment and nursing standards have been formulated for dominant diseases to achieve scientific and standardized management of the department.

He has published many relevant academic papers and achieved a number of scientific research results. He is currently conducting research projects at the national, provincial and ministerial levels, and his academic level has a certain influence in the country.

At the same time, we will gradually strengthen the construction of talent echelons, hold regular academic lectures and skills training, participate in continuing education projects at the provincial level and above, and strengthen academic exchanges.

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine will currently strengthen the disciplinary characteristics of integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine, create special diseases driven by sub-specialties, strengthen collaboration with various brother departments, and carry out special treatments with traditional Chinese medicine as the focus of future work. With the service tenet of "drawing from the strengths of others and centering for the people", we will strive to improve service quality and provide better medical services to the majority of patients.