TCM Department

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Tianjin First Central Hospital was established when the hospital was founded. In the early days, famous old TCM doctors Zheng Jinghou and Yu Dongchuan were present and trained a group of outstanding talents in TCM. Introduction to the famous old Chinese medicine doctor: Zheng Jinghou (1900-1981) was a direct disciple of Mr. Luo Zhechu, a famous modern medical scientist. His academic thoughts were influenced by the "Guangxi School of Acupuncture" and he exerted many influences. He specializes in treating madness, optic atrophy, jaundice hepatitis, chronic nephritis, and paralysis. Yu Dongchuan (1883-1979) had a profound family background and studied medicine with his ancestors in his youth. He had profound insights into the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, and Shennong's Materia Medica. He was clinically proficient in many subjects, especially internal medicine and gynecology. He was knowledgeable and courageous when encountering difficult and serious problems, and suffered from frequent illnesses. The two old gentlemen had superb medical skills and attracted a large number of patients, which led to the improvement of the overall diagnosis and treatment level of the department. What is more valuable is that they had a lot of exchanges and cooperation with Western medicine back then, promoting the development of the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine. After decades of development, the department currently has 29 medical staff, including 24 physicians, 1 nurse, 2 rehired experts, 5 staff with senior professional titles, 6 staff with intermediate professional titles, 14 staff with junior professional titles, 3 with medical doctors, and 7 with master's degrees.At present, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine offers Chinese medicine internal medicine clinic, Chinese medicine gynecology clinic, Chinese medicine andrology clinic, Chinese medicine breast clinic, acupuncture clinic and massage clinic, etc. The Department of Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine mainly treats common and frequently-occurring diseases in internal medicine, especially for spleen and stomach diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, geriatric diseases, etc. It has good diagnosis and treatment effects and experience. The Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine Gynecology and Traditional Chinese Medicine andrology is based on the inheritance of Harder Gynecology. It has good curative effect on common diseases of Traditional Chinese Medicine gynecology, menstruation, pregnancy, pregnancy, and childbirth, as well as gynecological and male reproductive system diseases. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Breast Clinic uses a variety of comprehensive methods such as oral and external application of Chinese herbal medicine, massage techniques, and auricular acupuncture to treat breast-related diseases, such as postpartum oligomilkia, mastitis, breast nodules, breast cancer and other diseases. The Acupuncture Clinic can provide acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion and other treatments. It specializes in the treatment of stroke hemiplegia, trigeminal neuralgia, facial paralysis, tinnitus, deafness, neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain and other diseases, and has accumulated rich clinical experience; the massage clinic is based on the "Li's Massage Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Studio" and inherits Li's characteristic massage techniques. By stimulating specific acupoints and meridians, balancing yin and yang, adjusting qi and blood, it mainly treats soft tissue injuries such as the neck, waist, shoulders, and knees; and can treat insomnia, chronic digestive system diseases, gynecological diseases and other diseases through abdominal massage.Over the years, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has continuously added specialized treatments and strengthened the construction of specialized diseases on the basis of giving full play to the advantages of general TCM. As the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of a general hospital, on the one hand, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department always adheres to traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage and other traditional treatments to provide patients with high-quality traditional Chinese medicine medical services; on the other hand, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department also radiates the medical knowledge of the motherland to the Western Medicine Department, provides consultation services for inpatients in the hospital, meets the needs of various disciplines for traditional Chinese medicine, and adheres to the development path of "keeping integrity" and "innovation". The department has developed a number of new technologies in the hospital, including acupoint sticking treatment, traditional Chinese medicine fumigation treatment, abdominal massage treatment, acupoint catgut embedding treatment, fire dragon moxibustion treatment, paving moxibustion treatment, umbilical moxibustion treatment, traditional Chinese medicine breast treatment, etc. In recent years, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has carried out a number of scientific research projects, such as research on acupuncture to improve insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes, research on the treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, research on the treatment of chronic gastritis with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, epidemiological research on spleen deficiency syndromes in type 2 diabetes, and related research on chronic kidney disease. It has trained 9 master's degree students.At the same time, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching and Research Office has been responsible for the teaching of traditional Chinese medicine theory at Tianjin Medical University and Nankai University School of Medicine for many years, and has undertaken clinical internship work at Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical College, Shijiazhuang Medical College and many other universities, as well as clinical teaching at the general training base. It has become a position for medicine, teaching, and research, and has made certain achievements in cultivating Chinese medicine talents, integrating Chinese and Western medicine talents, and promoting motherland medicine.