Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 1954. At that time, it was one of the hospital’s more than ten core departments and one of the earliest departments of traditional Chinese medicine established among the comprehensive hospitals in the capital. After more than 70 years of development, the department has formed a medical team with strong professional and technical expertise and a well-structured academic hierarchy. It currently has 37 medical and nursing staff members, including 1 doctoral supervisor and 6 master’s supervisors; 6 chief physicians and 6 deputy chief physicians. The team includes 1 postdoctoral fellow, 15 doctors, and 14 master’s degree holders.

Today, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine has become a model department for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, characterized by a high level of clinical diagnosis and treatment, prominent advantages in specialized diseases, strong research capabilities, and high recognition among patients. At present, the department has 5 national-level high-caliber medical talents and 8 municipal-level key medical talents, including outstanding representatives such as Young Qihuang Scholars, recipients of the China Youth Science and Technology Award, and renowned senior traditional Chinese medicine physicians in Beijing. It undertakes key research projects under the National Key Research and Development Program and major and key municipal projects. It has published more than 200 academic papers, obtained 1 authorized US invention patent, 8 authorized invention patents, 2 utility model patents, and 3 software copyrights; led the formulation and publication of 2 diagnostic and treatment standards or specifications; edited the first Chinese textbook, An Introduction to Intelligent Traditional Chinese Medicine; and received 9 national and provincial/ministerial awards, including the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

Relying on a pilot institution for the national integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine collaboration “flagship” hospital and the Beijing Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine specializes in precision diagnosis, treatment, and clinical research for the prevention and treatment of chronic, major, complex, and difficult diseases through integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. It has established an intelligent management system for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine based on “evidence-based optimization–precise pattern differentiation–intelligent empowerment,” created a dual-linked diagnosis and treatment system connecting “outpatient services–wards” and “hospitals–communities,” and promoted the department’s transformation from a disease-treatment-focused model to a model integrating treatment and prevention. It has developed practical strengths in sleep and pain, digestive diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer rehabilitation, metabolic diseases, and overwork-related subhealth conditions. Through the diligent cultivation and orderly inheritance of several generations of Friendship traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, a distinctive diagnosis and treatment system integrating the three dimensions of “internal and external combination,” “acupuncture and medication combination,” and “integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine” has gained an excellent reputation among patients.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Pain and Sleep Outpatient Clinic: Uses a combination of acupuncture and medication to treat insomnia, anxiety, cervical spondylosis, periarthritis of the shoulder, lumbar disc herniation, chronic lumbar muscle strain, lumbar spinal canal stenosis, piriformis syndrome, herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia, facial nerve paralysis, sequelae of cerebrovascular disease, and other conditions.

Subhealth Specialty Outpatient Clinic: Provides integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine conditioning plans for obesity, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, recurrent colds, reduced immunity, chronic fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and other conditions.

Immune Function Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic: Provides comprehensive conditioning plans for individuals preparing for pregnancy, those undergoing menopause, and those with atypical constitutions such as qi deficiency, phlegm-dampness, and blood stasis; for rehabilitation after surgery and after radiotherapy or chemotherapy, it provides traditional Chinese medicine intervention plans to promote recovery and reduce adverse effects.

Specialized Smart Ward for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine: The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine currently has 30 beds and covers more than 30 characteristic and advantageous traditional Chinese medicine disease types in 7 categories. The neurological rehabilitation and pain management category includes Parkinson’s disease, post-stroke sequelae, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, migraine, and other conditions; orthopedics and musculoskeletal diseases include cervical spondylosis, lumbar spine diseases, knee osteoarthritis, periarthritis of the shoulder, and others; gynecological diseases include dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease, and menopausal syndrome; digestive system diseases include chronic atrophic gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and functional dyspepsia; metabolic and endocrine diseases include diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, and obesity; dermatological diseases include eczema, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, and others; psychiatric and psychological diseases include insomnia, mild-to-moderate anxiety disorder, depression, and others. Through precise assessment with devices such as intelligent four-diagnostic instruments and meridian detectors, combined with accumulated long-term experience, the department uses comprehensive therapies including acupuncture, tuina, medicated massage, Governor Vessel moxibustion, and traditional Chinese medicines to treat both the root and the manifestation and safeguard patients’ health.

As the lead institution of the Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine at Capital Medical University, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine undertakes teaching in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine at Capital Medical University and offers bilingual courses. It pioneered bilingual medical records for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine and has become a “demonstration department of traditional Chinese medicine in the Beijing area.” The department has always adhered to the principle of serving patients and achieving clinical efficacy, comprehensively enhancing its clinical diagnostic and treatment capabilities for major, complex, and difficult diseases through integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. When the thousand-year-old art of Qihuang medicine encounters artificial intelligence and biotechnology, this path toward the summit of medicine, grounded in upholding tradition while pursuing innovation, is using data to reconstruct the code of yin-yang pattern differentiation and technology to extend the dimensions of the “four examinations and eight guiding principles.” Amid the celestial river of mutual learning between ancient and modern wisdom, it is illuminating a brilliant coordinate of traditional Chinese and Western medicine collaboration and striving to become a new health ark trusted by patients.