Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery Department

The Department of Traditional Chinese Surgery at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital was established when the hospital was founded. Building on the diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese surgical diseases, the department has developed distinctive strengths in the integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment of thyroid diseases, breast diseases, wounds, and other conditions. It is particularly a national leader in treating Hashimoto’s disease, subacute thyroiditis, and patients after thyroid cancer surgery with traditional Chinese medicine. In 1989, Professor Wu Ruimin developed four hospital preparations for thyroid diseases, which have been used ever since and have earned the trust and praise of many patients. The department has undertaken multiple provincial- and ministerial-level research projects on the traditional Chinese medicine treatment of breast hyperplasia, thyroid cancer, and subacute thyroiditis. Director Xia Zhongyuan was one of the drafters and developers of the industry standard Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Qi Goiter (Thyroid Nodules) with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The department head is Xia Zhongyuan. The department currently has 2 chief physicians, 1 associate chief physician, 1 attending physician, and 2 resident physicians. The department has 4 holders of doctoral degrees. Director Xia Zhongyuan also serves as a standing committee member of the Surgery Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, deputy chair of the Breast Disease Branch of the China Association for the Promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine, deputy chair of the Surgery Branch of the Beijing Association of Chinese Medicine, and chair of the Special Committee on Traditional Chinese Surgery under the Beijing standardized training program for traditional Chinese medicine resident physicians, among other academic positions. Professor Wu Ruimin is an expert who receives a special government allowance from the State Council. She also serves as an adviser to the Surgery Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, an adviser to the Surgery Branch of the Beijing Association of Chinese Medicine, and a specially invited editorial reviewer for the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

In addition to routine outpatient services, the department operates specialized clinics for breast diseases and wound repair, and has dedicated breast treatment and surgical dressing-change rooms.

The department is equipped with advanced breast treatment devices, moist-heat compress therapy devices, and other equipment.

Medical specialties:

1. Integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment of thyroid diseases: The department diagnoses and treats Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, thyroid nodules, subacute thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and patients after thyroid cancer surgery. The department has in-house preparations for thyroid diseases, including Yiyang Pills for Hashimoto-related hypothyroidism, Pingqian Pills for hyperthyroidism, Xiaoying Pills for thyroid enlargement and nodules, and Lihuo Pills, among others. Subacute thyroiditis is treated with oral traditional Chinese medicine alone, combined with external application of Purple Swelling-Reducing Ointment, with significant results. Integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism can improve efficacy while reducing the dosage and adverse reactions of Western medicines. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of Hashimoto’s disease helps lower antithyroid antibody levels and inhibit thyroid enlargement, among other effects. For patients after thyroid cancer surgery, comprehensive treatment including traditional Chinese medicine can enhance immune function, regulate endocrine disorders, and prevent recurrence and metastasis.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of breast diseases: The department operates a specialized breast disease clinic and a breast disease examination and treatment room. It uses oral and external traditional Chinese medicines, breast therapy devices, manual breast drainage, traditional Chinese medicine dressing changes, acupuncture, and other treatments for breast hyperplasia, breast nodules, acute mastitis, plasma cell mastitis, granulomatous mastitis, insufficient postpartum lactation, patients after breast cancer surgery, gynecomastia, and other conditions. In particular, for difficult-to-treat plasma cell mastitis, granulomatous mastitis, and similar conditions, non-surgical traditional Chinese medicine treatments such as medicated-thread therapy, wet-dressing therapy, and topical application therapy can effectively promote the disappearance of masses and wound healing while reducing damage to the breast contour. The topical patch Rujiesan developed by the department can effectively relieve breast hyperplasia and breast nodules.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of chronic wounds: The department diagnoses and treats erysipelas of the lower limbs, chronic skin ulcers, diabetic foot, lower-limb venous ulcers, pressure sores, scalds, nonhealing postoperative wounds, and other conditions. Traditional Chinese medicine necrotic-tissue removal and debridement techniques, together with various distinctive preparations such as Jinhuang Ointment, Furong Ointment, Pulian Ointment, Kuiyang Oil, and Shengji Yuhong Ointment, are used to control wound infection and promote wound healing.

Specialized clinics for breast diseases and wound repair.

Research achievements:

The department has published more than 50 research papers, published more than 10 monographs, led and participated in multiple provincial- and ministerial-level and higher-level research projects on breast and thyroid diseases, and formulated the industry standard for the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Nodules with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

1. National Natural Science Foundation project: Study of the mechanism by which Buzhong Yiqi Decoction regulates the balance between Treg and Th17 cells to treat Hashimoto’s thyroiditis based on the TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway

2. Capital Clinical Feature Application Research Project: Clinical study of Yiyang Pills for preventing and treating cardiovascular adverse reactions associated with TSH suppression therapy after thyroid cancer surgery

3. Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Project: Study of Professor Wu Ruimin’s academic approach to treating subacute thyroiditis

4. Project of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Compilation of the traditional Chinese medicine standardization project Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases in Traditional Chinese Surgery

5. Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Project: Study evaluating the efficacy of external traditional Chinese medicine treatment for subacute thyroiditis

6. Capital Medical Science and Technology Development Fund: Study of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome patterns in breast hyperplasia in the Beijing region

7. Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Project: Clinical survey of the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes and syndrome elements in thyroid cancer

Teaching:

The department has long undertaken the teaching of undergraduates and graduate students from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, as well as standardized training for traditional Chinese medicine resident physicians in Beijing. It was one of the institutions responsible for compiling the planned Surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine textbooks for the 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans of national traditional Chinese medicine colleges and universities. It is a training base for the traditional Chinese surgery specialty in Beijing’s standardized training program for traditional Chinese medicine resident physicians. The department has trained more than 10 graduate students and has accepted physicians from across the country for advanced study.

Awards:

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Subacute Thyroiditis received the third prize of the 1998 Science and Technology Progress Awards of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital.

2. Development of the New Drug Sanjie Rupi Ointment and Innovative Clinical Research received the second prize of the 2013 Science and Technology Progress Awards of the China Association of Chinese Medicine.

3. The traditional Chinese medicine constitution research project in which the department participated received the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards.

1. Director Xia Zhongyuan and Director Wu Ruimin have participated multiple times in the recording of programs such as Health Road and Health Preservation Hall, and have repeatedly provided public education on integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment for thyroid and breast diseases.

2. The department successfully organized a standardized diagnosis and treatment training course on the integrated Chinese and Western medicine management of thyroid cancer.

Department location:

The department’s outpatient clinics are located in Consultation Rooms 12 and 13 on the third floor of Outpatient Building B.

The treatment room and dressing-change room are located on the third floor of Outpatient Building B.

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