Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department Ward 8（南岗总院）

Acupuncture Ward 8 (hospital introduction dated November 2022) has more than ten medical and nursing staff, including one chief physician, five attending physicians, four staff with doctorates and one with a master's degree. It provides clinical care, trains medical students and conducts research. The hospital describes established care plans for neurological conditions and the use of traditional Chinese therapies, including acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, for cerebrovascular disease such as cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, post-stroke swallowing difficulties, subarachnoid hemorrhage, vascular dementia, aphasia and urinary or bowel disorders; peripheral nerve conditions such as facial paralysis, trigeminal nerve disease and Guillain–Barré syndrome; spinal cord conditions such as acute and chronic myelitis, spinal cord compression and spinal trauma; and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. The ward emphasizes professional ethics and doctor–patient relations, has rehabilitation and physiotherapy equipment, and offers moxibustion, gua sha and intradermal press needles. It leads or participates in national and provincial research projects. The ward director and key staff draw on the academic experience of Professor Sun Shentian, including scalp acupuncture, repetitive transcranial acupuncture, meridian-based pattern differentiation and methods for regulating the mind; the hospital reports favorable clinical results.