Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital was established in 1999 and consists of an outpatient department and inpatient wards. It currently has 3 chief physicians, 7 associate chief physicians, 1 doctor with a doctoral degree, and 7 doctors with master’s degrees, all of whom have undertaken further study and training in national-level key specialties. The department has specialty groups for respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, gynecology, neurology, endocrinology, dermatology, pain, breast diseases, infertility, and others, providing specialty diagnostic and treatment services in both outpatient and inpatient settings. The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine sees more than 300 outpatient visits per day and approximately 80,000 outpatient visits annually, many of whom are patients with difficult and complicated diseases from outside the local area. It uses oral Chinese herbal medicines, acupuncture, cupping, acupoint application, and other external treatment methods to treat related diseases and conditions in internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, neurology, pediatrics, dermatology, otorhinolaryngology, and other departments. The department currently has 10 inpatient beds on a preliminary basis, mainly admitting patients with cervical spondylosis, lumbar spine disease, pulmonary infection, diabetes mellitus, chronic gastritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, threatened abortion, and other conditions suitable for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment. Patient satisfaction has remained above 96% over the years.

[Clinical Specialty Features of Traditional Chinese Medicine]

Respiratory Disease Specialty: Respiratory diseases including acute and chronic cough, asthma, chronic bronchitis, acute and chronic pharyngitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, pulmonary nodular disease, pulmonary tumors, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, and others.

Digestive System Specialty: Helicobacter pylori (Hp)-related diseases, acute and chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, reflux esophagitis, fatty liver, cholecystitis, gastrointestinal dysfunction, abnormal liver function, and others.

Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Specialty: Coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain, hypertension, arrhythmia, hyperlipidemia, vertigo, otolithiasis, migraine, insomnia, facial neuritis, autonomic nervous system dysfunction (insomnia, excessive dreaming, depression, etc.), and others.

Endocrinology Specialty: Diabetes mellitus, abnormal thyroid function, gout, polycystic ovary syndrome, and hyperprolactinemia.

Infertility Specialty and Gynecology Specialty: Diseases including menstrual irregularity, infertility, menopausal syndrome, pelvic inflammatory disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, ovulatory dysfunction, premature ovarian failure, diminished ovarian function, threatened abortion, recurrent abortion, ectopic pregnancy, vulvar dystrophy, ABO hemolysis, and others.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Pain Specialty Outpatient Clinic: 1. Headache and facial pain (intractable headache, neuralgic headache, vascular headache, migraine, menstrual headache, trigeminal neuralgia, etc.); 2. Neck pain and shoulder pain (cervical spondylosis, cervical osteophyte formation, cervical disc herniation, periarthritis of the shoulder, rotator cuff injury, back muscle aponeuritis, etc.); 3. Low back pain and leg pain (lumbar muscle aponeuritis, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation, sciatica, osteoarthritis, degenerative changes of the knee joint, chondromalacia patellae, gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.); 4. Chest pain and hypochondriac pain (hyperplasia of the mammary glands, coronary heart disease, intercostal neuralgia, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, etc.); 5. Stomach pain and abdominal pain (superficial gastritis, erosive gastritis, esophagitis, duodenal bulb inflammation, gastric ulcer, duodenal bulb ulcer, colitis, proctitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhea, etc.); 6. Osteoporosis and postoperative pain following fractures.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology Specialty: Eczema, urticaria, acne, herpes zoster, and others.

Characteristic therapies: 1. Chinese herbal acupoint application; 2. Acupuncture (electroacupuncture, warming acupuncture); 3. Moxibustion (moxa-pillar moxibustion, moxa-box moxibustion, refined moxibustion, wheat-grain moxibustion, indirect moxibustion); 4. Bloodletting therapy (acupoint bloodletting, collateral-pricking bloodletting); 5. Cupping therapy (balanced fire cupping, moving cupping, flash cupping); 6. Auricular acupuncture and auricular acupoint application; 7. Embedded-needle therapy; 8. Gua sha therapy; 9. Infrared therapy; 10. Low-frequency pulsed electrical therapy; 11. Chinese herbal fumigation therapy; 12. Microwave therapy; 13. Magnetothermal therapy; 14. Medium-frequency therapy;

Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty Treatments for Common Diseases

Pelvic inflammatory disease Chinese herbal fumigation + Chinese herbal low-frequency pulsed therapy + electroacupuncture + acupoint application

Neck, shoulder, low back, and leg pain Chinese herbal fumigation + Chinese herbal low-frequency pulsed therapy + electroacupuncture + cupping + magnetothermal therapy + medium-frequency therapy + microwave therapy

Polycystic ovary syndrome Electroacupuncture/thread embedding + moxibustion + cupping + acupoint application + auricular acupoint application

Decline in ovarian function Electroacupuncture/thread embedding + moxibustion + Du Meridian moxibustion

Cough Acupoint application + Chinese herbal low-frequency pulsed therapy

Gastrointestinal dysfunction Acupoint application + electroacupuncture + moxibustion

Headache and dizziness Acupuncture + moxibustion + bloodletting therapy

Obesity Acupuncture/thread embedding + cupping therapy

On Saturdays and Sundays, specialists take turns providing full-day outpatient consultations.

[Types of Chinese Herbal Medicines]

Chinese herbal medicines: Chinese herbal medicine decoction pieces, decoction-free Chinese herbal medicine granules, and premium Chinese herbal medicines.

Consultation telephone numbers: 83923333—5220, 5226