Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department I

The Acupuncture Department is a key discipline of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, a national key specialty under the “12th Five-Year Plan,” and an advanced unit of the “Fourth National Academic Exchange Conference on Treating Winter Diseases in Summer with Traditional Chinese Medicine.” The Acupuncture Department comprises two sections, Acupuncture Section I and Acupuncture Section II. Acupuncture Section I is primarily responsible for acupuncture outpatient services and hospital-wide consultations, while Acupuncture Section II is primarily responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the acupuncture ward. Under the leadership of Professor Ma Zhong, Acupuncture Section I has developed distinctive features and advantages in the treatment of facial paralysis, stroke, various pain disorders, and other conditions, and has considerable academic influence and a high academic standing among its domestic peers and in neighboring countries. Acupuncture Section I has 45 medical and nursing staff members, including 9 personnel with senior professional titles, 38 people with master's degrees, and 5 nursing staff members. Acupuncture Section I has established specialized clinics for facial paralysis, stroke, pain, and others; it has developed standardized clinical diagnosis and treatment protocols for stroke, facial paralysis, low back pain, and other conditions in traditional Chinese medicine. It treats more than 100 types of diseases and has demonstrated unique therapeutic advantages in treating common and difficult diseases in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics and traumatology, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology, dermatology, and other departments.