Acupuncture and Moxibustion

The Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Zhejiang Hospital was established in 1954, when the hospital was founded. It currently has 11 physicians, including 4 doctors with doctoral degrees and 7 with master's degrees, as well as 1 medical assistant. Clinically, the department excels in applying traditional Chinese medicine theories to perform pattern-based diagnosis and treatment, organically combining various acupuncture and moxibustion methods. Its treatment approaches include acupuncture, abdominal acupuncture, umbilical acupuncture, fire acupuncture, auricular acupuncture, moxibustion, spreading moxibustion, fire dragon moxibustion, floating acupuncture, acupotomy, micro-acupotomy, acupoint catgut embedding, cupping, acupoint injection, transcutaneous electrical stimulation, and combined acupuncture and medication, fully leveraging the advantages of comprehensive therapies to treat various common diseases, frequently occurring diseases, and refractory diseases. It is particularly effective for neck, shoulder, lower back, and leg pain; degenerative osteoarthropathy; soft-tissue disorders; intractable pain (such as postherpetic neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and migraine); allergic rhinitis; tinnitus; perimenopausal syndrome; temporomandibular joint dysfunction; insomnia; Parkinson’s disease; facial paralysis; constipation; stress urinary incontinence; menstrual disorders; obesity; sub-health conditioning; aesthetic care and anti-aging, and more.