Tuina Therapy

The Tuina Department of Zhejiang Hospital is one of the clinical disciplines with distinctive characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, was established in 1959, and is one of the earliest tuina departments independently established in China. The first department director was Chen Shengsan, the founder of the tuina profession in Zhejiang Province, and later, under the leadership of Director Fan Binghua, a nationally renowned TCM physician, the department gained a distinguished reputation in China’s tuina field. The department currently has 12 professional and technical personnel, including 4 with senior professional titles and 3 pediatric tuina physicians. This department carries on the academic experience of One-Finger Zen tuina, rolling-method tuina, and the Haipai school of pediatric tuina, draws on the characteristics of the Neigong tuina school, emphasizes the combination of manipulative strength and skill, follows the principles of "valuing softness, harmonizing hardness and softness, and overcoming hardness with softness," attaches importance to the mutual reference between traditional TCM theories and modern cutting-edge medical concepts, adheres to combining traditional manipulation treatment techniques with modern rehabilitation techniques, and in clinical practice primarily uses traditional manipulations, supplemented by traction, fire cupping, ointment massage, fumigation, Chinese herbal medicine permeation therapy, and other methods, with significant therapeutic efficacy. Since its establishment, the department has undertaken a large number of healthcare assignments for leading cadres at the national and provincial/ministerial levels each year, with outstanding achievements.