The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
The Department of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Northwest Hospital) is one of the earliest TCM departments established by the Ministry of Health (National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China now) in general hospitals. The department was founded by Mr. Huang Zhuzhai, a famous Chinese physician and first-class professor, and his disciple, Mr. Mi Borang in 1954. The TCM teaching and research center was established later in 1956. The TCM department is one of the first clinical master stations of integrated Chinese and western medicine in China, National comprehensive hospital Chinese medicine work demonstration unit, national key specialty of Chinese medicine: department of nephropathy, the construction unit of the diagnosis and treatment center of infertility with Chinese medicine in Shaanxi Province, the integrated Chinese and western medicine in national drug clinical trial institutions, and the deputy chairperson unit of the branch of Academic Studies of Famous Physicians of China Association of Chinese Medicine.
The TCM department has a well-educated clinical and scientific research team with professional skills. At present, the department has altogether 35 staffs, including doctors, nurses and technicians. The team includes three famous TCM physicians, eight professors, four associate professors, seven doctors with intermediate titles, two doctoral supervisors and four master supervisors. Among the TCM experts, Prof. Qiao Chenglin is a renowned TCM expert of kidney disease in China, one of the first renowned and veteran TCM experts in China; Prof. Liu Runxia is one of the first famous TCM experts in Shaanxi Province, the veteran TCM expert in China, and the doctoral supervisor of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences; Prof. Zhou Qingfa is one of the first renowned and veteran TCM experts in Shaanxi Province. Prof. Wu Xili, the current director and the academic leader of the department, doctoral supervisor with a doctoral degree in medicine, is the vice-chairman of the Branch of Academic Studies of Famous Physicians of China Association of Chinese Medicine and the academic successor of Prof. Qiao Chenglin, the prestigious and veteran TCM expert in China. Besides, the department is equipped with 45 beds for patients.
The department undertakes the teaching tasks of masters, students in 8-year, 7-year and 5-year educational systems. In recent years, more than 20 postgraduate students have graduated. Besides, the department also participated in compiling two planned textbooks sponsored by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China. Additionally, the department undertakes more than 100 national, provincial and municipal scientific research projects. It has won more than 10 awards for scientific and technological achievements of Traditional Chinese Medicine, two patents for invention, five patents for utility model. The team has compiled more than 20 books as the chief editorial unit; more than 30 SCI papers and nearly 50 Medline papers have been published.
After more than 60 years’ unremitting efforts of several generations, it has become a nationally advanced TCM department in general hospitals with distinct academic features and unique diagnosis and treatment technologies. The TCM department has been playing a model role for the development of Chinese medicine in northwest.
Characteristics of diagnosis and treatment
Based on syndrome differentiation, the department currently has five distinct specialties as nephropathy, gynecology, acupuncture and moxibustion, external therapy of TCM, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, dermatology and respiratory diseases.
1. Scope of TCM nephropathy specialist diagnosis and treatment
Various acute and chronic kidney diseases (including edema, proteinuria, hematuria, purpura, lumbago, renal failure, anemia, etc.), acute and chronic pyelonephritis, frequent or urgent urination syndrome (including non-organic and stress urinary incontinence, and prostatic hyperplasia), renal cysts, and other urinary diseases such as urinary tract infection and kidney stones, etc.
2. Scope of TCM gynecology professional diagnosis and treatment
All kinds of female infertility, endometriosis, functional uterine bleeding, dysmenorrheal, menopausal syndrome, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, etc; male infertility diseases: infertility caused by reproductive organ inflammations, azoospermia, oligospermia, low sperm motility and dead sperm diseases, and immunological infertility, etc.
3. Scope of diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion (fire-dragon moxibustion, moxibustion on salt, fire therapy, thunder-fire moxibustion, Chinese herbal plastering therapy, Chinese herbal penetration therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion and tuina manipulation)
Chronic renal failure, frequent-urgent urination syndrome; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, chronic cough; rheumatoid arthritis; sequela of apoplexy, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, migraine; fallopian tube adhesion, dysmenorrhea; neck-shoulder-waist-leg pain; obesity; hiccup, gastroparesis, obstinate constipation, postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery; tinnitus, deafness, insomnia, etc.
4. Scope of professional diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, myocarditis, pulmonary heart disease, heart failure, cerebral infarction, brain atrophy, vascular and senile dementia.
5. Scope of diagnosis and treatment of dermatological and respiratory diseases in Chinese medicine
Various skin diseases and respiratory diseases.
Experts
Director: Prof. Wu Xili, chief physician, doctoral supervisor
Professor: Qiao Chenglin, Liu Runxia, Zhou Qingfa, Liu Surong, Sun Wansen, Liu Yanqiao, Di Ling.
Associate Professor: Wang Yajuan, Yang Chengzhi, Dang Huimin, Wang Zhu
