Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital

The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the Longhua Branch of Shenzhen Primary-level TCM and Preventive Disease Treatment Center, the Shenzhen Training Base for TCM Appropriate Technologies, and the Shenzhen TCM Rehabilitation Medical Quality Control Center.

The department has recruited Professor Ke Xinqiao, a Famous TCM Physician of Shenzhen. It takes the inheritance of traditional TCM diagnosis and treatment as the essence, adopts the team-based diagnosis and treatment model, and focuses on regulating the spirit, mind and physical body. Clinically, it applies integrated internal and external therapies to treat diseases, shorten the course of illness and improve curative effect, fully embodying the advantages of TCM holistic concept and treatment based on syndrome differentiation. The annual outpatient volume of the department exceeds 50,000 visits.

The department consists of TCM Outpatient Clinic, TCM Inpatient Ward, TCM Traditional Therapy Area, and TCM Preventive Disease Treatment Center.

Scope of Diagnosis and Treatment

1.Internal Medical Diseases

Headache, dizziness, gastralgia, gastrointestinal dysfunction, dyspepsia, diarrhea, common cold, chronic bronchitis, asthma, etc.

2.Spine-related Diseases

Cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, scapulohumeral periarthritis, tennis elbow, knee osteoarthritis, rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other conditions.

3.Neurological Diseases

Facial paralysis, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

4.Gynecological Diseases

Dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders, infertility, menopausal syndrome, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, etc.

5.Pediatric Diseases

Pediatric cough, indigestion, growth retardation, pediatric torticollis, chronic diarrhea, pediatric malnutrition, physical constitution conditioning for children, etc.

6.Dermatological Diseases

Acne, eczema, herpes zoster, etc.

7.Other Conditions

Obesity, chronic fatigue syndrome, TCM physical constitution identification, sub-health conditioning.

Characteristic TCM Therapeutic Items

The department carries out more than 20 characteristic therapies, including acupuncture, fire needling, auricular acupuncture, acupoint catgut embedding, acupoint injection, floating needle therapy, warm acupuncture, natural moxibustion, conventional moxibustion, governor vessel moxibustion, ginger-separated moxibustion, grain-sized moxibustion, auricular point bean pressing, tuina bone setting, pediatric tuina, cupping therapy, TCM bamboo cupping, collateral pricking and bloodletting, scraping therapy, plum-blossom needle therapy, TCM herbal application, TCM herbal fumigation and washing, TCM herbal hot compress, cervical and lumbar traction, TCM transdermal drug delivery, ultrasound-mediated drug iontophoresis, exercise guidance and rehabilitation training.