People's Daily health client Zhang He Lin Jing
In recent years, a number of traditional Chinese medicine clinics across the country have begun to set up special outpatient clinics for traditional Chinese medicine. In December 2021, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission issued the notice of "Construction Plan for Special Nursing Clinics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Trial)". In fact, such a special outpatient clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been open in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for five years.
"As long as you come to Anhui for academic exchanges in traditional Chinese medicine, the special outpatient clinic of traditional Chinese medicine in Anhui Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (the first affiliated hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) is a must-visit." Liu Fengxuan, head nurse of the first traditional Chinese medicine special outpatient clinic in Anhui Province, told reporters that in his own practice for more than 30 years, he never thought that the traditional Chinese medicine special outpatient clinic would become a "net red punch card", which is difficult to find, which also shows that domestic patients are more and more recognized by traditional Chinese medicine technology.
"In the past, the nurse's job responsibility was to carry out the doctor's orders, the doctor said what medicine to prescribe, what injection, what liquid to infuse, the nurse complied with the implementation, and now the nurses of our TCM special nursing clinic also have the 'right to decide', and can prescribe treatment according to the patient's situation, make treatment plans, and track the efficacy." Liu Fengxuan introduced that the reason why she was able to do the work of a doctor as a nurse was because she passed the examination for professional doctors with expertise in traditional Chinese medicine.
In the grassroots free clinic organized by the Chinese Nursing Association, nurses from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Special Nursing Clinic of Anhui Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine treat patients. Courtesy of respondents
Liu Fengxuan introduced that there are now 9 nurses in the traditional Chinese medicine special outpatient clinic of Anhui Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the average annual outpatient volume has reached 29,000. If you want to register, you need to make an appointment on the WeChat public account of the hospital 8 days in advance, which is basically difficult to find the first number. In addition to the nurses in the Western Hospital who can skillfully complete the work of injections, dispensing medicines, and infusions, these nurses also have a skill, that is, they can treat patients through traditional Chinese medicine technology, and can even treat many difficult diseases, such as basic cupping, gua sha and other appropriate technologies of traditional Chinese medicine.
"The hottest thing in the clinic is the ear acupuncture, and there are currently more than 40 kinds of ear acupuncture therapies that can be carried out clinically, such as ear acupuncture stickers, ear acupuncture bloodletting, ear acupuncture patches, ear acupuncture massages, etc." Liu Feng election example, for children's common cold and fever, there is a misunderstanding, thinking that Western medicine fever is fast, in fact, it is not, the treatment is appropriate, Chinese medicine fever reduction is often faster than Western medicine, especially some complex diseases, repeated external fever, Chinese medicine patch technology treatment effect is better.
Liu Fengxuan said that the ear acupuncture pressure technology is an operation method that uses pills such as Wang Bu Liu Xing Seed and Lai Jing Seed to press the acupuncture points or reaction points on the auricle, and adjusts the function of visceral qi and blood by dredging the meridians, and promoting the balance of yin and yang of the body to achieve the prevention and treatment of diseases and improve symptoms.
TCM specialty nursing clinics are crowded with patients and pennants. Courtesy of respondents
Chinese medicine believes that the human ear is a very magical place, and if we connect the main acupuncture points on the ear, its shape is just like a fetus placed upside down in the womb. The human body's various organs and tissues have corresponding stimulation points on the ear, and once it is violated by the disease, a specific acupuncture point on the ear will produce an early warning signal. Therefore, when a certain ear acupuncture point is stimulated, the disease of the corresponding part of the body can be diagnosed and treated.
"In addition to applying to fever caused by colds in the upper respiratory tract, the ear acupuncture technique can also alleviate the symptoms of various diseases such as: insomnia, pain, anxiety, dizziness, constipation, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, allergic rhinitis, etc." In clinical practices, the use of auricular acupuncture and gua sha has been found to be particularly effective in children with autism. "At present, there are 2 children with autism in Anhui Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine who are continuing to be treated.
Since the opening of the outpatient clinic, more than 600 nurses have been sent to Anhui Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to study in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals across the country. In a few years, more than 100 similar TCM special nursing clinics have been opened in various places.
In order to promote the experience of TCM special outpatient clinics, Liu Fengxuan is now constantly touring the country, "hoping that after retirement, he will have more time to publicize TCM, promote TCM, and let more people benefit from the use of TCM."