History
The Department of Traditional Chinese medicine Ophthalmology was founded in 2013.
Faculty experts and team
The head of department is Dr. Liu Wen, who is graduated from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese ENT & Ophthalmology specialty. Now she works as a member of Ophthalmology Branch of Promotion Committee of traditional Chinese Medicine Researches, and member of Physicians Branch Committee of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. She has worked in our hospital for 11 years and conduct a grant, which won the Second Prize of Combined Products of both Chinese and Western Rural Technologies. She also published seven papers in national core journals and participated in writing Treatment of Eye Diseases for Old and Middle-aged Patients with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Therapies. Up to now, she has already proficiently carried out the traditional Chinese medicine theory --“Preventive Treatment of Disease”, with which to prevent and treat ocular disorders in youth as myopia, amblyopia, Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy. Now there are seven members in this department including three ophthalmologists of traditional Chinese medicine, one technician, one nurse and two distinguished doctors.
Clinical work and scientific research
Abiding by the principle of “Preventive Treatment of Disease”, our department has produced several therapies specifically using traditional Chinese medicine. These therapies include acupuncture therapy, thunder-fire moxibustion, therapy of plastering acupoint, bloodletting therapy, auricular plaster therapy, drug iontophoresis therapy, treatment of myopia and amblyopia, atomization to fumigate eyes with traditional Chinese medicine. The main ocular diseases include dry eye, eye strain, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, acute conjunctivitis, hordeolum, paralytic strabismus, and ischemic optic neuropathy, optic nerve atrophy and juvenile myopia etc. |
