Benefiting All Living Beings, Cultivating Harmony and Sharing the Path

—— The First Session of Traditional Chinese Medicine Healthcare into Communities by Chuzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic: Entering Tianning Community

Discussing Health Preservation in Winter

Winter is a season with a high incidence of diseases. To care for the health of the elderly, improve their health awareness and self-care ability, and popularize traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) health care knowledge for the middle-aged and elderly in the community during winter, on the morning of December 16, the first session of "TCM Healthcare into Communities" organized by Chuzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic kicked off in Tianning Community! Chief Physician of Internal Medicine, Associate Chief TCM Physician Zhu Yuejiao, and Attending TCM Physician & Physiotherapist Cao Xianfu gave lectures on TCM health care knowledge for winter to the middle-aged and elderly.

Scene of the winter TCM health preservation lecture

Director Zhu Yuejiao introduced the TCM concept of "preventing diseases before they occur" to the audience. Combining the characteristics of winter health preservation, she explained from the aspects of daily living, reasonable diet, exercise, and medication, emphasizing the importance of physical exercise and mental adjustment for maintaining health. Meanwhile, she pointed out some misunderstandings in winter health preservation and taught correct health preservation methods. She put forward different conditioning plans for different physical constitutions and taught various health preservation therapies on site. The knowledge was simplified, hoping that residents could practically gain some daily knowledge and apply it in life. The residents present listened attentively, stating that such health lectures were very much in line with their needs and that they had benefited a lot.

After the health preservation class, free medical consultations began, and everyone participated enthusiastically. First, the staff of Chuzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic measured blood pressure for community residents free of charge and informed them of their blood pressure status based on the results. Then, residents raised their questions to Director Zhu Yuejiao and Physician Cao Xianfu, who patiently answered various questions about disease prevention and treatment with TCM. The clinic also presented small gifts as winter consolation, making everyone feel warm. The atmosphere at the scene was harmonious, and the high enthusiasm made the "cold winter" particularly "heart-warming".

Community residents having their blood pressure measured

"I'm so lucky to meet such excellent TCM experts. I got free medical consultation and learned knowledge! Seeing such cheerful, kind, and inspiring doctors as Dr. Zhu and Dr. Cao, I feel that my long-term illness can be cured," a 62-year-old aunt said with a smile during the free consultation, repeatedly praising the activity for benefiting the people and giving us a thumbs-up.

This activity of senior TCM doctors entering the community not only enabled the general residents to further understand the popular science knowledge of TCM healthcare culture, recognize the concepts of TCM in preventing diseases before they occur and health preservation but also helped them master self-care abilities. It also further expanded the social influence of TCM healthcare, making TCM healthcare better benefit the people!

First Batch of Experts Entering the Community

Bao Shidong

Coming from a TCM family, he is a retired senior TCM physician and an outstanding provincial-level doctor. With over 40 years of medical practice, he has a profound understanding of TCM theory and rich clinical experience. He is good at treating various common diseases, pediatric diseases, chronic gastrointestinal diseases, hypertension, stroke sequelae, rheumatism, lumbago and leg pain, osteoproliferation, cervical spondylosis, chronic rhinitis, neurasthenia, insomnia, headache, senile pruritus, various skin diseases, acute and chronic tracheitis, sexual dysfunction, infertility, psychological disorders, treating winter diseases in summer, acupoint application, preparation of winter tonic paste, sub-health conditioning, TCM health preservation, and other refractory diseases.

Cao Xianfu

Attending TCM acupuncturist and chiropractor. Graduated from Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, he has been engaged in TCM, acupuncture rehabilitation, tuina (Chinese massage), acupoint pressing, and physiotherapy for nearly 40 years. He is good at treating cervical spondylosis, stroke sequelae, facial paralysis, limb joint pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, and has unique insights into TCM conditioning, health preservation, and healthcare such as acupuncture for weight loss.

Zhu Yuejiao

Associate Chief TCM Physician, retired from Lishui Central Hospital, and a high-level talent enjoying government post allowances. She is a member of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Traditional Medicine Committee, and a member of the Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Pain Committee. Having been engaged in clinical work of TCM and integrated Chinese and Western medicine for over 30 years, she is good at the diagnosis and treatment of internal and gynecological diseases as well as health preservation, especially with rich clinical experience in postoperative recovery of tumor patients, toxic and side effects after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and physical and mental conditioning of patients with advanced tumors.