Chinanews.com Xining, November 10th, title: Qinghai Chaidamu's "Traditional and Tibetan Medicine": "Escort" for women and children
Author Zhang Tianfu Han Mingmei
Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province is the largest ethnic autonomous prefecture in Qinghai Province. The total area of the prefecture is 325,800 square kilometers, which is three times the land area of Zhejiang, but the permanent population is only about 600,000.
With a vast area and sparse population, how to achieve full coverage of basic medical care in the state?
Especially for the special group of women and children, how to ensure health?
In this regard, Yan Yan, deputy director of the Haixi Prefecture Health and Health Commission, introduced three "magic weapons" to reporters, namely, to create an information network platform to enable all medical institutions in cities, counties, and townships to be linked to the end; to support township health centers and village clinics to promote Family doctor; establish a medical community and a joint system of health workers, implement a system of graded diagnosis and treatment, upper and lower referral, and remote consultation, and send high-quality experts to the grassroots.
"Especially in the field of women and children's health, the advantages of Chinese and Tibetan medicine intervened and played a comprehensive and active role." Yan Yan said.
The picture shows medical staff in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, using traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine.
(Data Map) Photo by Han Mingmei
Policy support, ethnic medicine blossoms everywhere
According to Gao Haiyuan, director of the Haixi Prefecture Health Commission, Haixi Prefecture has increased the construction of ethnic medicine hospitals in order to spread the ethnic medicine industry. Since 2016, the total investment has reached 72.6 million yuan, and the new Haixi Prefecture Mongolian and Tibetan Medicine Hospital will be built. Building, Tianjun County Tibetan Hospital Medical Technology Building, etc.
It is reported that the local area has increased the provision of medical equipment, established and improved a long-term investment mechanism for ethnic hospitals, and allocates comprehensive reform subsidies for public hospitals and key specialty construction projects of ethnic hospitals every year for the construction of ethnic medical hospitals and the purchase of medical equipment.
"Baicao Garden" to be built in the Gobi Desert
The main body of Haixi Prefecture is the Qaidam Basin, one of the four major basins in China.
There was a saying in Golmud City, Haixi Prefecture: It is difficult to grow a tree to raise a baby.
Nowadays, Golmud is not only full of green trees, but also a medicinal plantation of 3,600 square meters, which is affectionately called the "Baicao Garden".
In the midsummer, the fragrant medicinal fragrance always attracts batches of visitors.
"Baicao Garden" belongs to the Second People's Hospital of Golmud City.
Since 2017, under the call of the country to develop the cause of Chinese medicine, the hospital has responded to the new situation of medical reform, increased the training of Chinese medicine talents, and purchased 59 sets of advanced Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment equipment.
After Golmud's Second People's Hospital was listed as Golmud City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a "Chinese Medicine Hall" was built on the basis of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pain, and more than 40 kinds of suitable Chinese medicine techniques including wax therapy, gourd moxibustion, ozone therapy, floating needle therapy, and thread-embedding therapy were developed.
The radius of Chinese medicine service has covered more than 400 kilometers from the initial radius of a few miles.
"I trust Chinese medicine more in my heart. Chinese medicine and foot bath are slowly adjusted. Now the symptoms are relieved a lot, and the effect is quite satisfactory." said 68-year-old patient Li Hong (pseudonym).
According to Tang Aimin, vice president of the Second People’s Hospital of Golmud, Haixi Prefecture has harsh weather conditions. The incidence of osteoarthritis in women is 1.43 times higher than that in men. There are also some common gynecological diseases. Most women are psychologically more willing to choose. Chinese medicine performs health conditioning.
The picture shows the Chinese Medicine Museum in a medical institution in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
(Data Map) Photo by Han Mingmei
Infiltration of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Create a "Healthy Home" for Women and Children
Use warm cartoon drawing paper to decorate the walls, set up unique pregnant women schools, and treat women's pre-pregnancy and post-natal problems with traditional Chinese medicine... These are the characteristics of Golmud Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
Regarding the strong taste of traditional Chinese medicine in the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Zhang Yulan, the vice president of the hospital, said, "Women and children’s health is the cornerstone of the health of the whole people, and traditional Chinese medicine has unique advantages in the field of maternal and child health. The combination of careers will bring new vitality to maternal and child health."
Yang Qiming is a doctor of the Children's Health Department of Golmud Maternal and Child Health Hospital. He is good at treating children's eczema and other problems with children's medicated bath.
As the second generation of doctors, he has his own set of treatment methods. More often, he starts with adults and performs Chinese medicine treatments, and the children's problems are quickly solved.
Nowadays, the new model of "Traditional Chinese Medicine + Maternal and Child Health Care" has established its foundation in Golmud Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
Zhang Yulan said, "In the future, we will expand Chinese medicine services to the entire jurisdiction and radiate it to women and children in other maternity and child institutions, to protect their health." (End)