A Class III Grade A TCM hospital specialising in encephalopathy, founded in May 2000 and directly administered by the Shaanxi Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 1,200 open beds across 19 encephalopathy diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation divisions; more than 12,000 patient visits from over 20 countries and regions since 2002; and 8 overseas TCM centres co-built in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan and Czechia — covering long-term care from paediatric cerebral palsy and autism to adult stroke and ALS.
Directly administered by the Shaanxi Administration of TCM and rated Class III Grade A by the National Administration of TCM. It is the affiliated and teaching hospital of 9 medical colleges, including Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Jiamusi University School of Rehabilitation Medicine and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
A Grade-A TCM specialty hospital accredited by the National Administration of TCM; it has led the drafting of national TCM diagnosis and treatment protocols for multiple conditions including pediatric hydrocephalus and autism, and spearheads the International Standard Series of TCM Clinical Practice — Cerebral Palsy guideline.
Grounded in TCM pattern differentiation, acupuncture, tuina and traditional rehabilitation, while also equipped with modern neurosurgery, interventional care, hyperbaric oxygen, 3.0T MRI, PET-CT and Gamma Knife teams and equipment — neither TCM alone nor Western medicine alone.
As a National TCM Service Export Base, the hospital's international department has long served overseas patients: remote consultations, in-person treatment in China and wellness-travel coordination. Several experts have extensive experience receiving pediatric patients from Belt-and-Road countries.
The hospital's main admitted conditions and the TCM reasoning behind each are summarised below. Whether a case is admitted, and which protocol is used, is decided by remote consultation and in-person assessment.
Treated as “jieshu” (open fontanelle): oral herbal formulas with external therapy and rehabilitation training; paediatric primary and post-surgical hydrocephalus is a signature focus.
Pattern differentiation of “five delays and five flaccidities”: scalp acupuncture, tuina and herbal bathing combined with a staged rehabilitation plan; home of the national key laboratory for TCM cerebral palsy.
Classified under “five delays”: kidney-tonifying and spleen-supporting formulas with cognitive and speech training.
The “open the gate, calm the spirit” framework: herbs, scalp acupuncture, auricular points and paediatric tuina with developmental education; the hospital led the national TCM protocol and clinical pathway.
“Xian” pattern differentiation: phlegm-resolving and wind-extinguishing treatment with spleen support, integrated medication and seizure monitoring.
The “shenhun” framework: spirit-awakening acupuncture, nasogastric herbal therapy and external applications with arousal-oriented rehabilitation nursing.
Spirit-awakening acupuncture with in-house stroke formulas in an integrated medical–nursing–rehabilitation pathway.
Integrated rehabilitation for motor, cognitive and speech impairment after craniocerebral injury.
TCM modulation of post-surgical deficits and chemotherapy or radiotherapy side effects alongside functional rehabilitation.
“Wei” pattern differentiation at China's first dedicated ALS ward: herbs with acupuncture, moxibustion and meridian external therapy for long-term disease management.
General internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology and paediatrics departments are also on site, so patients with comorbidities can be treated by several specialties under one roof.
An objective introduction to the hospital's specialty departments and their care directions; actual admission scope and treatment arrangements are subject to the hospital's assessment.
A Shaanxi provincial key specialty and the home of Master Xia Yuqing's electro-needle therapy. It offers dozens of external TCM techniques — electro-needle, Xingnao Kaiqiao needling, Governor-vessel moxibustion, thread embedding and more — mainly providing acupuncture care for neurological conditions such as post-stroke hemiplegia, spinal cord injury, facial paralysis and neuralgia.
A provincial key specialty in TCM preventive care, oriented to wellness and recuperation: constitution assessment, constitution balancing, prevention for high stroke-risk groups, post-surgery and late-stage rehabilitation care, and sub-health care for insomnia and anxiety — supported by moxibustion, cupping, medicinal baths and TCM dietary guidance.
Home of the National Key Research Laboratory for TCM treatment of cerebral palsy. Using "five delays and five flaccidities" pattern differentiation, it combines scalp acupuncture, tuina, internal herbal medicine and herbal washes with staged rehabilitation plans. It is among the hospital's most internationally known departments, drawing cerebral palsy families from overseas.
A national key pediatrics specialty direction. It led the drafting of the national TCM protocol and clinical pathway for autism and developed the "Qibi Tiaoshen" TCM system: herbal medicine, scalp acupuncture, ear acupoints and pediatric tuina combined with rehabilitation education, offering comprehensive intervention for social, language and sleep-related developmental-behavioral issues.
China's first dedicated ALS ward and Northwest China's featured ALS specialty unit. Applying TCM "wei syndrome" pattern differentiation, it combines herbal formulas with acupuncture, moxibustion and meridian-based external therapies to provide long-term disease management and integrated Chinese-Western care for complications involving swallowing and breathing.
For cerebral infarction, hemorrhage and their sequelae: the Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture method combined with the hospital's in-house stroke formula series forms an integrated "care-treatment-rehabilitation" stroke recovery program, also covering vertigo, headache, Parkinson's disease and vascular dementia among age-related brain conditions.
The hospital hosts national-level key laboratories and academic-school studios, and has built telemedicine and R&D platforms aimed at overseas patients.
Online consultation, remote consultation and remote training. Overseas patients can complete case review and specialist consultation before deciding whether to travel.
Integrates R&D, registration, production, teaching and distribution of TCM products, supporting in-house formulas and overseas centres.
A multi-disciplinary, multi-country platform combining research collaboration, academic exchange and clinical research, in China and abroad.
The hospital advances TCM service trade through its international strategy of “driving medical care with acupuncture, drugs with medical care, training with medical care, sales with medical care and travel with medical care”, building a steady reputation along the Belt and Road.
Cooperation agreement signed with Kazakhstan Xi'an Clinic Ltd. to build the Kazakhstan Xi'an International TCM Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Centre.
The Kazakhstan Xi'an International TCM Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Centre officially opened.
Tripartite agreement with Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of TCM and Kazakhstan Xi'an Clinic Ltd. to jointly build the China–Kazakhstan Traditional Medicine Centre.
The Centre was inaugurated in Astana in the presence of the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan, the International Cooperation Department of the Kazakh Ministry of Health and the Shaanxi Administration of TCM; the Almaty branch opened the same month.
A preparatory medical team was sent to Astana to expand the Centre and run free clinics.
Centres co-built in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan and Czechia allow first visits and follow-up close to home, with the international department then assessing whether to continue treatment in Xi'an.
The TCM entry point for South Asia: local first visits, follow-up and referral assessment.
A local TCM treatment and training base connected to China-bound patient journeys.
A Tibetan and Chinese medicine cooperation centre for the Volga–Urals region.
A TCM treatment and rehabilitation window for the Moscow area.
A partner institution for TCM treatment, rehabilitation and health management.
Co-built by both countries, including the Almaty branch — the flagship of the base's overseas work.
A long-standing site for paediatric cerebral palsy rehabilitation training and joint care.
A TCM treatment and academic exchange window for Central and Eastern Europe.
The hospital leads international standards and national treatment protocols, and keeps exporting TCM encephalopathy expertise through academic exchange and international training.
The International Clinical Practice Guideline of Chinese Medicine — Cerebral Palsy was drafted by the base in 2018, reviewed by experts from many countries and validated in November 2019 at the 5th Council of the 4th Session of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies in Hungary. It was officially published by WFCMS in October 2021.
Training courses have run since 2003, starting in Indonesia; more than 100 “foreign TCM doctors” from Russia, Kazakhstan, Gambia and Pakistan have been trained. In October 2019, 28 participants completed a 13-day Xi'an course with the Russian TCM Society; in December 2019 the hospital co-ran a Sino-French training course in paediatric psychomotor rehabilitation with ISRP, France.
Objective profiles of representative experts from the hospital's key specialties; clinic schedules are subject to the hospital's official announcements.
Chief Physician · Professor · Doctoral Supervisor · President
State Council special-allowance expert and Shaanxi Famous TCM Doctor; president of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies' cerebral palsy committee and director of the National Key Research Office for TCM treatment of cerebral palsy; led the drafting of the International TCM Clinical Practice Guideline: Cerebral Palsy.
Chief Physician · Master's Supervisor · Director of the International Department
Vice president and secretary-general of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies' pediatric cerebral palsy committee and deputy director of the National Key Research Office for TCM treatment of cerebral palsy; 28 years in pediatric brain-disease care and rehabilitation, long responsible for remote consultations with and reception arrangements for overseas patients.
Chief Physician · Master's Supervisor · Head of Brain Ward 11
A Shaanxi Famous TCM Doctor; lead expert in drafting the national TCM protocol and clinical pathway for autism; leads a national key R&D program project and has published 65 papers.
Chief Physician · Master's Supervisor · Head of Brain Ward 13
Has practiced brain-disease care and rehabilitation at the China-Kazakhstan Traditional Medicine Center; pioneered the "Trinity Therapy" for pediatric hydrocephalus and a series of TCM therapies for intellectual disability, and participated in drafting national TCM clinical guidelines.
Attending Physician · Head of the Acupuncture Dept. / Electro-Needle Center
Inheritor of Capital Master of TCM Xia Yuqing's electro-needle technique and clinical lead of the Northwest Electro-Needle Center; applies electro-needle acupuncture to motor neuron disease, post-stroke hemiplegia, spinal cord injury, facial paralysis and intractable neuralgia.
Associate Chief Physician · Head of Brain Ward 2 (ALS Specialty)
Director of China's first dedicated ALS ward and executive council member of the Shaanxi ALS Care & Mutual Aid Association; focuses on long-term ALS disease management and integrated Chinese-Western care for swallowing and respiratory support, and receives ALS patients from overseas.
The following photos come from the hospital's introduction materials, offered as a reference for its care approaches and treatment environment.
As the partner hospital of HaiyiMed, overseas patient journeys are coordinated jointly by our team and the hospital's international department.
Submit records, imaging and prior treatment history; the international department arranges a remote consultation and returns a preliminary assessment and treatment direction within 48 hours.
Visa invitation letters, flights, airport transfers, accommodation and in-hospital interpreting are coordinated by the concierge team, with every detail confirmed before departure.
Admission assessment, an integrated Chinese–Western plan, inpatient care and in-hospital rehabilitation; the concierge stays alongside and keeps the family updated.
Follow-up at day 7, 30 and 90 after discharge, covering review appointments, medication adjustment and onward wellness arrangements.
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