Introduction
This episode features a guest, Professor Zhou Jian from the Neurosurgery Department of Dongzhimen Hospital. Surgery is the pearl of Western medicine, and neurosurgery is the jewel among pearls. Professor Zhou also has work experience at Tiantan Hospital, one of the top neurosurgery hospitals in China. Previously, we mostly chatted with students majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). What kind of sparks will fly when talking with a Western medical doctor this time?
Many thanks to Shengdong Huopo for their support! (bows)
Listening Link
https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/64ede7ae3fa4090b74987ac4
Main Content
00:00 Thanks to Shengdong Huopo for their support
00:06 Official start
00:00:17 Guest introduction: previously worked/studied at Panjin Central Hospital, Neurosurgery Department of Tiantan Hospital (a top neurosurgery hospital in China), currently working at Dongzhimen Neurosurgery Department
02:04 Why would a neurosurgeon come to a TCM hospital?
04:16 How did the professor start to get in touch with TCM? From clinical work, to relatives, and then to his own child
06:40 Expanding on TCM in neurosurgery
07:56 The professor started learning TCM only after coming to the TCM hospital — how did he study it? Self-study + asking others!
09:45 How do Professor Zhou’s classmates view his involvement with TCM?
13:15 What are the differences between Western hospitals and TCM hospitals? In management, clinical practice, and scientific research
17:21 How did the professor’s view of TCM change before and after coming to the TCM hospital? From skepticism to explaining it to others
21:52 The professor can understand the parts of TCM that can be explained by Western medicine, but what about those that cannot?
23:05 Bug correction: Shennong wrote the “Shennong Ben Cao Jing” (Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica)
27:06 How does the professor view TCM students looking down on surgery? A good doctor should have broad knowledge across various departments
32:45 A story about writing medical records
35:12 The gains of Baishui (a guest) in neurosurgery, Baishui’s views on medical records
37:34 The professor talks again about medical records — how should medical records be written?
44:34 “The onlooker sees most of the game” — don’t always discuss TCM only with TCM practitioners
46:52 How is neurosurgery researching TCM currently?