Zhangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital was established in 1956, which is a comprehensive 3A traditional Chinese medicine hospital integrating medical treatment, scientific research, teaching, prevention, rehabilitation and health care. It is the affiliated hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and one of the clinical, teaching and scientific research centers of traditional Chinese medicine in Fujian Province. 1 The hospital has a building area of 49,000 square meters, 735 open beds, more than 490,000 outpatients and more than 0.6 million inpatients.