Zhang Mingjian张明建

Expert of the Chinese medicine department at the Boya international paediatric rehabilitation centre.

Professional experience

• Yanhu District Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Yuncheng (2003–2024) — hospital director, head of the Chinese medicine department
• International paediatric rehabilitation centre (since 2025) — expert of the Chinese medicine department

Areas of work

• Gong's scalp acupuncture
• The “new nine needles” method; representative of the “new nine needles” Hedong school
• Combines herbal medicine with acupuncture, internal and external approaches, in complex cases across specialties

Titles and professional appointments

• Title of “Renowned Doctor of Chinese Medicine of Shanxi Province” (third cohort)
• Mentor of the national heritage studio of renowned senior doctors of Chinese medicine in primary care
• Mentor of the Shanxi programme handing clinical Chinese medicine expertise to the next generation
• Examiner for practical-skills and special-expertise certification in Chinese medicine
• Formerly chairman of the acupuncture and tuina committee of the Yuncheng Society of Chinese Medicine
• Member of the standing council of the Shanxi Acupuncture Society

Publications

• Monograph “Preventing disease — start with yourself” (180,000 characters)
• “Pattern-based Chinese medicine analysis of chronic stomach disease” — Journal of Practical Medical Techniques, issue 11
• “On the correspondence between the five points and the five elements” — Bulletin of Chinese Medicine, issue 1 (national journal)
• “Multi-needle fire needling of the Baihui point in vertigo: 278 cases” — Chinese Folk Therapies, issue 6 (national journal)
• “Handbook for rolling out appropriate Chinese medicine techniques in Yanhu District” (internal publication)