Meet BJU's Department of Integrative Medicine

At Beijing United Family Hospital (BJU), we offer a comprehensive healthcare unit: the Department of Integrative Medicine. It is made up of 15 experts with five different specialties: Nutrition, Naturopathy, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and Chiropractic and Osteopathy. They speak a combined four languages (Mandarin, English, French, and Spanish).

The Department of Integrative Medicine offers you, on a daily basis, high standards of medical care using a complementary approach based on a holistic model with conservative treatments. This means that we truly believe that our bodies have the innate ability to heal themselves when our immunity is strong and our metabolism is balanced.

Nutrition

Good nutrition is not just great for maintaining your everyday health; it can also lead to long-term benefits like increasing your life expectancy and boosting the quality of your health. Many health concerns can be prevented by eating healthily and taking moderate physical exercise.

Naturopathy

This field of medicine specializes in the use and prescription of natural medicines, nutritional supplements, and herbal remedies based on the concept of the healing power of nature. With Naturopathy, we seek to optimize health through diet and other natural therapies.

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation 

Our physiotherapists and rehabilitative staff support patients’ needs with hands-on treatment. This can include designing training programs after an injury or surgery, or using machines (ultrasound, short waves, biofeedback) to help you heal. Our Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation experts work in coordination with colleagues in other departments within the hospital, like Orthopedics, Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine, and OB-GYN, and with other medical staff holding clinical expertise in musculoskeletal functional disorders.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Our TCM team provides care that is based on 3,000 years of medical wisdom that focuses on maintaining balance in the body. We can help rebalance your qi using acupuncture, cupping, tuina, and herbal prescriptions.

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Our highly specialized physicians will perform a musculoskeletal assessment on you and treat you through manipulative adjustments of the spine and peripheral joints. They strive to restore balance to the structure and function of your body, applying the laws of biomechanics to the benefit of your posture. The spine is our tree of life and needs to be maintained properly.

We control our own health and are capable of managing our living environment. But if, for some reason (like injury, trauma, diseases, or immunodeficiency, for instance), an imbalance comes about, we at the Department of Integrative Medicine seek to set things right by finding the root cause of this imbalance and putting it right. If you would like to make an appointment with a specialist at the Department of Integrative Medicine, please call the BJU Service Center at 4008-919191.

• Curious about Nutrition? Read advice from our nutritionists and clinical dietitians Suiqian Liu, Jackie Gao, and Lynn Zhang.

• Want to understand how Naturopathy can help with chronic issues like gut trouble? Read BJU Naturopath Dr. Melissa Rodriguez's tips on the matter. 

• Not sure how Physiotherapy can help you? Read BJU Physiotherapist Ying Swee Ong's guide to preparing for exercise.

• Expecting in China? Learn what TCM has to offer pregnant and breastfeeding moms.

• Unsure how Chiropractic can help you in your daily life? Learn how to help align your spine while you sleep.