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Zhu Dingcheng

04-1938Traditional Chinese Medicine DiagnosticsTraditional MedicineShanghaiBatch 4 (2012)

Lineage & School of Heritage

From childhood he studied the theory and exercises of one-finger Zen (yizhichan) tuina with his father Zhu Chunting, and from 1985 he practised diagnosis and treatment alongside his father in the tuina department of Huadong Hospital.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Zhu Dingcheng was born in February 1951 in Shanghai; he is of Han ethnicity. He is skilled in the combined interpretation of the four diagnostic methods and in syndrome differentiation by the meridians, and applies the Zhu family one-finger Zen tuina therapy, treating internal disorders by external means, harmonising the defensive and nutritive qi, overcoming hardness with suppleness and supporting the upright qi while dispelling pathogenic factors; he treats insomnia, disorders of the spleen and stomach, and pain of the neck, shoulders, lower back and knees, enjoys a high reputation in the profession, and his work is one of the distinctive clinical strengths of Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University. He is the author of The Academic Experience of the Tuina Master Zhu Chunting, Shanghai-Style Chinese Medicine and A Complete Guide to Healthy Living: Cervical Spondylosis.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostics (the Zhu Family Tuina Therapy), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has been appointed as an instructor of the Shanghai advanced training programme for acupuncture, tuina and traumatology practitioners, in which he teaches the Zhu family tuina therapy.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Zhu Dingcheng · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnostics
Item code
Ⅸ-2
Category
Traditional Medicine
Region
Shanghai
Born
1951.02
Batch
Batch 4 (2012)

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