Professor Zhiqiang Guo
Chief Physician and Professor at Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and a mentor to master’s students. He previously served as head of the gynecology department and director of the medical department, and was selected for the third cohort of the National Inheritance Project for Senior TCM Experts. In 2009, the “Guo Zhiqiang Famous Doctor Inheritance Studio 3+3” was established in Beijing; in 2011, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine recognized the “National Famous Senior TCM Expert Guo Zhiqiang Inheritance Studio.” He received the State Council’s special government allowance.
Building upon the classical view that “Yin is often deficient and Yang often in excess,” Professor Guo proposed the modern theory that “for women, Yin is often deficient and Yang is also frequently weak.” He emphasized “nourishing the liver over simply soothing it” and developed the “Sequential Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine,” applying four proprietary herbal prescriptions across four distinct physiological cycles. For chronic pelvic inflammation, he advocated warming the meridians, promoting blood circulation, and unblocking the collaterals, and pioneered a herbal retention enema therapy.
Over more than 50 years of clinical work, he summarized his experience in books such as Essentials of Guo Zhiqiang’s Gynecology and Guo Zhiqiang’s Case Studies on Infertility, systematically explaining his academic ideas and treatment approaches. His reputation as the “Guanyin of Childbearing” is well-deserved, and he has mentored more than 100 students and apprentices since 1994, many of whom have become accomplished TCM practitioners.