Dr. Zhi Ming Liu

Dr. Liu was an internationally renowned TCM doctor who received the prestige title “National TCM Grandmaster” in the second inauguration ceremony since the introduction of the prestige award. He was also the mentor training the first five hundred TCM experts in the country. He later received the title “The mentor of the National Master of TCM” from the state capital because he was the supervisor for the very first graduating class of the TCM doctoral programs in the country. He was among the first group of TCM doctors receiving special grant from the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. He was appointed as an state health care expert and was among the first group of appointed medical science research officer in China Academy of China Medical Sciences. Dr. Liu practiced TCM over 80 years, accumulated both extensive clinical experiences and wealth of TCM knowledges. He was a precious asset in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Over the years, under the leadership of the chief physician Dr. Liu Ruxiu, a team of forty students documented and passed down both the invaluable knowledge and the clinical experiences from Dr. Liu Zhiming. Each of the students also subsequently became a TCM expert in the field of cardiovascular, endocrinology, nephrology, geriatrics, psychology, pediatrics, and gynecology. The students attended Dr. Liu’s clinic observations and lectured by Dr. Liu himself. They were the successors to Dr. Liu’s TCM practices. In addition, they established a WeChat public account under the name of “The National TCM Master Liu Zhiming and associates" and regularly uploaded Dr. Liu’s teachings and clinical experiences, providing a learning platform for TCM doctors and alike.