what to expect on your first visit

Your appointment will begin with a check-in regarding your overall health and well being. This may include your physical, mental, emotional or spiritual health and how this relates to what you want to address with treatments.
I can work with a wide range of health concerns and I am more than happy to work alongside other medical practitioners to help you achieve your optimal state of health.

A Chinese medicine practitioner is taught to rely on keen observational skills including observing the face and tongue and listening to the qualities of the pulses. We then formulate a chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment plan. A diagnosis is formed using the language and paradigm of chinese medicine and yin yang theory. For example, we might see signs of heat, cold or dampness, or we may see signs excess or deficiency.

Techniques used within a chinese medicine appointment will depend on what is appropriate for you at the time. They include acupuncture, chinese herbal medicine, massage, electro-acupuncture, cupping, scraping, and moxibustion.