Health Consultation

Chinese Medicine Consultation

What Is Chinese Medicine Consultation?

A consultation with your Chinese Medicine practitioner is advised before any treatments (such as acupuncture or cupping) are given, or before being prescribed any herbal medicines. This consultation is essential to communicate and connect to discuss possible treatment plans, health care and to follow up with the plan effectively.

This is because Chinese Medicine is holistic, in that we know each client is unique in their health and therefore, must be treated as an individual with its ongoing support way. Because of this consideration, the thorough and interactive consultation can give a better, broader picture of the health condition, on top of establishing a better understanding of the condition for both the client and practitioner.

The consultation process also regularly takes place for updates of the health condition so that the ongoing progress of the treatment plan can be up-to-date too.

Individualised

Effective

Holistic

Provides Understanding

How Does It Work?

The process includes physical assessment and lifestyle check. The main components of the assessment include palpation, functional comparisons, specific Chinese Medicine diagnosis methods such as tongue observation, pulse reading and acupoint meridian palpation, etc.

The tongue is used as an indicator of body’s Qi circulation, body fluid and bodily functioning in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Therefore, in relation to tongue observation, the practitioner will observe the colour, texture and coating of the tongue, etc.

In pulse reading, the pulse strength and rhythm is an indicator of internal health and energy flow. The practitioner will also observe your skin complexion, breathing, voice and so on as indicators of health to consider the treatment plan.

Person giving Chinese Health Consultation

The Benefits

The consultation is an essential part of the healing process. It is not limited to the aforementioned processes, but diet and exercise recommendations, the practitioner’s comments plus client’s own initiatives are considered as part of the consultation process as well.

Generally, a standard consultation takes approximately within half an hour, although a comprehensive one (a longer consultation) may be necessary. Clients are welcome to bring along their medical records or any other health documents when coming in for a consultation. It is also recommended for other family members and/or carers to come along too. All these aspects provide a good overall picture and the ongoing concerns of the client and can affect the formation of treatment plan and its progress.

Treatment can commence on the same day after the consultation. After a few weeks of regular visits for treatment have taken place, clients can have a follow up consult to receive an update on the treatment progress.

We also support clients who go to other health services providers as well, where we can establish communication with them through reports or referral letters. We aim to work along with anyone who is involved in the client’s treatment plan in order to achieve the best for the client.

Traditional Chinese Medicine, with the view of holism, also considers the influence of seasonal and climatic changes on the human body. As such, we recommend clients to visit us for preventative measures and other health checks even when feeling well.