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. For example, we might see signs of heat, dampness, wind, or cold, and we will determine which organ & meridian systems are out of balance.

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