Remote appointments
I’d like to explain how Chinese medicine (CM) can effectively help you remotely.
Chinese Medicine is applied philosophy
CM is deeply rooted in a coherent and sophisticated understanding of life. Humanity exists in dependence upon all things. What occurs in a person is a small aspect of what’s going in the greater whole.
There cannot be true health if there is disharmony in any part of your mind and body.
This philosophy when applied to human health places much emphasis on prevention. It understands that the body has an incredible potential to heal itself and needs skilful guidance to do so when it is unwell. So to this end there exist many effective methods for restoring harmony to your body and mind.
Healing methods such as acupuncture and, to some extent, Chinese herbs require you to attend for an in person assessment and treatment.
Other healing methods such as food therapy, essential oils on acupuncture points, acupressure massage, qigong exercise and meditation can be self administered and do not require an in person appointment.
How can a diagnosis be made remotely?
One of the most unique and hard won skills in Chinese medicine is the ability to discern patterns of disharmony through assessing the wrist pulses. Indeed it is regarded by many practitioners and patients as the gold standard in diagnosis.
However there are other ways that imbalances can be detected such as :
Facial features:
- Appearance
- Tongue ~ colour, shape, coating, cracks
- Shape of the ears
- Colouring
Quality of the voice
Where you hold pain in the body
All these things yield a very detailed picture of your particular pattern of disharmony. With video technology such as Telehealth, Skype and Zoom to name a few, we can get a lot of information remotely.
All this information helps me to formulate a unique plan of treatment for you that can be self administered.
What sorts of treatments can be self administered?
Acupuncture is a very good and familiar way for you to receive treatments. Yet there are a number of effective methods that can be self applied whilst we are at home.
Acupressure massage applied to yourself
Food therapy
Meditation
Qigong exercises
Essential Oils
Flower remedies