How does a Chinese Doctor make diagnoses?
Diagnostic information is gathered by looking at the appearance of your face, the condition of your tongue, feeling your pulse status and by asking some relevant questions. How do I receive treatment? Having recognized the causes of your problem, appropriate methods of treatment are recommended according to the principles of Chinese medicine. These may be either acupuncture at a few positions or herbal remedies, or the prescription and preparation of herbs for you to take home or a combination of them. Does acupuncture hurt? No. When the practitioner carefully inserts the needles, you may feel slightly tingling sensation. This means that the treatment starts to have an effect. After treatment, you may feel relaxed. How are herbs taken? Herbs are seldom used singly, but most often they are used in combinations of ten to fifteen. They are commonly taken in the form of a decoction, which is obtained by boiling the herbs in a given amount of water to extract their substance. The decoction
