What happens in a consultation?
A more relaxed approach
The patient will receive a considerable amount of time and attention from myself (TCM Dr. Qin). During the important first consultation, I will conduct four types of examinations, all extremely observational and all quite different from what patients usually experience.
Firstly, I will ask many questions, going beyond the typical patient history to inquire about such particulars as eating and bowel habits or sleep patterns. Next, I will look at the patient, observing his or her tongue very closely, believing that it is a barometer of the body's health and that different areas of the tongue can reflect the functioning of different body organs. (perhaps Western Doctors, should please, take note)
After observing, I listen to the patient's voice then smell his / her breath, body odor. Finally, I will feel the wrist to take up to and check six different pulses. It is through these different pulses that the well-trained practitioner can diagnose any problem with the flow of the all-important qi. Altogether, this essentially observational examination will lead the physician to diagnose or decide the patient's problem. This diagnosis is very different from one in contemporary Western medicine. No blood or urine samples are tested in a laboratory. The key to this technique lies in the experience and skill of the individual TCM doctor.
After making a diagnosis, I will suggest a course of treatment from one or all of the available TCM methods. These fall into main categories: herbal medicine, acupuncture, Tuina (acupressure), moxibustion, cupping and dietary therapy.
A typical TCM prescription consists of a complex variety of many different herbal ingredients. Chinese herbal remedies are intended to assist the body's own systems so that eventually the patient can stop taking them and never becomes dependent on them.
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