Treatment and care

Indications & benefits

Traditional Chinese Medicine is ideal for treating many syndromes.
The doctor excels particularly in the treatment of the following conditions:

• stress, anxiety
• chronic fatigue, insomnia
• sleepwalking
• depression
• gastritis enteritis (stomach pain, constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, indigestion)
• overweight, obesity
• shoulder, neck, back, lumbar and knee pain (epicondylitis, herniated disc, osteoarthritis, disc disease, fibromyalgia, sciatica, muscle fatigue, torticollis, tendonitis, various sprains)
• colds, sinusitis, flu, bronchitis, hay fever, pneumonia asthma
• migraine, headaches, high blood pressure
• infertility, menstrual problems, menopausal symptoms, sexual problems, cystitis
• eczema, shingles, neurodermatitis, herpes, etc.

Course

During the first consultation (lasting around 60-75 minutes), the patient is seen by Doctor Qian, who makes a diagnosis using TCM methods.

This is followed by a dialogue with the patient on the methods and duration of the recommended treatment.

Acupuncture treatment generally involves a course of 10 to 20 sessions (45 to 60 minutes per session).

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is no such thing as a standard treatment, but rather therapies tailored to each individual, taking account of their specific characteristics.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is a method of analysing an illness and gathering information about the patient's condition. The main methods of diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine are observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. These are known as the four tests.

Observation : Complexion, eyes, nails, hair, breathing, emotional state, faeces and other excretions, etc. The tongue is a major source of information, both because of its volume, shape, colour and texture, and because of the characteristics of the whitish coating that covers it.

Auscultation breath, the sound of your voice, the sound of walking, etc.

Interrogation : Questions about discomfort, family history, sleep, appetite, etc.

Palpation These include skin texture, moisture, temperature and elasticity, muscle tone and tissue excitability. The pulse is also a fundamental method of diagnosis, as it allows us to examine the Qi. Indeed, it is thanks to the strength of the Qi that the blood circulates. The practitioner takes 3 different pulses, with 3 fingers, on the artery of each wrist. The first pulse gives information about the chest, the second about the upper abdomen and the third about the lower abdomen. The left wrist corresponds to the Yin organs and the right wrist to the Yang organs. Different characteristics are attributed to pulses (rapid, floating, percussive, weak, vigorous, fluid, drowned, etc.), each being a clue. Some characteristics can be combined.

To interpret the data, the practitioner must refer to the eight guiding principles: Yin/Yang, Hot/Cold, Empty/Excess, Inner/Outer. With these, he can determine the characteristics (state, quality, situation) of the Qi in the body. These characteristics will enable him to prescribe the most appropriate treatment or treatments, be it a change of diet, acupuncture, moxa or cupping, etc.

Acupuncture

Moxibustion

Suction cups

Auriculotherapy

Chinese herbal medicine