If you are considering visiting a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physician, you might be wondering what the experience entails. Oriental Remedies Clinic is a registered TCM in Singapore with a unique approach where we combine ancient wisdom with modern technology.
In this article, we take you throughwhat happens during your first consultation for an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment plans. Keep reading to find out more.
The Oriental Remedies Clinic Difference
During your consultation with our TCM physicians, you will discover a distinctive approach to diagnosis. Our physicians integrate both the traditional TCM perspective and a Western understanding of your condition to provide a comprehensive evaluation of your health. They take the time to review any medical reports or scans you may have, ensuring a holistic understanding of your well-being.
We also offer tech-enhanced wellness assessments that provide additional insights into your body condition and aid in tracking and visualising improvements in your recovery progress. These assessments are designed to complement our TCM physician’s expertise, not replace it.
Furthermore, one of the key features that sets us apart is our commitment to personalised and transparent treatment plans. When you visit us, you can expect a treatment plan tailored to your unique needs. If you have concerns about certain therapies and would like alternatives, feel free to consult our physicians for other treatment options. We believe in keeping you fully informed about the treatments, ensuring transparency in every step of your healing journey.
Our unique tech-enhanced TCM approach also includes the use of modern technology in our treatment plans. Tech-enhanced therapies such as Electro-Lymphatic Therapy (ELT), Cell Pro Therapy, and Far-Infrared Therapy are used to complement traditional TCM treatments, providing you with holistic support, accelerated recovery and an elevated wellness experience.
What Happens During Your TCM Consultation
1. Observation
Our TCM physician begins by closely observing you — they examine your tongue, evaluate your complexion, and even pay attention to how you sound. These subtle observations provide valuable insights into your overall health.
2. Inquiry
To get a comprehensive understanding of your condition, the TCM physician will inquire about the symptoms you are experiencing and your lifestyle habits. They will also ask about your medical history and evaluate medical reports, as they play a significant role in forming a diagnosis.
If you are unsure what reports to prepare for your consultation, contact our customer service team at +65 8087 0486 before your appointment for more information.
3. Analysis
Feeling your pulse is a crucial part of the TCM diagnostic process. It helps the physician assess the balance of energy in your body and identifies areas that may need attention. At this time, our wellness specialist may utilise tech-enhanced wellness assessments to delve deeper and identify other concerns for our TCM physicians to investigate.
4. Diagnosis and Treatment
After gathering all the necessary information, the physician forms a diagnosis and devises a treatment plan. You can typically commence treatment on the same day.
Tech-Enhanced Wellness Assessments at Oriental Remedies Clinic
Our tech-enhanced wellness assessments are designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of your health, allowing us to tailor your treatment plan to your unique needs. It also serves as a means of tracking and visualising your recovery progress.
1. Biowell Meridian Scan
The Biowell Meridian Scan is a wellness assessment that delves deep into your body’s meridian energy and organ health. By capturing finger scans using Gas Discharge Visualisation technology, this scan provides valuable insights into the energy and stress evaluations based on meridians and acupuncture points.
The TCM physician will look at your reports to identify abnormal energy distribution across different body parts or energy imbalances in your organs or systems to investigate further. They will then ask questions about symptoms or discomfort that you may be experiencing relating to these areas. Insights from the Biowell Meridian Scan help us pace your treatment more effectively and advise you on planning your daily activities for optimal productivity. It is a holistic approach to health and well-being that goes beyond the surface.
2. Heart Rate Variability Assessment
The Heart Rate Variability (HRV) assessment measures the time interval between heartbeats to gain insights into your mental or physical stress and autonomic nervous system activity. It provides a window into your body’s ability to manage and respond to external changes.
Using insights from the HRV assessment and inquiry into your lifestyle habits, our TCM physicians can offer advice with even more personalisation. For instance, if your stress index is high despite feeling energetic, they may recommend slowing down and finding ways to unwind physically and mentally.
3. Thermography Body Heat Map
Infrared thermography is a fast, non-invasive, and painless assessment that maps the body’s surface temperature, revealing areas of inflammation and poor blood circulation. It is useful in identifying sub-health conditions like chronic inflammation or poor peripheral circulation that often go undetected and can potentially cause health issues in the near future.*
Our TCM physicians will review the colours and evenness of their spread on the chart, with white indicating the hottest areas, followed by red, yellow, and blue. Unevenness and the presence of yellow or blue indicate poor circulation, while areas high in temperature often signify acute inflammation typically arising from injuries.
*Thermography Body Heat Map is not a medical diagnostic tool but insights from it can be used to advise you on further medical assessments you may require.
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TCM at Oriental Remedies Clinic: Where Tradition Meets Innovation
When you visit a TCM physician at Oriental Remedies Clinic, you can expect a comprehensive evaluation of your health. Our physicians are dedicated to providing personalised, transparent treatment plans, and they utilise tech-enhanced wellness assessments and therapies to provide you with the best wellness support alongside TCM treatments and lifestyle advice. This unique combination of ancient wisdom and modern technology allows us to offer the optimum and tailored care for our patients.
Note: All words in Italics refer to the TCM organ-system and not the anatomical organ referenced in Western medicine.
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