Alternative Medicine Services

Alternative Medicine Services

Our services

Alternative Medicine Services

We are looking for practitioners to share space with us on the following services

Written for someone who has not done this before

Most service pages assume you already know what the words mean. This one does not.

Acupuncture

Very fine needles — closer to a hair than to a syringe — placed at specific points, usually left in for about twenty minutes while you lie still. Most people feel a dull heaviness rather than pain. Practitioners are registered with AHPRA.

People most often come for pain that has not settled, sleep that has gone wrong, or digestion that has become unpredictable.

Chinese herbal medicine

A formula written for one person after a consultation, usually as granules dissolved in water. It is a separate qualification from acupuncture. Nothing is supplied without being seen first, because herbs interact with prescribed medicines.

Massage

Hands-on work on muscle and soft tissue. Remedial massage addresses a specific complaint; relaxation massage is an hour of being looked after. Both are legitimate and they are different bookings.

How to choose when you do not know

You do not have to. Ring, describe what is going on in ordinary words, and someone who does this daily will tell you where to start — including when the answer is your GP.

What to expect at a first appointment

Mostly questions. About an hour. You should leave knowing what we think, what we propose, and how many visits before you should expect to notice anything.

The boundary

None of this replaces medical care, nothing is diagnosed in place of a doctor, and nothing is sold to you from a web page.

Alternative Medicine Services

Alternative Medicine Services