Successful treatment- based on comprehensive and thorough diagnosis
At Natural Healing Ways, we combine naturopathic approaches with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) during the entire process of working with you, starting with diagnosing your condition.
Your first appointment will begin with a comprehensive discussion of your symptoms and lifestyle. It is guided by the questionnaires you are asked to fill out prior to this appointment. Each consecutive appointment will begin with your practitioner assessing your current symptoms and asking you about your well being.
In TCM, the path to a successful, individualized treatment is based on correctly identifying the patterns of energetic imbalance in the patient. TCM uses two predominant methods of diagnosis:
- Pulse diagnosis: the feeling of the pulse of both wrists. The pulses felt here can give indications of the flow of qi (energy), blood, and body fluids of the entire body
- Tongue diagnosis: the shape, coloring and other qualities of the tongue also work as indicators for the flow and potential obstructions of qi, blood, and body fluids of the entire body
In addition to TCM, we use naturopathic methods, such as
- Muscle testing (applied kinesiology): a non-invasive way of evaluating the body’s imbalances and assessing its needs
- Saliva hormone testing: a simple, non-invasive, accurate tool to determine hormonal imbalances
- Hair mineral analysis: a test to determine your body’s mineral content, which can unveil significant metabolic dysfunctions
Once a diagnosis is established, we will determine the best treatment plan to address your individual medical condition. You can find a range of TCM and naturopathic treatments we employ here.