Consultation and assessment
We use consultations, testing and assessment of physical condition to guide the discussion before treatment.
How treatment works
Treatment planned around consultation, assessment and Chinese Medicine practice
Here is how we approach consultation, acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, modern physical stimulation methods, registration context and rebate details before you call.
Consultation first
Assessment comes before treatment choice
We start with consultation, testing and assessment of physical condition before treatment is selected. This first step helps guide the use of acupuncture, herbal medicine and stimulation techniques where appropriate.
Qi, meridians and acupoints
Acupuncture is explained through Qi, meridians and acupoints. The body is described as an information sending, receiving, controlling and adjustment network. Qi flows through pathways called meridians, with more than 500 acupoints located along those meridians.
Acupuncture involves stimulation techniques at specific acupuncture points, including fine sterile needles and other physical stimulation techniques used to regulate Qi flow through the body.
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine has a long history and is described as a natural and wholistic system of primary health care used by people from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds.
Chinese medicine references record more than 8800 substances, with roughly 400 substances used regularly in Chinese Herbal Medicine. The recorded substances are mainly plant-derived, with some animal and mineral sources also described in the traditional literature.
Herbal formulas are selected and balanced through consultation, with the aim of enhancing useful effects while reducing unwanted side effects where possible. We use your consultation to help determine whether herbal medicine is suitable to discuss.
Modern stimulation techniques used alongside traditional care
Alongside classical acupuncture, moxibustion, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Tuina, care may involve far infrared heat, cupping, laser therapy, magnetic stimulations, ultrasound stimulation, electro-stimulation and infrared-heated non-needle acupoint simulation.
Methods are considered as part of an individualised approach, including needle and non-needle treatment options where appropriate.
Treatment equipment
Stimulation device
Heat and treatment detail
Registered Chinese Medicine care in a regulated health profession
Chinese Medicine is part of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions, the same national scheme that regulates professions such as medical practitioners, pharmacists, psychologists, dentists, nurses and midwives.
Chinese Medicine practitioners must be registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia to offer acupuncture and herbal medicine services to the public. In this Australian context, registered Chinese Medicine is a regulated health profession, distinct from unregulated alternative or complementary services.
More information can be accessed through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency at ahpra.gov.au.
TAC * Work Cover * Over 40 Health Funds rebates can be claimed *
Clinical route
From consultation to evidence, then booking
We move from understanding your concern to choosing suitable Chinese Medicine methods, practitioner research and practical booking details for our Ringwood clinic.
Treatment methods
We may consider classical acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, moxibustion, Tuina and modern stimulation techniques where appropriate.
Practitioner research
Our practitioner, Edwin Yong Miao, brings a Bachelor Degree of Chinese Medicine from 1984 and a 13-item peer-reviewed publication list.
Ringwood booking
You can call us on (03) 9879 4742, visit us on Pitt Street in Ringwood and check parking or station access before your appointment.
Appointments