Dr. Higasa’s Apricot Forest Clinic

　
More Information on Chinese medical treatments.

Question：

What kind of diseases can be treated with Chinese medicine ?

Chinese medicine can treat all kind of diseases. However, we have found it especially effective for allergic and orthopedic diseases.

Question：

What is the Difference between Chinese and Japanese traditional medicine ?

Chinese traditional medicine came to Japan in the A.D.7-8th century and formed the basis of Japanese traditional medicine. As a result, there are few theoretical differences between two medicines. However, there may be differences in specific herbal mixtures and body therapy practices that have developed over time.

Question：

What is the most important thing needed to properly prescribe Chinese medicine ?

The most important thing in herbal medicine is to adjust each herb mixture to match a patient’s body type and condition. In body therapy, one must make similar adjustments in the places to stimulate and the manner of stimulating them

Question：

How does a Chinese medical doctor judge body type ?

Chinese medicine doctors use four basic methods to diagnose illness:

1) Look（望）	The doctor looks at the patient's face and tongue color.
2) Smell (聞)	Through years of training and experience, a doctor is able to detect subtle changes in a patient's body from the way it smells.
3) Ask (問)	Just as a Western doctor would do, a Chinese medicine doctor will ask a patient to describer his or her symptoms.
4) Touch (切)	The Chinese medicine doctor will touch both the right and left arms of the patient, to feel his or her pulse. In Japanese traditional medicine, the doctor also checks the patient’s belly.

These techniques allow the Chinese medicine doctor to determine the basic character of a patient and his or her strengths and weaknesses. They also allow the doctor to detect imbalances in the patient's body and suggest which medicines may help restore the body to normal. To understand more about body types, please read Body type. (This section will be available, soon.)
　

As with Western medicine, a Chinese doctor’s first concern is to help cure his patient’s illness. Dr. Higasa has been thoroughly trained in Western medicine, but does not provide Western treatments in Kokyosha Clinic. While Western medicine helps in many situatons, Dr. Higasa feels many Western doctors should also use Chinese medicine as an additional strong weapon for fighting disease. When a doctor has more weapons, his battle with disease becomes easier. Dr. Higasa’s goal is to give patients advice about how to combine advanced Western medicine with Chinese medicine. He then provides only the Chinese medicine treatment in his clinic.

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