Chinese Medicine Training and Experience
It is easy to accuse us of a bias when reading the statement immediately below. The problem is that we very strongly believe it is true, perhaps even obvious, once you are encouraged to think about it.
We believe only practitioners who are trained to medical degree level in a specialist Chinese University, are fluent in Chinese and have a minimum of 10 years experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in China, can offer true Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Acupuncture is the ‘backbone’ of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Doctors trained and experienced through practice in China are, as you might expect, trained to a level that is incomparably higher than anything possible in the West today, including UK-trained GPs.
The problem for potential patients who are considering Traditional Chinese Medicine is that only a small percentage of practitioners in the UK today meet the above criteria.
Dr Hong's Background
In 1983, Dr. Hong graduated from the University of Liaoning with a full medical degree recognised by the World Health Organisation. The degree course included the specialist components of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In the following years, Dr. Hong practiced both traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in various hospitals in China. In late 2000, Dr. Hong was offered a position in the UK.
At the time she left China Dr. Hong was Vice Principal Physician at the 1500-bed University Hospital of Liaoning. She had been awarded a position as Junior Professor and directed research projects associated with her speciality of Oncology, using Traditional Chinese and Western medicine. In addition to direct medical duties and research, Dr. Hong also lectured medical students in Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine.
After four years of constrained practice for one of the many shop-based clinics, Dr. Hong set-up her own clinic with the following objectives:
- To bring the many benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine to the UK.
- To maintain a highly professional practice with a strict patient focus.
- To stock all herbs required for her professional practice, not just those that enable maximum profit.
- To ensure that while the clinic is profitable and successful, the proper care and treatment of patients is always of primary importance. Dr. Hong will not prescribe medicine or treatments that she does not believe are necessary and that will not have a positive effect for you.
Dr Hong is a professional member of the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine which is a recognised regulating body. Dr. Hong has full professional indemnity insurance cover.
During her time in the UK, Dr Hong has treated over 1000 patients. The large majority (80%) of our patients are from recommendation.
Dr. Hong is not registered to practice Western medicine in the UK.
Dr. Hong is now a British citizen and speaks good English.
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Conditions Treated
Traditional Chinese Medicine can treat all forms of illness. However, these are the top four conditions that we treat
- Spinal disorders, sports Injuries and associated pain.
- Arthritis both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and associated pain
- Skin disorders particularly psoriasis
- Infertility
