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What we do for you

At AcuHerb we help you restore and maintain your health, strength, resilience and vitality. We will take the time to fully understand your health problem and then tailor a treatment plan to suit your individual symptoms and lifestyle.

Your treatment will not only improve your symptoms, it will also target the cause of your health problems to ensure you get lasting improvements.

Because our treatment uses the balancing effect of acupuncture, you will feel more energised, less stressed, sleep better and have less pain. We will also prescribe herbs, supplements and make other health recommendations as required.

We will help you feel more “like you”.

How we are different

At AcuHerb we do things a bit differently to other health practitioners.

We take time

We will spend longer with you than most other health practitioners. This allows us to fully understand your problem, explain your condition and treatment thoroughly and gives you time to relax.

We treat the whole body

We make a thorough assessment of all of your body systems by exploring all of your symptoms. We can then tailor a treatment plan to address the body as a whole.

We restore the balance

By assessing all of your symptoms, we can identify the ways your body is out of balance and help you to restore a more balanced body system.

We expect you to get results and if you don’t get them, we’ll suggest something else

We expect to start seeing improvements in your symptoms after the fourth treatment. Our treatment is not a quick fix, but we don’t believe that means you need months of treatment before you should start to feel better. If we can see that the treatment is not working for you, we will discuss other options with you.

You can see us when you need us

Although we believe that maintaining your health may include regular treatments with us, we also believe that you know what is best for your body. So you can see us as often or infrequently as you need.

We encourage you to take responsibility

We are not in the business of telling people what to do. We want to work with our clients to help them take control of their health and make the best decisions about their health.

Our Practitioners

Our dedicated practitioners are highly qualified and have extensive experience working with a wide range of cases and patients. Our practitioners are professional and passionate about helping you achieve better health. All our practitioners are registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia http://www.ahpra.gov.au/chinese-medicine.aspx

Allison Parkinson

Allison studied a Bachelor of Applied Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Human Biology at RMIT University. This course included a 7 months clinical internship in Nanjing, China where the practical application of these skills was applied. Since then Allison has run her own clinic and enjoys a chat with a wide range of patients. Her interests include joint and back pain as well as the joy of treating patients through their whole life span. Allison brings a strong sense of humour to her healthcare, because laughter is medicine. Allison has over 23 years of experience.

Listen to an interview by Allison about her passion for Chinese medicine: https://soundcloud.com/simon-crase/oak-fm-conversations-of-the-north-east-allison-parkinson-3 Recorded by Simon Crase – for more info email Simon: [email protected]

Lita Smith

Lita came to Traditional Chinese Medicine later in life, looking for a more rewarding way to help people improve their health and wellbeing. Lita has a Bachelor of Health Science, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Victoria University. Lita has a gentle and caring approach to her patients and although she has a broad range of experience she has a particular interest in fertility and women’s health. Lita has over 17 years experience. Lita also has extensive clinical experience in rural health from her time working India.

All our practitioners are registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia http://www.ahpra.gov.au/chinese-medicine.aspx

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