Q's for Dr. Duckworth: That First Time Visit

This week, Dr. Duckworth received a note from a potential first-time patient, who was inquiring about treatment options for a combination of panic attacks and persistent pain in the feet. His response is below, which would be applicable to first-time patients, of all stripes:

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Your first visit includes a health history from the medical model of classic oriental medicine, Five Element Meridian Pulse diagnosis, treatment (acpuncture/moxibustion & Inochi bodywork) and consultation (diet, life-style, herbs, supplements, do-at-home soaks, etc; everyone is different, so different strokes for different folks). The treatment is to address the body's Life Energy and its capacity to self-heal. The symptoms you exhibit need to be addressed, but our concern is the energetic disharmony that allowed that/those symptom(s) to arise. The diagnosis (the reading of 17 pulses in the wrists and neck) guides the treatment plan. Therefore, treatments may be on the back, abdomen, legs,arms (and may or may not be anywhere near the site of symptoms). I hope this answers your question,Dr. Thomas E. Duckworth, L.Ac.