Generally, the initial consultation takes between 30 minutes and 1 hour. Especially for herbal medicine, we need to take a thorough consultation with you in order to collect more information for your health condition. For an acupuncture-only patient, usually the initial consultation takes between 20 to 30 minute and for the follow-up session, a short consultation between 10 to 15 minutes will be involved
Yes. If you have any examination results such as blood analysis, scans or referral letters from other doctors, it will give us better picture for your diagnosis and your corresponding treatment.
The practitioner will most likely ask you to remove your clothing or change into a gown (leaving underwear on) and lie down on the treatment bed. The position of lying down will be changed according to your treatment plan. Acupuncture needles will be inserted and retained in the body for up to 30 minutes. The length of needle retention time is important for the treatment effectiveness.
It varies from patient to patient and depends on the point locations and the condition to be treated . Most patients usually feel that it is painless, with a slight pricking sensation followed by a dull ache at the point needled, which is called ‘De Qi’ and is considered as a good therapeutic sign. Some acupuncture points at the fingers and toes can bring more of a stinging sensation. If there is severe blockage of energy at a point, it could bring a mild electrical or tingling sensation. However, any pain or sensations are short-lived, do not bring any inappropriate impact on your body and is a sign of the initiation of the energy flow.
You may feel relaxed and calm. Occasionally, you may feel a little drowsy and tired for a few hours if the treatment involved strong manipulation of needles for severe blockages of energy or severe toxicity in the body. It is considered a sign that your Qi (Vital/ life force) is working to clear the pathogenic factors and trying to resettle your body.
We only use pre-sterilised, single-use disposable needles. By National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian guidelines, acupuncture needles and dermal hammers must be single-use, pre-sterilised and be disposed of immediately after use in a rigid-walled sharps container which complies with AS4031 or AS/NZ 4261.
It depends on the condition you have, how long you have had the problem and how serious it is. We also consider your age and constitution. A simple pain condition like an ankle sprain may need two or three sessions but if it is a long-term condition and is complicated by other health conditions, then the course of treatment will be longer. We can discuss the course of treatment according to the grade of improvement after 3~4 sessions.
Yes, there are number of prepared herbal medicines available in the form of decoctions, tablets, powders and ointments. Depending on the nature of your condition, our practitioner will prescribe the right type of herbal medicine for you. Generally, we recommend decoction type of medicine for chronic conditions with internal damage, and tablets and powdered herbs more for acute conditions.
Chinese Herbal Medicine is safe and can be taken by all age groups from infants to the elderly. However, the practitioner should be notified before taking herbal medicine if you have any allergies to herbal medicine or other special conditions such as pregnancy.
It again depends on the nature and severity of the condition. In the case of acute and mild conditions, the course of administration will be short – from a week to two weeks. For example, for a common cold in its acute phase with mild symptoms such as fever, runny nose, shivering etc., we generally prescribe 3 days to 7 days of medicine. If the condition is chronic and complicated, then the course will be longer, increasing up to several months. Patients will be monitored regularly so the herbal medicine prescribed is effective and modifications will be made as improvements occur.
When you take the decoction type of herbs, they can smell and taste a bit strong. The decoction type will taste unusual at first to anyone who has no experience of herbal medicine before but it is not too unpleasant and most people will get used to it quickly. The taste of herbal medicine is determined by what kinds of ingredients we use, which is again determined by your diagnosis. For example, if you are diagnosed with a lot of toxic stagnation in the body, then we use mainly the herbs to remove toxicity, which will mean that the taste of the herbal medicine will be a bit bitter. Other types of herbal formula such as tablet and powder form are mostly tasteless
No. When we prescribe raw herbs, BON clinic will boil them and serve them into a small packages for you. In order to cook herbal medicine, it takes at least one and a half hours so we ask you to pick it up two hours later.
Yes, a lot of health insurance providers cover acupuncture and/or herbal medicine. We use HICAPS (Health Industry Claim And Payment System) which allow any health Insurance providers to make a claim with us directly. So you don’t need to visit your health insurance company to make claim, but you can make a claim through our HICAPS system and only pay the gap of amount for your treatment fee.
Yes. If you have any examination results such as blood analysis, scans or referral letters from other doctors, it will give us better picture for your diagnosis and your corresponding treatment.
The practitioner will most likely ask you to remove your clothing or change into a gown (leaving underwear on) and lie down on the treatment bed. The position of lying down will be changed according to your treatment plan. Acupuncture needles will be inserted and retained in the body for up to 30 minutes. The length of needle retention time is important for the treatment effectiveness.
It varies from patient to patient and depends on the point locations and the condition to be treated . Most patients usually feel that it is painless, with a slight pricking sensation followed by a dull ache at the point needled, which is called ‘De Qi’ and is considered as a good therapeutic sign. Some acupuncture points at the fingers and toes can bring more of a stinging sensation. If there is severe blockage of energy at a point, it could bring a mild electrical or tingling sensation. However, any pain or sensations are short-lived, do not bring any inappropriate impact on your body and is a sign of the initiation of the energy flow.
You may feel relaxed and calm. Occasionally, you may feel a little drowsy and tired for a few hours if the treatment involved strong manipulation of needles for severe blockages of energy or severe toxicity in the body. It is considered a sign that your Qi (Vital/ life force) is working to clear the pathogenic factors and trying to resettle your body.
We only use pre-sterilised, single-use disposable needles. By National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian guidelines, acupuncture needles and dermal hammers must be single-use, pre-sterilised and be disposed of immediately after use in a rigid-walled sharps container which complies with AS4031 or AS/NZ 4261.
It depends on the condition you have, how long you have had the problem and how serious it is. We also consider your age and constitution. A simple pain condition like an ankle sprain may need two or three sessions but if it is a long-term condition and is complicated by other health conditions, then the course of treatment will be longer. We can discuss the course of treatment according to the grade of improvement after 3~4 sessions.
Yes, there are number of prepared herbal medicines available in the form of decoctions, tablets, powders and ointments. Depending on the nature of your condition, our practitioner will prescribe the right type of herbal medicine for you. Generally, we recommend decoction type of medicine for chronic conditions with internal damage, and tablets and powdered herbs more for acute conditions.
Chinese Herbal Medicine is safe and can be taken by all age groups from infants to the elderly. However, the practitioner should be notified before taking herbal medicine if you have any allergies to herbal medicine or other special conditions such as pregnancy.
It again depends on the nature and severity of the condition. In the case of acute and mild conditions, the course of administration will be short – from a week to two weeks. For example, for a common cold in its acute phase with mild symptoms such as fever, runny nose, shivering etc., we generally prescribe 3 days to 7 days of medicine. If the condition is chronic and complicated, then the course will be longer, increasing up to several months. Patients will be monitored regularly so the herbal medicine prescribed is effective and modifications will be made as improvements occur.
When you take the decoction type of herbs, they can smell and taste a bit strong. The decoction type will taste unusual at first to anyone who has no experience of herbal medicine before but it is not too unpleasant and most people will get used to it quickly. The taste of herbal medicine is determined by what kinds of ingredients we use, which is again determined by your diagnosis. For example, if you are diagnosed with a lot of toxic stagnation in the body, then we use mainly the herbs to remove toxicity, which will mean that the taste of the herbal medicine will be a bit bitter. Other types of herbal formula such as tablet and powder form are mostly tasteless
No. When we prescribe raw herbs, BON clinic will boil them and serve them into a small packages for you. In order to cook herbal medicine, it takes at least one and a half hours so we ask you to pick it up two hours later.
Yes, a lot of health insurance providers cover acupuncture and/or herbal medicine. We use HICAPS (Health Industry Claim And Payment System) which allow any health Insurance providers to make a claim with us directly. So you don’t need to visit your health insurance company to make claim, but you can make a claim through our HICAPS system and only pay the gap of amount for your treatment fee.
# Acupuncture
# Herbal Medicine
The cost of herbal medicine varies depending on the types of medicine, and the medicine required according to the diagnosis after consultation.
The cost of weekly course
Yes, we offer 5 % discount on the service we provide.
Yes, we offer 5 % discount on the service we provide.