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The Best of Chinese Medicine
Categories: Health and Medical Acupuncture Health and Medical Doctors Naturopathic/Holistic Acupuncture, Naturopathic/Holistic [Edit]
379 Av DanforthToronto, ON M4K 1P1
Neighbourhood: Riverdale
(416) 466-2988
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 10 am - 7 pm
Sat 9 am - 2 pm
2 reviews for The Best of Chinese Medicine
2 reviews in English
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Review from Hoa N.
10/20/2011
me (explosively): ~cough!~hack!~cough!~hack!
my guy: Um, will you please see a doctor [he means Western Medicine]? You've been coughing up lungs all night long for about 6 days now.
me: But I know it's a viral thing-- or a cold--a doctor is just going to try to give me antibiotics or prescribe me some codeine cough medicine*.
my guy: You have to do SOMETHING.
me (whispering because my voice is so wrecked): Okay, I'll look into getting some T.C.M.
New to Toronto, I didn't know where to go to for Traditional Chinese Medicine-- but I knew that T.C.M. would squelch this cough, heal me and give me back my voice.
Sounding like a rock star after a long night of whiskey and cigarettes (I wish), I phoned for an appointment and was scheduled to be seen immediately. I selected The Best of Chinese Medicine because it's convenient to me (and to most people--right by Chester Station above the cheese shop) and not for the name. But the name is kind of cute. The place is even cuter.
You go up a flight of stairs and enter a serene environment. The walls are a mellow pale green. There are shelves of TCM herbs and remedies. It is a place that just beams health at you, unlike western doctors' offices which can feel like a circle of germ hell.
I scored: my appointment was with the owner of TBCM, Dr. Susan Hu. I filled out a questionnaire and then had the consult with her, explaining my various symptoms.
In the exam room, she had me undress to my skivvies for treatment (hint: wear your best underoos). The exam bed is heated, cozy! She listened to concerns about needle sensitivity, avoided my hands and feet and put on the heating lamp to help activate the trigger points. She was expert at finding the exact trigger points and massaged these sore spots a bit.
Amazing. It felt amazing.
She also applied cupping (my back) and scraping (my sternum). OMG. The Chinese really ARE good at torture!
ha ha
I got three different herbal cold remedies (two to dissolve together in hot water, one bottle of herbal pills) and three days later, my all-night cough stopped. My voice is nearly back.
I am totally beating this thing.
Eastern medicine 1, Western medicine 0.
*but I totally would have liked some codeine-spiked cough syrup. -
Review from C C.
Toronto, ON
11/18/2011
The Best of Chinese Medicine is AMAZING!!!! Dr. Susan Hu (owner) is so knowledgable, patient, and comforting. From the moment you walk in the door you see chinese herbs on the wall and are greeted by a friendly face at the desk, you sign in and are quickly put into a treatment room. The beds are heated, so once you're chalked full of acu needles you get to sleep in a heated bed for 30 minutes. Susan is amazing at pinpointing exactly what is wrong with you and she goes right into making you feel better. If you're thinking about booking, stop thinking and just do it. You won't regret it.
Specialties
The Best of Chinese Medicine is a medical and holistic clinic in Toronto, offering a wide range of alternative treatments based on TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), such as Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Cupping, Electroacupuncture, Moxibustion, Tui-Na; in addition to TCM, the Clinic offers Massage Therapy (RMT), Shiatsu Therapy, Natural path Medicine, Nutrition Consultation....
Pain Relief. Pain management, Infertility; sterility; IVF assist. Chronic conditions, haven`t been helped by all medications. Cancer management.....
Our Goal is help as many people as possible.
The longer time you stay away from the medication, the healthier life you will have in the golden age. the less people use medication, the better world we can enjoy.
History
Established in 1999
The clinic is directed by Dr. Susan Hu, TCM specialist in Beijing and Toronto, with over 20 years of experience in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.
Meet the Business Owner: Susan H.
Susan Hu completed her Chinese medical degree from Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1992 after 6 years of training. She has worked extensively in the health care system of China, sharing her expertise of internal Chinese medicine as a professor at the BeiJing University of Traditional Chinese medicine. Along with her daily practice in China, Dr. Hu was also an attending doctor at the Dongzhimen Hospital, a teaching hospital, for 8 years before she immigrated to Canada. Since 2000 making Toronto her new Home, she has been directing her Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine clinic, helping people with their health concerns; furthermore she has been teaching Acupuncture and TCM at several Canadian Universities and Schools (McMaster & Ryerson among others) holding lectures and classes both in Chinese and English.
