Description
Diagnose, treat, and prevent illness using Traditional Chinese Medicine, integrating acupuncture, herbal medicine, tui na, cupping, moxibustion, dietary therapy, and lifestyle counseling. Apply TCM pattern differentiation alongside modern health knowledge to deliver safe, individualized care.
- • Conduct TCM assessments, including tongue and pulse diagnosis, history, and lifestyle review.
- • Analyze findings to identify TCM patterns and determine treatment priorities.
- • Develop individualized treatment plans and strategies.
- • Perform acupuncture, including safe needle insertion and removal.
- • Treat conditions with acupressure, tui na, shiatsu, cupping, gua sha, and moxibustion.
- • Formulate and compound herbal preparations based on properties, contraindications, and interactions.
- • Dispense herbal formulas and counsel on dosage, duration, side effects, and drug interactions.
- • Provide dietary therapy, supplements, and lifestyle guidance aligned with TCM principles.
- • Educate patients on qigong, tai chi, breathing, meditation, ergonomics, stretching, and exercise.
- • Apply heat and cold therapies, such as heat lamps, compresses, and hydrocollator or vapor coolant packs.
- • Identify accurate point locations and observe contraindications and precautions for all modalities.
- • Collect and maintain detailed medical histories, health information, and prognoses.
- • Evaluate outcomes and modify treatments to promote, restore, or maintain health.
- • Follow quality, safety, environmental, and infection-control policies and procedures.
- • Adhere to local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and professional standards.
- • Consider Western medical findings in assessment, communicate with care teams, and make referrals when appropriate.
- • Use ear seeds, intradermal needles, and electrical stimulation when indicated.
- • Coordinate care and refer patients for emergency or specialist evaluation when red flags are present.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
