Health Assessment 
All illness is imbalance. All my assessments of health are based on an intuitive grasp of where the illness or imbalance lies. This means I assess whether the illness is within the Shen or the Qi or the physical. I look at its quality and I receive an understanding of what caused this imbalance and what would heal this imbalance.
Ling Dao
I rest my hands on the patient's solar plexus region. During the first part of this process, which I call Ling Dao, I do not try to know anything. There is no assessment on my part. At some point energy will start to move towards the patient. The treatment is already beginning.
Shen Gong and Qigong Assessment
Once I start knowing what is going on, this is Shen Gong assessment and treatment. I might just continue resting my hands on the solar plexus for a while, or I might move them to some other part of the body.
This level of assessment and treatment primarily addresses the Shen level of treatment.
At some point I will normally start to see the energy fields of the imbalance, the nature of the imbalance.
This is the Medical Qigong assessment and treatment.
All my treatment modalities are an extension of this three-fold process of moving from Ling Dao to Shen Gong to Qigong assessment and treatment. These first three stages tend to flow together and may be over after a few minutes.
Traditional Oriental Medical Assessment
Oriental medicine uses a complete system of health analysis based on traditional body signs. To do this examination I primarily just look at you, to assess which organ system is dominant and which needs support. The shape of the body and the face reveals the constitution. I feel the pulses at each wrist and I look at your tongue. in Oriental medicine this gives us an understanding of the vital energy or Chi (Qi) and the quality of blood in the different organs. I may also ask you questions to clarify the internal organ patterns. Understanding which organ system is weaker and which is stronger can make all the difference in effective treatment.
Eight Extraordinary Channel Assessment
I might perform assessment of the eight Extraordinary Channels. This is a form of Medical Qigong assessment. I can normally do this by resting my hands on the solar plexus region and using a subvocalized Qigong sound to 'feel' the energy flow of these eight deep pathways.
Acupuncture channel assessment
I often perform assessment of the 24 acupuncture channels. I do this by placing my hand on either a hand or foot point for a particular channel, and placing my other hand on the other end of that channel, at the head or the chest. This is also a form of Medical Qigong assessment.
Herbal Assessment
In Oriental assessment the diagnostic understanding of the energy balance of the internal organs and the Qi of the channels automatically gives rise to a selection of possible traditional herbal remedies.
Homeopathic assessment
As we talk about your health I may seek to grasp the whole 'picture' or archetype of your health condition. This can enable me to suggest a homeopathic remedy for you. Finding such a matching remedy can shift a health condition more swiftly in the direction of healing.
Nutritional Assessment
We may use testing methods designed to find out if any nutritional deficiencies are contributing to an ill health condition, or to assess if the diet needs to be modified to support vibrant good health. I normally acquire this information as a result of empirical knowledge and via a Shen Gong assessment process.
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