Brighton Traditional Chinese Medicine has been operating from July 2003 we have been operating from 767 Hawthorn, East Brighton in a 4 consulting room practice. We have 3 full time and 1 part-time practitioners and operate Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm. MICHAEL KESHISHIAN REBECCA JADE NICHOLAS CONQUEST. Our practitioners are happy to answer any questions you may have and will discuss treatments and therapies with you during your appointment. As an indication all first appointments are for 1 hour as your practitioner will need to obtain a detailed history before commencing any treatment. Your first TCM appointment will include A full diagnosis based on Traditional Chinese medical principles. This consists of checking the 'pulses', the tongue and the eyes. Your practitioner will listen to you describe your symptoms and will ask you questions to help clarify. Your practitioner will explain your condition in Traditional Chinese medical principles and their recommended course of treatment and herbal prescriptions (if required). For thousands of years the Chinese and other Eastern people have been using Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine and Massage, to restore maintain and promote good health. These therapies can help in resolving pain and illness, without unpleasant side effects. Chinese Acupuncture & Massage is supported by Herbal Medicine, which is often used to compliment it. Such medicines are traditionally derived from vegetable, mineral and sometimes animal sources. Herbal prescriptions may be in “Raw” form that require cooking, otherwise ground into powder or formed into pills and consumed directly.