Try this http://tomsvitalherbs.ca/ on E. Hastings, Burnaby.
Dr. Kong speaks Mandarian & English, a little bit Cantonese.作者: Quest 時間: 2013-9-6 09:16
regrettably, most decent TCM I have experience with don't do power form, but the traditional slow stewing type.
Franksen Wong in Rmd Empire mall is good dealing with my cold; for woman related matters: chow kit ying (appt first) on Victoria and 51 gets my family's vote. All others, you can try the one inside Empire Supermarket (he's ok too).
Q.作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2013-9-6 14:06
hmm. Just had a bad experience with TCM. You can just take it with a grain of salt, but you should talk into consideration if you decide to see a TCM doctor.
Just think about food safety problems you hear from the horror stories from China. Just remember if FOOD is that bad. Think about the situation in NON-FOOD items imported from China/Taiwan. So you have to do your own math to figure out if it's worthwhile.
Just me 2 cents less 3 cents.作者: Tina 時間: 2013-9-8 12:42
thanks for all the comments !作者: Tina 時間: 2013-9-8 12:47
Also, I heard about Tian You Classical Acupuncture Center in Burnaby. They use the powder medicine. Is the doctor there good?作者: wranglery 時間: 2013-10-2 11:36
I have chronic sinus problem for many years. Starting around Chinese New Year of 2012, I went to see an old Chinese doctor on E. Georgia St., not too far from the Keefer bakery. I had to go to see him every week. It was terrible cooking the Chinese herb. I spent one whole day just doing that. My home would smell terrible! I couldn't cook it everyday so I had to cook a week's supply in one day and drank them during the week. I was running two pots to cook and then re-cook the herb. It was a HUGE hassle. After 1.5 month, no improvement and expensive. Chinese herb is never covered by any plan at work or income tax. I actully wrote a letter to Revenue Canada to get confirmation.
A friend suggested me to see Dr. Sunny at Bongo on 2nd floor Aberdeen Centre. In the beginning, I only got powder herb from her. Later she suggested to have acupuncture to help at the same time. After a while, my condition was improving. But it's very expensive. Works out to be more than $150 a week including the weekly acupuncture treatments. I asked about the cheaper option and I was getting formula instead of individually packed medicine. It's still $100 a week including the acupuncture once a month.
By Feb 2013, I had to stop as I couldn't afford it anymore. That was too bad as it does help a lot.
In July, by chance, I was looking at the Groupon site and found a very good Korean lady on E. 11th & Main. She still is on Groupon. I have acupunture from her once a week. She prescribes me formula powder from a place in N. Vacouver. I called but they said they only provide powder to Chinese doctors, not for retail.
Been seeing the Korean doctor for 3 months now and slowly my condition is getting better.作者: Quest 時間: 2013-10-4 09:13
My 2'cent's worth so far:
(a) the treatment can only be as good as the doctor (not just TCM), due to diagnosis differences based on experiences, etc.
(b) powdered med is more expensive than the regular dried (needs cooking) ones.
(c) some conditions such as sinus, migraine, certain kinds of allergies, sciatica, etc. can be effectively treated by means of accupuncture, herbal meds, or combination of both (the most effective by far).
(d) most female fertility issues can be treated surprisingly effectively with TCM.
Summary: don't hesitate to try/see a few different TCM doctors and find the one that works well with you.
Q.作者: sunmoon 時間: 2013-10-8 17:14
I agree with Quest. Not all doctors work well with you. It really depends on the experience and combination of herbs they use on you.
Yuan Chen at Fairchild Plaza (she always has advertisement) is ok, but she might be kind of pushy on selling herb products. However, she is very knowledgeable.作者: Tina 時間: 2013-10-25 21:25
