Both readings are written assessments, delivered remotely. Neither is a medical diagnosis, and neither requires you to travel. They meet two different needs: the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Wellness Report is for everyday changes, and the Observation Reading reads your whole picture in depth and what she thinks has shaped it: complete in itself. There is an option to see the practitioner in person.

A detailed intake covering sleep, digestion, energy, whether you run cold or hot, what you have already tried, plus tongue and face photographs, read by a senior TCM physician licensed in China, at Baoputang Clinic, our licensed partner clinic in Ningbo. You receive a written report of what they see, how your body has been running in the way Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) reads it, and the everyday changes that shift it: sleep timing, keeping warm, how and what to eat, movement. Practical, and yours to act on straight away.

A deeper reading by one independent practitioner, working from observation and a full history to trace where things began. It sets out what she sees, where she thinks it has come from, what to be careful of, what she would change first, and whether some of her recommendations are best done in person, and what that would cost. It is complete when the report reaches you, and whether to go on to sessions in China is your decision, made after you have read it. She works independently, separate from Baoputang Clinic.

The same practitioner also sees clients in person at her own practice in China. She sees one client at a time, and each session is an hour. This is never sold in advance and never as a package: how many sessions would be worth making, and what they would cost, are written into your Observation Reading before you commit to anything. We arrange the practitioner's time and an interpreter; flights and accommodation you book yourself, in your own name.
Read down the two lists and see which sounds more like you. If you're still not sure, write to us and we'll tell you which one fits.
Online, in your own time: your health, your history and your daily habits, plus a few photos. We send you a short guide on how to take them.
For the TCM Wellness Report, a senior TCM physician at Baoputang Clinic reads everything and writes it up for you. For the Observation Reading, the practitioner reads you herself, live on video with an interpreter, then sends it to you in writing.
Make the changes at home, or, after the Observation Reading, think about sessions in China. It's entirely up to you.