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First of all, do you know what you want to get "cured" from?
I'll share with you my personal experiences last year as I've been to 5 Chinese doctors as well as 5 specialists in Canada and 2 specialist in HK.
a) Doctor Rose: from china, only speaks mandarin, office is inside a supermarket (the one beside Happy date) She was ok, medication was by far the cheapest.
b) "old Staples" mall beside Canada line; by far the WORSE doctor of all.
NO private rooms = you can literally HEAR what other's are saying; that means YES, if you have hemorrhoids, everyone will know.
2nd, the man has a female assistant; he does all the talking, she writes down and provides suggestions on what other medication should be inside. You do have to go and get a ticket because he only does a certain # of patients a day.
c) Female doctor at Continental Shopping Centre is the best I've seen. Most expensive based on medication but she was extremely professional and you do have the options to have them pre-make the medication for you and put it inside a thermos. You do have the option to pre-book for an appointment.
*CAUTION****
1) Chinese medication does not have expiry dates.
2) Chinese medication does not have an exact amount of dosage. 50mg is exactly 50mg for westen pills, for Chinese you go by the 10-25+ items to guage the dosage.
3) Chinese medication does have western medication properties. Which means, if you're already taking western medication AND chinese, you might overdose.
Last yr, I was dealing with a very unique illness and I was taking western medication to deal with my immune system. During that time, I also did Chinese medication; I sortof overdosed, fainted and the next day, I ended up going to Richmond Hospital to deal with some of the side effects.
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