Chinese Medical Clinic
Health in Johannesburg

Chinese Medical Clinic is a clinic specialize in Chinese Herb medicine and Acupunture. She has been practice in South Africa for over 12 years. Dr Kelly kong May obtained her Bachelor Degree of Medicine from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1994. Chinese Medicine Clinic offers treatment for varius health conditions includes pain management, infertily treatment and respiratory/digestive system, skin problem solving. Currently she is registed under the Allied Health Professions Council of SA.

She then completed a Post-Graduate course majoring in Acupuncture in She worked in Shanghai Longhua Hospital as a resident doctor and lecturer. She came to South Africa in 1997 and built her own thriving practice in Greenside, Johannesburg. She is also a lecturer and consultant in Chinese Herbal Products. At your first visit Please bring the names and dosages of your medications, copies of any relevant test results and medical documents pertaining to your health concerns. There is an extensive list of questions that will be asked by the doctor regarding your history, current complaints and overall health status. The information obtained from these procedures contributes to the overall diagnosis and enables the doctor to plan a suitable course of treatment. If receiving first treatment right after the initial consultation, the appointment will then last about one hours. Treatment Course The number of treatments necessary depends upon the nature, depth and seriousness of the disorder. Quite often patients should notice some positive changes in their health within six treatments. However, it is important to remember that everybody has a different rate and pattern of recovery. Qi /Energy (pronounced as Chi) The concept of Qi is based on the ancient Chinese understanding of natural phenomena. That is, Qi is the most basic substance of which the world is comprised. Each meridian is connected to an internal organ, which follows a set pathway in the body. When a person is healthy, the Qi moves smoothly through the meridians. If however, the flow is blocked or the flow is too weak or too strong, then illness occurs. YIN and YANG Yin and Yang are an ancient Chinese philosophical concept. Yin and Yang are the two fundamental principles or forces in the universe, ever opposing and supplementing each other. For example: day and night, hot and cold, outside and inside, movement and stability, rising and falling, woman and man, summer and winter, etc. When YIN and YANG within the body are mutually supportive and in balance, the body is healthy. FIVE ELEMENTS According to the theory of five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water are five basic substances that constitute the material world. These substances are not only of the relations with generation and restriction but set in a state of constant motion and change. In the human body five elements are linked with the five organs: wood-liver, fire-heart, earth-spleen, metal-lung, and water-kidney. DIAGNOSIS It is based on the Four Examinations: Observation, Odor, Questioning, and Pulse- Taking to gather the information about the patient's lifestyle, diet, medical history and emotional state, as well as thorough examination of the patient's tongue and pulse. The strength and rhythm and quality of the pulse indicate the energy of different organs and state of the disease. The tongue through its shape, color and coating indicate the nature, progress and severity of the illness.