Treatment Information/ Fees
Treatments by our practitioners at ICM are covered by your Swiss health insurance, if you have a supplement for Alternative/Complementary Medicine. Many cover a specified amount of treatments/ cost per year or a certain percentage of your treatment cost. Please inform yourself on your personal coverage at your insurance company.
Pricelist.
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Treatment Procedure
1. Make an appointment for a first-time consultation.
You may schedule an appointment by telephone (+41 61 272 8889), whats app +41774985525 or directly at the Institute’s front-desk, or send us an e-mail by clicking on CONTACT on this website or at [email protected], with all your possible days, times and practitioner preferences. Following this, you will receive some forms to fill out before your first consultation and bring them with you for your first appointment. They can be mailed to you or you may fill in and download them yourself under the following headings:
Personal Info Form (editable)
Health Questionnaire Form (editable)
2. At your first consultation, which will last about an hour, your health concerns, present health condition and history will be discussed. A diagnosis as well as differential diagnosis will be formulated according to the criteria of Chinese medicine and a treatment strategy initiated. Depending on the treatment plan, you may be treated by acupuncture, Tui Na/An Mo massage, Cupping, Moxibustion, Gua Sha, or a Chinese Herbal prescription may be written specially to treat you health issue. Sometimes, your practitioner will suggest some dietary and lifestyle changes that will aid in your healing process.
You will receive the prescribed herbal formula, often by mail directly at home, or from a pharmacy near you. Please pay close attention to the enclosed instruction for your herbs regarding preparation and ingestion. Natural medicine, when not taken with proper attention to dosage instruction, can induce unwanted side-effects.
3. You may make your following appointments at the front-desk after your first consultation, in which your treatment plan and frequency will be discussed. Please state if you need your appointment for Acupuncture, Tui Na/An Mo massage or for a follow-up Herbal consultation.
1. Make an appointment for a first-time consultation.
You may schedule an appointment by telephone (+41 61 272 8889), whats app +41774985525 or directly at the Institute’s front-desk, or send us an e-mail by clicking on CONTACT on this website or at [email protected], with all your possible days, times and practitioner preferences. Following this, you will receive some forms to fill out before your first consultation and bring them with you for your first appointment. They can be mailed to you or you may fill in and download them yourself under the following headings:
Personal Info Form (editable)
Health Questionnaire Form (editable)
2. At your first consultation, which will last about an hour, your health concerns, present health condition and history will be discussed. A diagnosis as well as differential diagnosis will be formulated according to the criteria of Chinese medicine and a treatment strategy initiated. Depending on the treatment plan, you may be treated by acupuncture, Tui Na/An Mo massage, Cupping, Moxibustion, Gua Sha, or a Chinese Herbal prescription may be written specially to treat you health issue. Sometimes, your practitioner will suggest some dietary and lifestyle changes that will aid in your healing process.
You will receive the prescribed herbal formula, often by mail directly at home, or from a pharmacy near you. Please pay close attention to the enclosed instruction for your herbs regarding preparation and ingestion. Natural medicine, when not taken with proper attention to dosage instruction, can induce unwanted side-effects.
3. You may make your following appointments at the front-desk after your first consultation, in which your treatment plan and frequency will be discussed. Please state if you need your appointment for Acupuncture, Tui Na/An Mo massage or for a follow-up Herbal consultation.
At the Institute, we offer treatments and courses, emphasizing the following TCM methods: acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tui Na/An Mo massage, Qi Gong/ Tai Ji Quan and other traditional treatment methods of the Chinese-Japanese medical tradition. We also offer courses in other methods of healing, such as movement-based expressive arts therapy, Somatics and relaxation.
The members of our ICM therapeutic team are all qualified and certified in their respective fields, for instance by the TCM-FVS (Swiss Professional Association for TCM), Swiss Physiotherapy Association and Federation of Swiss Psychologists (FSP). Members of our team are fluent in one of more of the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish.
Our practitioners are well oriented with the goals of the Hastings Report (Crigger, Bette-Jane, Ed., Cases in Bioethics: Selection from the Hastings Center Report, 1998), which emphasizes the following:
One of the goals of ICM is to promote the understanding of the healing arts, especially of Chinese medicine, and as well as to aid those in need of medical care.
For the advancement of Chinese Medicine in Switzerland, we offer students clinical internship possibilities at ICM. These interns are supported by our practitioners, who are certified clinical supervisors,
The members of our ICM therapeutic team are all qualified and certified in their respective fields, for instance by the TCM-FVS (Swiss Professional Association for TCM), Swiss Physiotherapy Association and Federation of Swiss Psychologists (FSP). Members of our team are fluent in one of more of the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish.
Our practitioners are well oriented with the goals of the Hastings Report (Crigger, Bette-Jane, Ed., Cases in Bioethics: Selection from the Hastings Center Report, 1998), which emphasizes the following:
- Prevention of disease, in addition to accidents and promotion of health
- Alleviation and relief of pain and suffering
- Support and heal patients with curable diseases, as well as assist and care for those with incurable diseases
- Prevention of early death and aid the passing into a peaceful demise
One of the goals of ICM is to promote the understanding of the healing arts, especially of Chinese medicine, and as well as to aid those in need of medical care.
For the advancement of Chinese Medicine in Switzerland, we offer students clinical internship possibilities at ICM. These interns are supported by our practitioners, who are certified clinical supervisors,