What to Expect – About Chinese Herbal Medicine and Tele-Health

It’s important that you are fully informed about how your consultation with Dr Marie can fit into your overall health care strategy.

Depending on the urgency of your health situation and your location, it is possible for Dr Marie to offer you primary care herbal medicine. In many cases, Dr Marie will recommend a referral to a local practitioner for ongoing treatment after the initial online consultation.

Dr Marie practices a form of Chinese herbal medicine that is highly reliant on the pulse diagnosis.

Symptoms are also used to form the diagnostic picture, and often the first one or two herbal formulas can be prescribed without using pulse, but patients accessing Marie Hopkinson for Tele-health need to be aware that referral to a similarly trained herbal medicine practitioner may be necessary for optimal results.

There can also be issues with obtaining the herbal formulas in your country, including customs issues with importing a one-off formula. 

Patients in Australia can have herbal formulas posted out from Marie’s clinic or our Australian supplier no problem. Please allow 1 week for a formula to arrive at your place since Marie’s clinic is in Perth (WA).

USA, Europe, Canada, India, UK – Herbs can be posted to you, around $20AUD postage fee. It can take up to 3 weeks for a parcel to arrive and your local customs may have its own clearance times. 

Outside of Australia – please discuss your location with Marie prior to your online appointment.