You should always check the following from your acupuncturist and herbalist:

- they are fully insured and registered with the relevant regulatory bodies

- details of qualifications and the duration of training they have undertaken for their therapies

- whether they have had experience in treating the problem that you are suffering from and what their success rate is like

- how many treatments they would expect you to need before you will notice improvements.

Last updated on January 3, 2010 by Lily Lai