I recently moved nearby and needed a regular acupuncturist as my mobile contact not very reliable and I as I have bone cancer and ongoing treatments, I find TCM very beneficial especially for my immune system. I found Rachel by chance on a walk home from the train station and have been every fortnight since for a few months. Firstly the first consultation is very thorough and $80 for an hour. A machine is used very accurately using ear acupuncture to diagnose you fully in addition to the usual form you expect to fill in. I've never had such a thorough consult with TCM ever! Very impressed. Rachel is Buddhist and very intuitive and listens and knows I can't have Chinese herbs until I finish my trial chemo drugs and radiation and she gives me moxi and cupping as required but normally just acupuncture and ear seeds to press on for at least 5 days in a row. Follow up sessions are only $50 or $60 if cupping is added on, excellent value and they accept HICCAPS and eftpos/cash if you are paying full price. My Mother was visiting from NZ and had the best ear acupuncture session she has ever had with Rachel's colleague! that's coming from a woman with years of TCM treatments for debilitating rheumatoid arthritis who is only walking and healthy ish due to TCM! That's saying alot! I am looking to move back to the inner west but will still come at least twice a month to the art of health as this is the best TCM practitioner I've ever had!

Approximate cost: $60