A practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine takes your pulse at both wrists, looks at your tongue and asks about sleep, appetite and energy, then explains in TCM terms such as heat, cold and damp what they see.
- Good for:
- The curious, anyone interested in how many Chinese people think about health
Afterward you eat a medicinal meal built on Yunnan ingredients: steam-pot chicken with sanqi (notoginseng, grown around Wenshan), chicken stewed with tianma (gastrodia) and whatever herbs are in season.
Etiquette and what to know
Treat it as a cultural window, not a diagnosis; it does not replace your own doctor. Tell the practitioner about medications, allergies or pregnancy, since some herbs interact with drugs. You are under no obligation to buy anything, and if someone pushes expensive remedies, walk away.
