SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS
Our main location is in San Diego, California, although our Tibetan Physician sees people in Costa Mesa, Los Angeles and Mill Valley, California as well.
To make appointments for San Diego, Costa Mesa and Los Angeles, please call our office at 619-325-0992, or email us at appointments@tibetanacademy.org.
To make appointments for Mill Valley, CA, please call Didi Otterson at (415) 302-5666.
APPOINTMENT FEES
For more specific information about fees for appointments, please click on the tabs to the left. If there is no fee listed, please call our office for more information.
FIRST VISIT INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE TIBETAN PHYSICIAN
Before coming for your first apointment with the Tibetan physician, there are a number of things you must do, some the day before, and some the day of your appointment.
THE DAY BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT
1. Do not have vitamin, mineral, or herbal supplements for 24 hours before the urine sample.
2. Do not have any caffeine, alcohol or spicy foods the day before, AND the day of your appointment.
3. No beets or asparagus 24 hours before urine sample is produced.
4. Women: the doctor cannot see you the first four days of your monthly period, as the pulse reading would not be accurate.
THE MORNING OF YOUR APPOINTMENT URINE COLLECTION
1.- The first time you awake and urinate after 2:30/3:00 AM, collect a sample of this urine and bring it with you.
Example : If you get up during the night to urinate, AND it is after 3:00 AM, this is the urine you need to save. If you get up at 6:00AM, and this is the first time you are urinating since 3 AM, this is the one you save, etc. etc... Collect the urine in a clean glass/plastic container with a tight lid. DO NOT REFRIGERATE.
2. After you have collected your first morning urine, you may take vitamins and minerals.
3. Do not have any caffeine or alcohol (including chocolate, black/green tea, soda pop, alcohol based herbal tinctures) until after your appointment. These items affect your pulse. You may take any regular medication(s) you are currently on.
4. No fasting the day before, nor the morning of the appointment.
5. Please bring a list of any medicine, herbs, and supplements you are taking. Any current medical reports can be of assistance, too.
SECOND AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS THEREAFTER
A urine sample is not needed unless the doctor requests it of you.
No caffeine and alcohol 24 hours before your scheduled appointment.