Lotus Alliance Wellbeing CIC

Help the Community to 'Preserve Life'

What we do as a C.I.C Company
(Community Interet Company)

Lotus Clinics of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture is a part of Lotus Alliance Wellbeing C.I.C., which is a Community Interest Company. The clinic is the main business actitivity in order to support the company's existence. Lotus Alliance Wellbeing CIC's main purpose is to promote Chinese Medicine philosophy in the community and look after the single-living elderly's wellbeing.

The philosophy of Chinese Medicine is that maintaining health overweighs treating diseases, and it developed a rich amount of health wisdom in lifestyle, diet, exercising etc. Since the days of the well-known Chinese classics, the HuangDi NeiJing (Huangdi lived in about 2200 BC and the book was complied in Han Dynasty about 200 AD), '养生Yangsheng' (Meaning preserving life) remained as the core health guideline, and was deeply embedded in Chinese culture.

In the case when people do get ill, Chinese medicine believes in treating the person, not the disease. In most cases, diagnosis is focused on the root causes i.e. the imbalance of the system, not on the symptoms. Chinese medicine regards the human body as a whole unit, instead of a collection of individual parts. Hence the treatments are carried out by restoring the overall balance in the body, based on the ancient Yin-Yang balance, the Five Elements, the Meridian & Acupoints, and Qi theories.

Being a Chinese living in the UK, Erica gave herself the mission of equipping the UK general public with some basic knowledge and tips from Chinese medicine to help them keeping healthy in daily life. In addition to the clinic, Erica teaches well-being tips and exercises free of charge to the local community, including lifestyle advice, Qigong exercise, acupoints & meridian therapies, and moxibustion home-treatment.

Please check our blog page from time to time, as we will be posting some Chinese medicine therapeutical and lifestyle tips, as well as Chinese exercises and events. Let us all stay healthy naturally!

079170 88 886

07359 336028
contact@lotusclinics.org.uk

Common conditions we can help. Include but not limited by:

Stress and anxiety
Digestive disorder
Gynaecological issue
Insomnia
Sciatica Pains
Arthritis
Allergy and asthma
Hypertension
Headache and backache
Postural disorder
Bones diformity
General maintenance

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The well-being of single-living and emotionally isolated elderly is another group of people we care for as a CIC company. The idea was planted in 2015 after Erica watched a BBC documentary about the lives of the UK's single-living elderly, made by a charity called Silver Line. In there, it says 'Some of these elderly live behind the doors 24/7. Their only friends are the TV!' From then Erica set her mind to do something for this special group of vulnerable people. Similar to the NHS Shared Lives Scheme, Erica is opening up her own home, except that she is opening to the single-living and emotionally isolated elderly, and offering them a family and community environment with the backup of Chinese medicine. If you know anyone who could benefit from this model, please get in touch.

The basic criteria:

- Over 70 years old

- Living alone

- Not happy with or current living situation not good for them

- No children or relationships with children broke down

- No close relatives in the area

- Physically independent and no major medical conditions

What they get and give:

- The company and attention of Erica like their own family

- A room at Erica's bungalow for £10 per month

- Weekly acupuncture or moxibustion for general health and longevity boost

- Join the free Saturday park exercise if they like

- Three meals home-made with Asian diet wisdom

- Contribution a share of bills, and cost of food if they like Chinese

- Flexible terms with either long-term arrangements or short breaks

For the ones who wish to enjoy the rest of their lives at the Lotus, Erica will accompany them till the end of their journey just like her own parents. If they wish, Erica will lend them strength in completing this journey and preparing for the next, using her Buddhism understanding about the life and the universe.

At the later stage, if they become physically dependent, they can choose to employ home-visitng carers at their own costs, or go to care homes at their own choice. If they stay in the house, Erica will overlook everything and make sure the carers don't neglect or abuse them. In short, Erica will always back them up and support them like their own children.

The elderly are not adivsed to sell their own properties. If they like, Erica can help to organise renting them out to improve their savings, or for them to move back one day in the future if they wish.

As a day-time activity at Lotus, Erica is welcoming single living elderly to come and share lunch and socialise with Erica and the others. Please enquire if you are interested.

Meet the Team

Dr. Xu, Yunqiu

Associate Professor at Nanjing TCM University

Research Fellow in TCM

Chinese Medicine Herbalist and acupuncturist

Graduated from Nanjing TCM University with a Bachelor degree in Clinical Science in 1969, Dr. Xu has been practicing TCM for over 50 years. She started practicing TCM in the UK since 2002 and set up her own practice in 2008 in Richmond. During her 20 years of practice in the U.K., Dr. Xu has treated a number of chronic and difficult conditions with distinctively positive clinical results, especially in treating gastrointestinal disorders, gynaecology, infertility and skin disorders.
During her early years of practice, Dr. Xu earned a great reputation through initiating the concept of tailor-made herbal tea to treat the local flood-led epidemics of bacteria dysentery and acute jaundice hepatitis during a period of supply shortage of antibiotics, effectively controlling the spread of the epidemics.

Dr. Xu was a doctor-in-charge in several leading hospitals in China and carried out treatments for various acute and chronic diseases, many with distinct results.

Before retirement in China, Dr. Xu worked as a director for the Ministry of Health in China , in charge of Post-graduate and Post-doctorate Education in TCM. Dr. Xu currently also serves as the vice chairman for the Specialty Committee of Paediatrics of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.

Master Mao, Zhengyu

Official inheritor of DaoyinAnqiao Treatment (patented in China), DYAQ practitioner and professsor

Master Mao, Zhengyu studied under Professor Fu, Qinzeng, a winner of the World Famous Doctor Award and the famous inheritor of "DaoyingAnqiao (DYAQ) treatment". The widow of Professor Fu, Master Mao practiced medicine with Fu for many years and traveled extensively with Professor Fu for academic and clinical visits. Through decades of practice, she inherited the true essence of DYAQ treatment from professor Fu!

Professor Fu had superb medical skills and had treated many national leaders when he was alive, and was known as the modern "Imperial Physician". As the official inheritor of DYAQ technique, Master Mao has noble medical ethics and superb medical skills. She has cured numerous difficult and serious illnesses around the world. Now, she is committed to making the ancient medical technique of DYAQ known to the world and benefiting all mankind, which is also Professor Fu's last wish.

DYAQ treatment is a self-treatment therapy, but diagnosis, points prescription is given by Master Mao herself in Beijing China, while as the treatments and points training are done by Erica Chen in our clinic.

For more information about this legendary and mysterious DYAQ treatment, please read blog page of DYAQ self-treatment therapy on our website.

Erica (Xiaohong) Chen

Lic.AC, Bsc. (Hons), MBAcC, BA (Hons.)

Erica is the founder of Lotus Alliance Wellbeing C.I.C. and Lotus Clinics, also is a member of British Acupuncture council (BAcC) and Federation of Tradintional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (FTCMP).

Erica was born in a family of 6 generations of Chinese medicine but when she was younger she took no interest in Chinese medicine. Like most of young people, she thought she was invincible. Until when turning the age of 40 she got a health scare, and it made her realise the importance of health and the role of prevention.

She then decided to learn Chinese medicine and set her life-goal to advocate ‘养生 Yangsheng’ in local community. Yangsheng means nourishing life or preserving wellness as suppose to treating diseases.

Erica studied 4 years of Chinese acupuncture in the renowned College of Integrated Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Kingston University. Her graduation dissertation topic was about how to use moxibustion as a self-treatment therapy for elderly arthritis.

In addition to acupuncture, Erica also gained other skills such as the Oriental Untra-gentle Bone Setting, Chinese Medicine beauty therapies, and DaiYin AnQiao points treatment in China.

Contact Us

Address

Lotus, 45 The Avenue, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3LN

(On the bridleway connecting the Avenue with the back entrance of the Park. The clinic room is the garden studio via back entrance)

Contact

Clinic Hours

(Appointments required)
(Lunch break 11am-1pm

+44 7917 088 886

contact@lotusclinics.org.uk

+44 7359 336 028

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Satruday

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm