The Chinese medicine general outpatient clinics offer free medical consultation services only and there is no dispensing services. How can a patient assess safe and reliable dispensing services?

Patients will receive prescriptions after internal medicine consultation and then they may purchase the herbs as prescribed at herb shops of their choice. It is recommended that herbs are to be purchased at herb shops with valid retailer license in Chinese herbal medicines as the operation of these shops are regulated by the Chinese Medicine Ordinance.

A modern dispensary is established at each of the 4 Chinese medicine clinical research and services centres under
Tung Wah. The dispensaries provide Chinese medicine dispensing and decocting services to patients of our Chinese medicine outpatient clinics who carry valid prescriptions at affordable prices. There are three types of Chinese medicine available, namely the raw herbs, concentrated CM granules and single Chinese herb extracts.