Chinese Herbal Medicine

Ken Lloyd
BAc MBAcC DipCHM MRCHM ClinAc/ClinCHM (Nanjing, Kunming, Hangzhou, Chengdu China)

Ken has been in practice since 1983 and has a wealth of clinical experience in both acupuncture and as a Chinese herbalist. Ken treats most conditions but his expertise lies within the fields of dermatology, gynaecology and auto-immune conditions.

Ken has written a clinical manual on dermatology and has designed his own patent range of Chinese medicines and skin creams. He has also written a clinical manual on gynaecology, which has been published in three languages across Europe. Ken also has particular interest in auto-immune conditions and has had great success treating ME, hay fever and other allergies.

Ken has been published in a number of Chinese Medicine journals on topics such as herbal substitutions, treatment of psychological illness and treatment of HIV/AIDS. He also teaches herbal medicine and supervises in the student clinics at the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (LCTA), and the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (CICM) in Reading. He is also a consultant at Mayway UK, which is one of the largest herb companies in the UK and Europe.

Ken practises in Bournemouth, Weymouth and London.

Louise Lloyd
BSc BSc(Ac) MBAcC PG Dip CHM MRCHM Clin Ac(Hangzhou) Clin CHM(Chengdu)

Louise has been in practice since 1999 and has undertaken two study trips to China. As well as her general practice, Louise takes a particular interest in women's health issues such as menstrual complaints, infertility, treating alongside IVF procedures, breech presentation and induction of babies and menopause.

Louise has worked as a volunteer at the Gateway Clinic (NHS Trust) and at the London Lighthouse, part of the Terrence Higgins Trust. Both centres were set up primarily to treat HIV/AIDS patients, but treatments at the Gateway have extended to treat more general complaints. Louise used the NADA protocol (ear acupuncture), a well recognised treatment to help alleviate the symptoms of alcohol and drug addictions/withdrawal.

She practises in Weymouth and Dorchester.

Study trips to China

In 2002/03 Ken and Louise undertook clinical study at the teaching hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The work involved studying rheumatology & auto-immune disorders, gynaecology, dermatology, respiratory, ENT, neurology and paediatrics.

In 1999 Ken and Louise went to Hangzhou, China which included clinical instruction in the areas of gynaecology, dermatology, gastro-intestinal diseases, respiratory diseases, Shang Han Lun (clinical use of classical formulas). Louise had clinical training in acupuncture.