FAQ

How can I become a patient?

If you would like to become a patient by phone or video, or come in to our office for acupuncture (we are in Delaware), please fill out our intake form. Once your data is entered into our system, the staff will contact you to schedule an appointment.

How can I contact Chrysalis?

For other questions not related to becoming a patient, please call the office at (302) 994-0565.

How much does it cost for an office visit?

In 2024, the cost of a 45 minute intake visit with Alan Tillotson or Justin Tillotson Mao is $165 (in person or by phone or video).

The cost of an initial Acupuncture visit with Justin Tillotson Mao or Naixin Hu Tillotson is $95

(All prices subject to change without notice)

All Chrysalis Natural Medicine Office Visit Prices.

How much does it cost for herbal medicine?

The costs of herbs and supplements depends on what we prescribe. Read more about our discounted individual product costs.

What is acupuncture?

Here is an article about acupuncture treatment.

Herbal Medicine Prices

Chrysalis prices for herbal medicine are lower than Amazon, and ordering from us is faster.

All our long-term patients know that our prices are lower than Amazon and other online retailers 95% or more of the time, often by $1 to $5 per bottle and sometimes even $10 per bottle.

New patients wonder how this is possible. Here is how we are able to do it:

1. Because our volume is very high, we are able to negotiate prices lower than wholesale, which we then pass on to the patients, who are basically getting wholesale prices

2. If a supplier does not allow this, we find another one that does.

3. No gimmicks or tricks here. Often a single bottle or two from us covers the cost of shipping, while other suppliers with “free shipping” are actually tacking on $2-3 per item to cover their “free” shipping, and/or make you purchase over $20-$35 to get the “free” shipping, or pay a yearly fee. So, you ARE paying for shipping, it’s just hidden.

4. If you buy 3 or more items from us, the savings can be huge.

5. It’s super easy to order from us. You can call your order in any time at (302) 994-0565, or use our website ordering system, or just send the order by email. If we get the order by 10 AM, it often will arrive the next day to your home.

6. Most importantly, each item we use has been both vetted by us to ensure quality, and then prescribed to you at the proper dose with supportive literature on what it does, how it works, etc.

Herbal Medicine Course

A free online herbal medicine course for physicians, health care practitioners and others from around the world who want to learn practical ways of solving complex health problems using natural methods. Designed by Registered Herbalist and licensed Eastern Medicine Practitioner Alan Tillotson in Delaware, author of The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook ...
This section answers many of the most basic of questions, starting with "What is an herb?" Answer: Webster's Dictionary defines an herb as "any seed plant whose stem withers away to the ground after each season's growth." It further defines an herb as "any such plant used in medicine." However, the use of the word herb in natural healing has broadened to mean any substance from the Plant Kingdom that is used as medicine. Many of the world's herbal traditions also use a limited number of mineral and animal substances as "herbal medicines." ...
I can say that there are infinite good ways to prepare and manufacture herbs, infinite bad ways, and infinite ways in between. How can you know you are getting good quality herbs? ...
Information on herbs is now voluminous. Some days I get ten e-mails trying to sell me herbal products, a phone call or two from salespersons, and a few pounds of catalogs. Unless your are cross- trained in science, traditional medicine, and advertising psychology, it is very difficult to clearly judge every piece of information you come across.  Information comes to us from diverse sources: magazine articles, books, friends, TV advertising, internet advertising, physicians, health care practitioners and health food store employees. Current herbal information available to consumers ranges from the most precise and accurate articles to outright falsehoods and deceptions. I am going to share my understanding of the ins and outs of this information with the hope that it will afford you some protection against misconceptions and common errors. ...
Reports in the media have spread the idea that the herbal medicine industry is completely unregulated. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates it very closely. The FDA reviews an herbal product's labels, manufacturing standards, and contents. It collects reports of adverse effects, issues warnings, and pulls products off the shelves if problems are reported. Regulation has been increasing over time. In addition, the National Nutritional Foods Association (the industry's largest trade association), has developed a program to examine the herbal products and factory conditions of its member companies and give them the right to display GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) seals of approval on their products ...
Guidelines for the Safe Use of Herbs ...
Each of the major traditions uses key concepts and words to describe how herbs work on the body. I am going to introduce some of these terms in this section. ...
The next thing you want to know is what the "best" herbs are for treating your particular health condition.  . . When you watch doctors from each of these systems at work, as I have, you notice very quickly that they choose certain "great" herbs most frequently, based on their high levels of safety and effectiveness.  Many of these herbs are already famous.  One cannot imagine TCM without ginseng root and astragalus root, TAM without ashwagandha root and guggul gum or Western herbalism without echinacea and dandelion root.  These are the herbs I will discuss.  ...
The key thing Nai-shing and I do every day is to formulate treatment protocols specific to the individual needs of the patients we see. In this section I want to show you how we go about putting our knowledge to use in the clinic. I want you to understand how herbalists throughout the world can solve real medical problems with scientific reliability ...
At Chrysalis Natural Medicine Clinic in Delaware, my wife Nai-shing and I keep over 1,000 herbs from all parts of ...
Note: Although this section lists specific methods of treatment for specific diseases, syndromes and patterns, it requires a qualified practitioner ...
Comments on Dr. Tillotson's herbal medicine textbook The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, released July, 2001 from Kensington Publishing, New York. "Alan ...
Links to valuable services for my readers and patients ...
References for the One Earth Herbal Sourcebook ...