Certified Natural Health Practitioners
Licensed and In Practice Since 1986
Chrysalis: Certified Natural Health Practitioners
The Chrysalis Natural Medicine Clinic is a family-owned integrative holistic health center in operation in Delaware since 1986. Alan Tillotson, Naixin Hu Tillotson (Nai-shing), and Justin Tillotson Mao are nationally certified, state licensed natural health practitioners who help you build health and avoid illness. Our practice is dedicated to finding the highest quality, safest, and most effective natural medicines available in the world.
We use traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicines, acupuncture, vitamins, and Functional Medicine. We also maintain an extensive research library/database, offer a free online herbal medicine course for patients and doctors, and work in harmony with many local medical doctors.
Chrysalis specializes in the integration of the world’s natural medicine systems to find or create natural solutions for health problems, including those of the most serious nature.
Alan, Naixin, and Justin treat patients during our regular office hours in Delaware. We also have a phone consultation service for patients and physicians throughout the world. (Call 302 994-0565 for information)
Hours of Operation
- Monday through Thursday: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST
- Friday: 8:30 AM – 2 PM EST
- Closed weekends and holidays
Integrative Herbal Medicine: Western, Chinese and Ayurvedic
Herbal medicines for nourishing the body and building health are a major focus at Chrysalis. Alan and Naixin formulate herbal medicine and natural medicine protocols for their patients during regular office hours.
We maintain over 1,000 herbs in stock at all times, and our large data base on natural medicine is continually updated. We subscribe to numerous major journals, and actively participate on internet natural medicine forums for physicians.
Additionally, we have several hundred textbooks on Chinese medicine in the original language and access to the three largest medical journals from China. You benefit from up-to-date information on the medical, pharmacological, and scientific aspects of most of the world’s herbal medicines, as well as their traditional uses.
Western Nutritional Medicine
Prescription of vitamins and nutrients (nutraceuticals) properly according to modern understanding of nutrition, anatomy and physiology is the focus of Western nutritional medicine. At Chrysalis we evaluate and keep abreast of the latest findings in the field of natural medicine solutions for health problems with a special focus on separating fact from fiction.
Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture in Delaware
Alan, Naixin, and Justin are licensed Acupuncturists, trained in the formulation of safe nontoxic Chinese medicine treatments and Acupuncture treatment according to the pattern differentiations of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Acupuncture in Delaware
Naixin, Alan, and Justin provide acupuncture treatments at Chrysalis in Delaware. Patients typically take 4-8 treatments to (in Chinese medical theory) stimulate the flow of “Ch’i” or life force along the acupuncture meridians to balance and harmonize the body.
Naixin and Alan were among the first acupuncturists licensed in Delaware.
Ayurvedic Medicine
Alan Tillotson was a student of the late Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya (Dr. Mana) of Nepal beginning in the late 1970’s. You can find information about this medical system on this website Alan created with the help of Dr Mana’s son and Todd Caldecott of Canada.
Classes and Lectures in Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine and T’ai Chi
We offer limited private classes at our clinic in English and Chinese to advanced students only by private arrangement. Contact us with your resume if interested.
We conduct a limited number of lectures and classes each year to outside groups. Please contact us if you are interested in having us give lectures or classes to your group or organization.
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Contacting Chrysalis Natural Medicine
- Established patients: Order Herbs and Vitamins
- New patients: Directions to Chrysalis Clinic
- Potential new patients: Our Staff
- Call us now: (302) 994-0565
Note: Phone consultations are for informational purposes only, and are not a substitute for professional advice from your physicians. If you wish to use herbal medicines and supplements, get your physician’s approval first.