The articles and service pages on this website are for people who are considering acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine or naturopathy with Ahil Ganesan in Alexandria, Sydney. This page explains how that information is prepared, where its facts come from, and what it can and cannot do for you.
Who is behind this website
This is the website of Ahil Naturopath, the practice of Ahil Ganesan, an AHPRA-registered acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner and a qualified naturopath. He practises at Project Dao, Shop 2/8 Botany Road, Alexandria NSW 2015. Anyone can check a registered practitioner on the AHPRA public register. Naturopathy is not a registered profession in Australia, so there is no register for it.
How articles are written and reviewed
Articles on this site are written in Ahil’s voice by his website team, based on how he works in clinic. Drafts may be prepared with the help of AI writing tools, then edited and checked by people against AHPRA’s advertising guidelines before they are published.
Where the facts come from
When an article describes how something is regulated, registered or covered, it relies on the organisation responsible and links to it where it can:
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which regulates medicines in Australia, including Chinese herbal medicines, and keeps the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
- Chinese Medicine Board of Australia, which registers acupuncturists and Chinese medicine practitioners and publishes the codes and guidelines they must follow.
- AHPRA, which works with the national boards, keeps the public register and handles concerns about registered practitioners.
- privatehealth.gov.au, the Australian Government’s private health insurance information site, for how hospital and extras cover work.
- Services Australia, for what Medicare does and does not cover.
Descriptions of how Chinese medicine understands the body are given as Chinese medicine theory, not as established medical fact.
The advertising rules this site follows
In Australia, the advertising of health services is governed by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, and AHPRA’s advertising guidelines apply to every page of this site, including the articles. In practice that means:
- no testimonials about symptoms, treatment or outcomes;
- no promises about results, or about how many sessions you will need;
- no lists of conditions a treatment is said to help;
- fees and booking details stated plainly.
The site carries no sponsored content and no paid or affiliate links.
General information, not personal advice
Everything on this site is general information. It is not a diagnosis, and it does not replace advice about your own health from your GP or another practitioner who knows your history. If you have a new, severe or worsening symptom, see your GP. In an emergency, call 000.
Keeping information current
Fees, health fund rules and regulations change from time to time, and articles are updated when they do. If something on this site looks out of date, wrong or unclear, email ahilnaturopath@gmail.com or call (02) 9341 5775, and it will be checked and corrected.
