My name is Frances Pearlman, and I am a Registered Practitioner of Chinese Herbal Medicine based in Uckfield, East Sussex. I’m dedicated to helping people achieve long-term wellness through natural, personalised treatment. My approach combines compassion, clinical experience, and the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine to address both the symptoms and the root causes of illness.

My own journey with Chinese medicine began after years of living with chronic atopic eczema — a condition that Western medicine struggled to resolve and where conventional medicine offered limited solutions. Discovering the effectiveness of herbal medicine changed my life, inspiring me to retrain as a practitioner after a career as a corporate lawyer and within the financial services industry.

I completed my Foundation in Chinese Medicine and Postgraduate Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine with the White Crane Academy, where I was honoured to receive the British Herbal Medicine Association’s Frank Power Award for strong aptitude and achievement — recognised as the top final-year herbal student across all UK professional courses. I am a proud member of both the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM) and the British Herbal Medicine Association (BHMA).

My clinical focus continues to grow around dermatology and chronic inflammatory conditions, alongside digestive health, hormonal balance, and general wellbeing. I completed a further Diploma in Practical Dermatology in Chinese Medicine – the postgraduate training programme founded and taught by Dr Mazin Al-Khafaji at the Avicenna Centre for Chinese Medicine. Established in 2005, the course trains practitioners in the Chinese medicine management of complex and chronic skin conditions, drawing on both Chinese medicine and Western dermatological perspectives, and is rooted in Dr Al-Khafaji’s decades of clinical practice. I am a listed member of the International Register of Chinese Medicine Dermatology.