Conditions Treated "What's wrong with me?"

How to Get Help: Appointments

You likely are visiting this web site because of concern about your health. You may have been given a name --  a "Diagnosis" -- for your concern. Your medical doctor or dentist may have referred you to see me for treatment that will improve your medical diagnosis. If we had a chance to sit down and talk I likely would start by saying:

 

My training is in primary care with a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine. I have an active license as a naturopathic physician in Hawai'i. In the District of Columbia, the registration/licensing situation has been long in coming to resolution. At this writing there has not been complete activation of the licensed status. I am what is called "license eligible" and will be obtaining my license in the future. I must state that at this time I do not treat specific named medical diseases without focused collaboration with medical or dental practitioners. The NIHA team referral concept means I can access virtually any treatment necessary for my patients.   This means that when I agree to work with a patient it does not matter what is their official mainstream medical diagnostic label. I find that usually there is some degree of imbalance in overall health and so I work with the individual so they can regain balance. I do not use prescription drugs. My recommendations and homeopathic/ herbal prescriptions center on natural approaches that support the body's innate ability to heal itself. When appropriate [such as for dental work or surgery] I work with another practitioner who holds the appropriate license for that service.   Besides my training in general practice primary care naturopathy I have a focus on: Support for those whose condition has been labeled Autism. Support for those whose condition has been labeled Cancer. Support for Recovery from dental stressors supporting Biological Dentistry;  Mental Health Counseling and Personal Wholeness including use of several techniques. My main dedication is to the Dynamic System of Thought that looks at Disease as deeper than named "diagnoses". To honor Dr. Samual Hahnemann this has been called "Medical Heilkunst" (the art of making Whole). It describes the difference between "Healing" and "Cure" of Disease. See Homeopathy Science | Expanded Paradigm | What Can Homeopathy Treat?

 

I want to be sure you understand how important it is for you to know that you are unique. This web site helps you learn about your biochemical individuality and other ways to understand the differences you have from other people. I talk about this in the Your Health and Health Concerns section and the Unique Healing Response graphic.

 

If you are concerned about Flu: This is a page where I give suggestions.

 

Have you been labeled a Hypochondriac?

 

Environmental Illness / Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: EI/MCS Overview Page.

A quote that I find particularly relevant is:  "A doctor who prescribes an identical treatment for an identical illness in two individuals and expects an identical development may be properly classified as a social menace."                       Lin Yutang

Regarding your health condition, when you have a specific problem there is often some deeper underlying reason for it. This is what doctors and practitioners of Integrative Medicine aim to treat at the same time as they help with the "presenting concern." To learn more about the ways that Integrative Medicine practitioners can find these underlying factors, you can also look at the information in the sections titled:

Philosophy of Health & Medicine, and  Your Health and Health Concerns. 

Also see pages on 1) Mental Health and Wholeness, 2) Detoxification - the Concept, 3) Cases helped by treating toxins for puzzling problems in the mind and the body, 4) Microbial toxins and FMS and CFS and 5) The toxics that may be related to Alzheimer's Disease and neurodegenerative conditions, 6) Mold and brain effects, 7) Microbes [Lyme] and brain/body effects. 8) Cell Wall Deficient and pleomorphic "Stealth Pathogens" can hide in red blood cells: many articles and books are written about this, Dr. Lida Mattman is a key researcher in this. 

 

Other resources would be for you to learn about the assessment guidelines of Homeopathic Medicine, and the Acumeridian Theory as applied in Chinese Medicine and described in the book by Dr. Ted Kaptchuk, The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine.

 

-- "What diseases can acupuncture [and acumeridian therapies] treat?" This is an essay about the benefits of the body energy approach to health care.

 

Homeopathy/Heilkunst Program and Autism: http://www.heilkunst.com/autism/blurb.html 

Heilkunst: Autism and other Behavioral Disorders.

 

My expanded understanding of the role of stressors on the body that can cause different conditions is in my essay titled:   "The Shackles on Job's Body". 

 

In the case of severely challenging health conditions, I find those patients who have some kind of "higher perspective" on their life -- sometimes called "spiritual", sometimes "globally humanistic"  -- handle the situation in a good way.  [Spirituality Considerations]

 

See also: Why Haven't I heard of This Before?