Treatments and Therapies
Nutrition
What you eat or don't eat can be a huge factor in your health. Clinical nutrition
examines the relationship between diet and health. Special diets may be recommended,
and treatment may include nutritional supplements such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes,
and other nutraceuticals. "You are what you eat." Food sensitivities, food allergies,
blood type, body type, your medical diagnosis, lab results - all of these may be considered
in determining the best healing diet for you and your condition.
Herbal Medicine
The use of plants for healing dates back to the beginnings of civilization and is
the foundation of modern pharmacology. Plant substances from around the world are
used for their healing effects and nutritional value. Each plant is like a unique
biochemical factory producing multiple substances that can be incredibly powerful
at supporting healing. Dr. Doug mixes herbal tinctures as well as prescribing patent
herbal mixtures.
Homeopathic Medicine
Based on the principle of "like cures like" homeopathic medicine was developed in
the 1700s. Minute amounts of natural substances energetically potentized are used
to stimulate the body's self-healing abilities. Dr. Doug uses both classical homeopathy
where a single remedy is prescribed, as well as homeopathic drainage where combination
remedies are prescribed to detoxify and strengthen certain organ systems.
Lifestyle Counseling
Physical, emotional, nutritional, and environmental factors affect health. Dr. Doug
helps his patients to make effective lifestyle choices as well as teaching various
stress management techniques including meditation and EFT.
Injection Therapies
Though not technically natural, injections of vitamins and other natural substances
are a safe and powerful adjunct to other natural therapies. Dr. Doug frequently uses
vitamin and mineral and homeopathic injections both IV and intramuscular and finds
these clinically very useful for everything from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia
to lupus and cold and flu prevention.
Exercise
A common part of Dr. Doug's prescription will be some form of exercise. Movement of
the human frame is vital if health is to be regained.