Nutrition is the cornerstone of Naturopathic Medicine. Our current diet is the principal cause of chronic degenerative disease of our time. Therapeutic nutritional strategies with vitamins, minerals, amino acids and trace elements in our food can create balance, reverse dysfunction, and restore normal function in the body.
Dietary and lifestyle changes are easier for some individuals and more difficult for others. We’ll help design a program that is right for you and work at a pace that is comfortable for you. Using assessments based on patient history, physical examination, symptoms, diet and possibly laboratory data, nutrient deficiencies are identified and then treated in the appropriate manner.
Botanical Medicine is the application of the active constituents of plants for medicinal value. Plant substances have been utilized effectively for centuries in the prevention and treatment of many conditions. Their clinical uses and effects are described in detail in scientific literature, and they are the subject of an increasing amount of new research.
Recently, the World Health Organization estimated that 80% of people worldwide rely on Botanical Medicine for some aspect of their primary healthcare. Botanical Medicines have pharmacological properties and provide a unique, valuable and safe option to use for healing effects and nutritional value. Naturopathic Doctors are currently the only health care providers in Canada who are licensed for the use of Botanical Medicine.
Homeopathy is a form of traditional medicine originating over 200 years ago. Homeopathic remedies consist of one or more dilute microdoses of a plant, mineral or animal substance designed to stimulate the body’s own ability to heal itself.
Homeopathy can be effective in the treatment of both chronic and acute conditions. Virtually any health condition can benefit from homeopathic treatment. Homeopathy is extremely safe and especially useful in children’s diseases. Due to its gentle and non-intrusive approach, it is a safe treatment for all ages - from newborns to the elderly.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine are therapies with a long tradition of clinical effectiveness and are probably one of the oldest systems of medicine continuously practiced. TCM is a unique system that has been in use for 5,000 years for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and has an invaluable roll in healing many conditions. It is largely based on the philosophical concept that the human body is dynamic with sophisticated and interconnected networks. These networks strive to remain balanced to provide healthy function in the human body.
Acupuncture is used by Naturopathic Doctors who are trained to use this system when indicated as part of an integrated approach with Western diagnostic methods
Intravenous (I.V.) therapy and intramuscular injection of vitamins, minerals and homeopathics is a safe and effective way to deliver nutrients in a timely and efficient manner. Nutritive substances are directly absorbed into the circulatory system, by-passing the gastro-intestinal tract and liver, thereby increasing the absorptive capability of the individual.
For individuals with compromised intestinal absorption (i.e. cancer, Crohn’s, IBS, ulcerative colitis, etc.), IV therapy allows for 100% absorption of the nutrients delivered and thereby offers enormous therapeutic value over oral administration.
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians take high blood pressure and anti-cholesterol medicine, undergo angioplasty or coronary artery bypass surgery and require long-term management of their circulatory systems. Although many are satisfied with this approach, some are not and seek alternate treatment. Once such treatment is chelation therapy.
Neural Therapy was originally developed in Germany for the safe and effective treatment of a variety of health conditions and has been widely used in Europe since the 1940's.
Neural therapy involves treatment of the central nervous system. Disturbances affecting the nervous system can create disturbances in all other systems (i.e. hormonal, digestive, etc). These “disturbance fields” or blockages affecting the nervous system include: scars (old and new), injury sites, trigger points, infectious agents and/or points of infection.
Common examples of this are whiplash injuries and surgeries (i.e. C-section, laparoscopy, appendectomy, spinal surgery, etc.). Nerves need to flow freely for optimal body function to occur. Any compromise in nerve flow can result in poor function, pain, disability and disease.
Carefully chosen naturopathic medicines are very effective in reducing the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, improving a person’s immune system and response to treatment, as well as enhancing and extending quality of life.
Amongst the most effective naturopathic treatments for cancer, our Naturopathic Doctors are specially trained in High Dose Intravenous Vitamin C therapy and Mistletoe therapy. More information can be found at www.lemmo.com