Does Eastern Medicine have a place in today's healthcare system?

Does Eastern Medicine have a place in today's healthcare system?

My interest in Traditional Eastern health care was motivated by the sheer simplicity and effectiveness of its technology.

It appears that their technology is based on foundational principles which are the cornerstone of their philosophy.  I have taken some liberties with the wording but I needed to make it relevant to us.

Simplicity is the guiding principle to base a health care system upon.
 

THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.  There were no considerations about the pharmaceutical industries, the doctors, or any other vested interests.  Just the pure simple truth.

These principles are countless but I have found some which are foundational for our practice.

• You cannot be sick and healthy simultaneously
• Therefore the more healthful activities you are involved the greater will be your health will be.

but there is a proviso:
  It will take time for the health to overcome the sickness.
 

In regard to the patient's point of view the following information is vital:

Symptoms are the kindness of the body to let you know what is going on inside the body.

The more I thought of this fact the more its brilliance occurred to me.  Really it is the body "talking" to you.   It is the reverse of the basic cornerstone of traditional medicine in this country.  The contrast being, traditionally, symptoms are considered the problem and ANYTHING that is done to alleviate the symptoms IS the cure.

Another major factor is that often people will try to convey their symptoms as their attempt to create a greater understanding for the doctor.  MANY time this conversation is dissuaded.  An attempt to persist with this conversation, especially if the symptoms are resistant to a cure. is considered that "you" are really a hypochondriac.

In eastern health care symptoms are of great interest.  After all YOU are the best at listening to them and in time learn their meanings.  This is vital to decide if and how the body is healing.

We look forward, when necessary, to reorienting people to this so rational form of health care.  Many people have gotten the idea that it is time to look for alternatives.  Factually, there are more visits to alternative doctors presently than to traditional doctors.  Look at the statistics of the efficacy of traditional health care and you may see the need for an alternative.

We are dedicate to this endeavor and have spent many years learning and working with this technology. Many of my practices are based on this philosophy.

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We look forward to help you,your friends and family,

Dr. Marc

How do you know if the treatment of your diagnosis will "heal" your symptoms?

How do you know if the treatment of your diagnosis will "heal" your symptoms? 

This question came to my attention from an experience I had with a veterinary student.  She arrived at Alternative Healthcare Center and was experiencing severe migraine headaches.  She had been diagnosed with Arnold–Chiari malformation. This problem blocked the cerebral spinal fluid near the base of the brain.  From her neurologist's opinion - only surgery would solve the problem.

I decided to check her nutritionally and see what I could find.   As you may imagine, she was pretty stressed from studying and considerably sleep deprived.  Consequently her adrenal glands were nutritionally deficient.  I explained to her what I had found and suggested to her a course of action.  
She told me,  " what the heck, what could it hurt?' 

She started on the supplements and within two weeks her headaches were significantly diminished.

From this experience I have decided, that although from an MRI it was evident that she had this condition,  "you" could not see the pain caused by it.  It was an assumption, although it made sense to me that her condition could cause the headaches.  Probably, often, it was the cause of the headaches in other people with this condition.

So from that point forward I have "ignored" the diagnosis and still proceeded with nutritional care but not abandoning her seeing her neurologist. 

There is an eastern philosophy saying about health, which I find to be quite workable.  "You cannot be sick and healthy simultaneously"  The corollary,  "  the more healthful activities you are involved in the more possibility that you will heal.  And like this woman had said," heck what could it hurt" !

You may want to keep this in mind when dealing with health issues.   Each doctor has a specialty and therefore has an opinion based on his training and expertise.  I find that if you can get your body to heal, many of the conditions and symptoms it may have, may very well heal.

Take Charge of Your Health! 

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Dr. Marc D'Andrea DC,CCN

"What is it that you do professionally"?

What do I say when someone asks me what I do professionally? To answer the question,  "what is it that you do professionally"?,  I had to think about what I was going to say.  I tried I am chiropractor but I realized that this was a much too limited description to be effective.   I have many patients who have Chiropractors and I needed to differentiate what I did that was different. I am an alternative health care doctor.  This response invokes a funny response and looks that "said", Oh! he is one of those!  So recently,  I tell people I am a doctor that helps people heal without drugs or surgery.  This seems to work as "everybody" wants to  be healthy without drugs and surgery.  So at least at this point we have something to agree upon. After this statement comes an explanation.  I started off my career as a Chiropractor but within 9 years I realized that this was not enough for me nor for you quite frankly.  Through my own experience to regain my health I started to utilize nutrition into my life and practice.  This became a quite promising endeavor as the lives of many were greatly benefited. BUT with this decision came many questions. What nutrition should I utilize ? What techniques were necessary to determine what nutrition was necessary? Where am I going to learn these techniques ? Am I going to utilize blood work ? Saliva tests? Homeopathy? Allergies Techniques? Detoxification Techniques ? Energy Medicine Devises ? Acupuncture ? After 25 years of this intensive questioning I realized that nutrition was not enough, I have studied a number of alternative therapies and realized that a combination of many and a specifically designed treatment plan for each individual provides the best results. I am continuously learning and educating myself on the variety of natural therapies from all over the world. Educating myself and my patients is the reason why I have had such success in my practice. My goal is to help individuals take charge of their health. Giving patients the right resources and the right guidance has allowed them to live their best life - even when diagnosed with serious health issues.

At Alternative Healthcare Center we believe everyone has the potential to live their best life.    Let us help you achieve this goal. Visit our website : yourhealthmatterstous.com to find out more information about Alternative Healthcare Center and the all natural services we offer!                               "Take Charge of Your Health"