9 Aug
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The Weight Loss Battle – Case 3

Posted By: Lei Gu, Naturopathic Doctor in Case Study    

40 yr old female client had issues of weight control ever since she was a teenager. Her lowest weight during adult life was 160 lbs. at the age of 18. The heaviest she’d been was 200 lbs. She reported being “constantly dieting all her life”. She started her treatments in November [...]

9 Aug
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Menopausal Weight Gain – Case 4

Posted By: Lei Gu, Naturopathic Doctor in Case Study    

51 year old female chief complaint was “post-menopausal weight gain” along with irritability as her main menopausal symptom. Her pulse was wiry and fast, her blood pressure was 130/85, and her Traditional Chinese Medical diagnosis was kidney yin deficiency and liver qi stagnation.
Treatment: Her treatment plan included dietary counseling, nutritional supplementation, acupuncture for [...]

23 Jul
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Abdominal Weight Loss – Case 2

Posted By: Sherry Chen, Naturopathic Doctor in Case Study    

58 year old female client came in with chief complaint of abdominal fat that has always been present since a very young age.  She described herself as looking “pregnant” when she was a little girl.  She also reported coughing up a lot of phlegm in the mornings upon waking, migraine like head aches and difficulty [...]

23 Jul
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Postpartum Weight Loss – Case 1

Posted By: Sherry Chen, Naturopathic Doctor in Case Study    

37 year old female visited Journey To Cure 7 months postpartum and had already lost about 30 lbs on her own but reported the weight was no longer coming off especially around the abdominal area.   She was exercising 4 times a week which included both cardio and strength training.
Treatment: Healthy dietary recommendations were made [...]

22 Jun
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Diabetes and Weight Loss

Posted By: Sherry Chen, Naturopathic Doctor in Case Study    

47 year oldmale 123kg (271LB) came into the clinic for weight –loss. He was medicated for diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.  The patient also reported abdominal pain in the upper right area which occurs at least once a week. His initial blood work showed high fasting glucose, and elevated liver enzymes.
Treatment: His treatment plan [...]

12 Apr
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Constipation Constipation Constipation – Requires Action

Posted By: Naturopath on Duty in Articles    

Constipation is not a disease but a symptom. Most people growing up with constipation doesn’t even realize it to be abnormal until the discomfort starts to interfere with how they are feeling over all. In fact, some think that their bowel habits are quite normal when they have only one bowel [...]

16 Mar
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Hyperhydrosis (Hyperhidrosis) – Chronic Sweating

Posted By: Naturopath on Duty in Articles    

Sweating (diaphoresis) is a natural physiologic response when the body needs to cool down (physical activity or from fever) but it can also occur in emotional situations, high environmental temperatures or even in some disease states such as an overactive thyroid to an underlying malignancy. Therefore, in any case of excessive [...]

5 Mar
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Facial Rejuvenation with Cosmetic Acupuncture – Naturopathic Beauty

Posted By: Naturopath on Duty in Articles    

Cosmetic Acupuncture is a non-surgical method of reducing the signs of aging. In ancient China, dating back to the Sung Dynasty (960 AD- 1270 AD), cosmetic acupuncture was employed by the Imperial family to maintain an ageless youthful appearance. The saying “Beauty is skin deep” has never been more true when [...]