West Los Angeles Herbalist - Acupuncturist - Healer
If western medical approaches are not giving you the results you need; if you feel like you and your talk therapist have hit a roadblock; or if it seems the world is on top of you instead of you on top of the world. - you should try my approach.
My approach is a highly individualized way to addresses physical, emotional, mental and spiritual concerns simultaneously. I will explain your condition from an traditional medical perspective and discuss life strategies that will speed recovery now and teach you to manage your health for years to come.
Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine refers to Chinese Herbal Medicinals and the comprehensive medical model that uses custom-designed herbal formulas, acupuncture, diet, qi gong and meditation to treat body, mind and spirit.
“Why go to a Western Doctor for common ailments? Candace is a God of Eastern Medicine. No more Western Medicine for me.”
Belinda H.
Yoga Philosophy
Additionally, the Yogi’s were the first scientist of the mind, and they developed an understanding of the human condition that rivals modern psychology. I will share the yogic perspective on a issue if needed as well as give instruction in breath or meditation techniques when needed for stress management.
Intuitive Abilities
Finally after years of meditation and hatha yoga practice my natural ability for subtle awareness developed into something that is medically useful. I use my intuitive abilities to gain deeper insight into a patients condition and this allows me to use Chinese Medicine, herbalism, and yoga techniques with greater precision.
Best Care Is My Goal
Best care is my goal and I will refer out anybody that needs a western medical work-up or will be better served with a different approach. Full spectrum care is care that utilized both Western and Eastern therapies in a manner that best serves the patient.
Posted by Candace on January 1, 2012 – 11:05 pm
Creating a study to properly measure the effectiveness of acupuncture has proven difficult because the gold standard, the double-blind random controlled study, was designed to test pharmaceuticals against a placebo/sugar pill.
There simply is no good way to “fake” an acupuncture treatment. And even if sham acupuncture could be devised it would be impossible for the person administering the treatment to be “blind” to the knowledge of whether they were giving real acupuncture or sham acupuncture.
However the tide is turning and different ways of approaching the need to scientifically prove the effectiveness of acupuncture are being found. In a Georgetown University study, neuropeptide y ( NPY) a protein associated with stress, was measured before and after acupuncture treatment and an immediate and long lasting reduction in the protein was measured.
The study is significant because once duplicated acupuncture will be “scientifically” proven as a treatment for stress. Since stress is a recognized precursor for so many more serious ailments there is hope that this scientific finding will open the door for a wider acceptance and use of this valuable therapy.
In the meantime, the US Military after performing it’s own vigorous studies has recognized publicly the value of acupuncture and introduced the therapy into both Veteran’s Hospitals and combat settings.
http://www.georgetown.edu/news/acupuncture-stress-reduction-study.html
http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/back_pain.htm
Posted by Admin on March 4, 2011 – 1:33 pm
The medicinal herbs used in Chinese medicine are categorized as supplements by the Food and Drug Administration, and their production and distribution is overseen by this agency. Herbs are in this category because they, like supplements, are considered safe when taken as directed; so both are equally safe.
About ten years ago, “Ba Humbug!!” lost steam as an argument against alternative traditional medicine when statistics showed that people were spending billions of dollars for this kind of care. Now, Western medicine has begun to admit that there are things they don’t treat well, such as chronic pain, chronic diseases and disease prevention.
For some M.D.’s pharmaceutical grade supplements became the way to address these areas of shortcoming, however, the docs and others who recommend supplements still use a western approach. They still treat symptoms, not the root cause, and they still use a one size fits all approach. The result is people often take fists-full of expensive supplements with mediocre results.
A custom herbal formula is a customized supplement designed to treat both the symptoms and the root. It is designed specifically for the individual, and because of this, people should expect to feel an improvement within a week. One formula to treat your personal laundry list of issues.
Chinese herbs are safe, effective and have no side-effects.
Western doctors who warn against Chinese herbs do so because they do not understand how a medical system based on sticks and twigs, and roots and berries can work so well without side effects.