Medicine

Explore the creative search for optimal health through breathing exercises, meditation, yoga therapies, qi gong treatments in addition to staying organized with our downloadable medical record.

History presents itself

Modern medicine has evolved from the lessons and teachings of those who practiced early forms of medical care. These early forms of caring and curing include Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and ancient Greek medicine. From these thoughtful and intuitive beginnings, modern medicine has grown exponentially in depth, breadth, and sophistication.

We view medicine as the process of creating optimal health for the totality of your being. Optimal health may mean treating specific diseases with medicines or other therapies. It may include the use of complementary approaches such as breathing exercises and meditation. The process of creating optimal health may also include yoga therapies or qi gong treatments which aim either generally or specifically to have an influence on your health.

The New Model

In the new model of integrative medicine you, as a patient, have an opportunity to take responsibility for the mangement of your health. This opportunity gives you the power to engage cooperatively with your physician in creating a health care plan.

By being as knowledgeable as you can be, being prepared with questions, and having your medical information organized (for example accessible on our downloadable medical record) you help your physician optimize your care.

People in the healing professions learn a great deal from their years of education and training. But possibly their most important lessons are the ones learned from their patients. We expect to learn from you as you travel on your odyssey of health. By becoming an expert in your own health you truly have an opportunity to teach your physician, friends, and family.

What you will find

On our website we offer information that will help you understand approaches and techniques used in western medicine. We expand this basic health information by incorporating a wide variety of integrative techniques that range from qi gong and yoga to functional medicine and nutrition. We offer as well the downloadable medical record, a framework to help you organize your own personal medical status.

At the end of the day you, in concert with your physician or health care provider, will have to find the therapies that work for you. This collaboration is key to the art of medicine and key to the art of living well. As you strive to improve your health you are participating in a truly great experiment, the creative search for optimal health.