Thursday, April 22, 2010

Gallbladder Season!

My colleague and friend Auromira Banga is a naturopathic doctor and busy mom in the UK. Here is an interesting post from her blog today that may give you a better sense of all the things running around in our heads as naturopathic doctors.

http://www.intuitiveintegralhealing.com/1/post/2010/04/love-your-gall-bladder.html

Yes we are primary care practitioners and we can do physical exams and pap smears and prostate exams and in British Columbia our scope has increased to be able to prescribe a list of pharmaceuticals like antibiotics.... but we also are always looking at the whole person and everything that is going on in their life that could be contributing to their health concerns. We have a lot of different tools in our tool belt including herbs, homeopathy, nutrition, and of course Chinese medicine to treat an individual. In Chinese medicine each season has a different organ associated with it and Spring is associated with the liver and gallbladder. And this is where Auromira's blog post comes into play.

So when I'm looking at someone and trying to figure out (like a detective!) what is going on, not only do I look at their physical symptoms from a conventional perspective I'm also looking at their personality and characteristics and how they react to stress..... It really truly is a holistic approach. Love it.

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