Consultations

Consultations involve focused discussions with Sarita Elizabeth about issues related to one's physical health and ways to achieve optimal life quality. These range from a naturopathic interpretation of your blood work to suggestions for dietary and supplementary changes to an exploration of the challenges you face in life, all geared toward helping you move forward and traveling with you on your journey to a happier, healthier, and more fulfilled life.

Acute Homeopathy
Recommendation and selection of homeopathic remedies for acute situations such as allergies, headaches, teething, injuries, flu, arthritis, etc is offered on request with specific symptom presentation. Also available are formulations of personal and individualized homeopathic kits for pregnancy and childbirth, acute sports injuries, first aid, travel, cold and flu season. This treatment is ideal for acute symptom relief, accelerated resolution of discomfort and exploration of homeopathy.

Classical Homeopathy
Classical homeopathy involves an evaluative interview, in which a person tells his or her personal story and, through this process, the physical, mental, and emotional obstacles to optimal health can be realized. After evaluating these health challenges, a single homeopathic remedy is selected that matches the person’s situation.

Classical Chinese Medicine
From the Pre-Mao (before 1949) era of Chinese healing arts, this consultation is a classical diagnostic interview utilizing evaluation of the pulse and tongue and of responses to ten classic questions. This diagnostic technique may help identify imbalances in one's health and one's life. Balance can be regained using the modalities offered by Chinese medicine, which can include recommendations for the diet, herbals, or treatments such as acupuncture or moxibustion.

Diet and Supplement
Many people ask themselves, "What should I be taking?" The diet/supplement consultation can offer insight into possible answers for this question. A diet/supplement consultation may include examining the need for and quality of supplements one is currently taking, recommending alterations in the types and timing of supplementation, and evaluating diet-related medical problems. In all of these areas, the diet/supplement consultation takes as a basis of health a whole foods approach.

Lab Interpretations
The information available through modern scientific analysis of a person’s blood can depend greatly on how it is analyzed and how the analysis is interpreted. Laboratory interpretations involve naturopathic interpretations of chemical diagnostic blood analysis. Naturopaths interpret according to parameters not only of disease but also overall wellness and optimal health. A lab interpretation may be beneficial before a scheduled visit to primary allopathic healthcare physician or afterwards for a holistic perspective on a person’s blood chemistry. Consultations may also include recommendations regarding possible tests that could shed light on a person’s particular condition. For instance, someone suffering from a chronic disease may need testing that is not often ordered like CDSA (comprehensive digestive stool analysis), viral loads, parasite testing, hair analysis, saliva hormone panels or food sensitivity and allergy recognition tests.

Lifestyle
In some cases, a person may consciously recognize that he or she is facing health and lifestyle challenges, may simply feel that something is not “right”, or may want to seek informed advice on how to optimize life quality. In any of these cases, benefits may be realized through a holistic interview about lifestyle choices that affect one’s health. The consultation may include recommendations and plans for health improvement and can offer suggestions regarding daily actions and long-term goals as well as tracking and guidance to work towards improved wellness. This can include help finding resources to help a personal health situation. If a person is at a loss as to where to start to make life healthier and fuller, a holistic consultation can meet a patient where they are and try to collaboratively envision and create an optimal life for them to live.

Naturopathic
Naturopathy focuses on eclectic and holistic approaches that help identify the cause of disease and increase vitality in a person by working on gastrointestinal and liver health. This can include detoxification, identifying food sensitivities, and pinpointing and treating allergies. Naturopathic consultations can include recommendations regarding other traditional and alternative therapies. Naturopathic consultations may focus on a particular problem, such as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, or fibromyalgia, or can be an overall evaluation of one's health with naturopathic lifestyle and treatment recommendations.

Naturopathic Basics
A consultation in naturopathic basics involves a health education session offering specific guidance and instruction about classic naturopathic lifestyle basics, helping to optimize health and increase vitality for every individual looking for a daily routine of care. Applications of self-care techniques such as castor oil packs, gut flora replacement, hydrotherapy, and skin brushing are offered.