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Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic medicine is a holistic approach to medicine grounded in the naturopathic principles: First Do No Harm, The Healing Power of Nature, Identify and Treat the Causes, Doctor As Teacher, Treat the Whole Person, and Prevention.

These principles are the guiding light of Heart Body Glow Naturopathic and the foundation on which the therapeutic order is built. As a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Maame-Mensima Horne approaches healing using the gentlest therapies that can affect changes to health. She works toward more stimulating and invasive approaches as they are indicated. She utilizes the Naturopathic Therapeutic Order to design individualized treatments to identify and remove obstacles to health, stimulate the Vis medicatrix naturae or the vital life force residing within all living beings and to address the root cause of diseases for each patient. I work in a collaborative manner towards health and well-being

Treatments may incorporate aspects of the below services and is focused on treating the whole person.

Naturopathic Therapeutic Order

Services

Botanical Medicine

The use of plants in medicine has been used for thousands of years and was known to be the original medicine drugs. Clinically, Dr. Maame-Mensima utilizes her knowledge to restore and support the body’s vitality and also to treat diseases. Herbal infusions, tinctures, capsules, flower essences and essential oils are some of the forms.

 

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a holistic medicine made from minerals, herbs, and animal sources found in nature that is specially prepared to make a highly diluted medicine. This practice takes into consideration all of your symptoms to select a remedy for your current needs. Homeopathic medicines push your body towards health by sending the body signals to nudge it towards mind, body and spirit healing.

 

Nutritional Counseling and Lifestyle Medicine

The Heart Body Glow Naturopathic approach includes supporting the individual genetic make-up of patients to create a lifestyle of health and well-being. This includes therapeutic use of food, vitamins and minerals, incorporating movement and activity into one’s daily life, and addressing environmental exposures to toxins and pollutants that may contribute to illness. Together we build the foundations of health by identifying disturbances to health in daily life.

 

Functional Medicine

Functional lab testing can provide additional information to support the body’s optimal functioning and to understand the root cause of patient’s health concerns. Dr. Maame-Mensima integrates her specialized knowledge in herbal medicine, nutritional supplementation and homeopathic medicine to create individualized treatments to better support health and well-being.

 

Physical Medicine and Energy Healing

Physical medicine is an integral component of naturopathic medicine to address the body’s musculoskeletal issues which may be exacerbated by lifestyle concerns. Massage therapy and soft tissue manipulation, joint mobilization and movement practices like yoga maintain the structural integrity of the body and help reduce physical pain due to misalignments or muscle imbalances.

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Mind Body Medicine

Mind Body Medicine utilizes the mind body connection to promoting healing. Integrating Eastern Medicine and Western Mindfulness practice, Dr. Maame-Mensima utilizes her training in Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy, Yoga, Meditation, Energy Medicine and Naturopathic Counseling to provide individualized sessions for patients.

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Naturopathic Medicine Therapeutic Order

To Establish the conditions for health Naturopathic Doctors first identify the causes of disease and then remove the obstacles to healing. To restore health is to bring address imbalances before they become they lead to degeneration and permanent disease states.

Disturbances to the determinants of health can include pathogens like bacteria or viruses, environmental toxins, nutritional deficiency, malabsorption, mental emotional stress, isolation, genetic factors, lack of sleep, dehydration, lack of sunlight or fresh air, etc. The goal is to identify to make sustainable interventions to optimize health and well-being.

The body were created to heal. When there is an infection, a fever is the result because by increasing the body’s internal temperature to slow down the replication of pathogens and activate its defense system. When overheating, the body sweats to cool downs. When cold, the body shivers to increase the heat within the body. Naturopathic doctors are trained to work with these natural reactions and bring them back into balance to support the body’s self-healing ability.

 

Supporting weakened/damaged systems helps the encourage homeostasis. Botanical medicine, homeopathy, Mind Body Medicine, nutritional counseling, hydrotherapy, and  lifestyle medicine are modalities uses to support weakened systems or damaged organs. For example, supporting the nervous system and the liver detoxification pathway of a patient with heavy metal exposure.

 

In many cases working with patients at the first four levels helps to alleviate many health disturbances and support the body’s move towards health and equilibrium. Naturopathic doctors are medically trained to address pathology utilizing natural interventions.

 

Naturopathic Doctors diagnose and treat disease with natural substances. Utilizing natural therapies as a higher force intervention can be palliative in nature, helping the patient to feel better until the underlying causes are corrected, or they may also be specific to a purpose, pathology or disease. Dr. Maame-Mensima utilizes botanical medicine, homeopathy, clinical nutrition, and therapeutic use of supplements to treat disease and correct the underlying causes of disease.

 

Pharmaceutical therapies have a place in treatment. Dr. Maame-Mensima prefers to specialize in using natural therapeutics and defers most pharmaceutical interventions to Allopathic Doctors. She works with patients who depend on pharmaceutical interventions to decrease side effects and utilize lower doses of medications as needed.

 

Naturopathic doctors are trained to work with the immune system and the body’s natural healing. There are times when surgery or suppressing the body’s natural healing responses may benefit the patient in the in order to regain health. For example, a patient undergoing chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or surgical removal of a tumor may benefit from the more invasive and immunosuppressive therapies. As a Naturopathic doctor there are supportive therapies during cancer treatment to reduce side effects, overcome anxiety, and to strengthen the immune system to prevent future cancer.

 
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