The Practice

Philosophy and Approach

My approach to patient care is holistic, choosing to respect the total person with individualized treatments that incorporate the best of Eastern and Western medicine. Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal health. This condition of holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit.

Holistic medicine encompasses all safe and appropriate modalities of diagnosis and treatment. It includes analysis of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, spiritual and lifestyle elements. Holistic medicine focuses upon patient education and participation in the healing process.

I established the CHI Medical Center in 1994 to integrate allopathic, alternative and preventive medical modalities, as well as lifestyle management and health education counseling. Until May 2004, the CHI Medical Center was housed in a 120 year-old Victorian home in Maumee, Ohio, which was symbolic of traditional philosophies, while incorporating the technology and contemporary protocols for optimum health. Renovation included state-of-the-art medical and technical equipment, full-spectrum lighting, Fong-Shui design to enhance the flow of life-force energy, healing sound with harp music to promote relaxation, healing and wellness, therapeutic chromatics in the choice of soothing and refreshing colors.

I follow the philosophy that patients are ultimately responsible for their own health, and the patient and the doctor are partners in health care management. I work closely with each patient, allowing quality time to serve individual needs.

All new patients are required to fill out a comprehensive health questionnaire. This gives each person a chance to review her/his medical history as well as emotional history. To understand oneself is the beginning of the Chi Medical Center's health program and the therapeutic process, as well as developing the patient-physician partnership.

The majority of patients who come to my office have already tried most of the possible Western diagnostic tools and pharmaceuticals as well as surgical treatments without satisfactory results. During the initial visit, after a comprehensive evaluation of the patient's medical history, I investigate the cause of the illness, including all situations that may affect the emotional balance. Most of my patients, male or female, having experienced psycho-emotional trauma but without realizing it, and therefore are not dealing with it. The pain is then an expression of a deep-seated trauma which takes the experience to a level of physical disorder, such as fibromyalgia, insomnia, depression, chronic headaches, back pain, TMJ, hormonal imbalance, etc. I work with the patient to expose the underlying psycho-emotional trauma at the root of the physical disability. If the deep-seated emotional trauma is treated, most of the associated physical pain will subside.

During the initial visit, we also discuss the theories, philosophies and techniques of energy medicine: the meridian system and the medical acupuncture treatment protocol. Additional information may be given, if needed, on medical acupressure techniques for emotional release and life-style modification techniques, including dietary recommendations and home study materials, which include various books and tapes. One of my goals is to educate the patient to be independently healthy, rather than to medicate them forever.

In my experience patients who are self-motivated are also determined to be healthy, and they take charge of their healing. They respond best to the treatment if they follow the above recommendations.

Treatments are not toxic and minimally invasive. They require the patient to be a part of the healing process. The following is a list of CHI Medical Center services:

1. Holistic Family Medicine, including comprehensive women's, men's and children's health care.
2. Medical acupuncture: Acupuncture can be effective as the only treatment used, or as a support or adjunct therapy to other medical treatments for many disorders.
3. Natural allergy elimination techniques, which combine acupressure with applied kinesiology techniques, with or without acupuncture treatment.
4. Mind/Body Medicine, incorporating stress reduction and harmonizing techniques, including traditional Chinese healing techniques such as medical qi-gong.
5. Metabolic and nutritional therapy, including nutritional, vitamin and mineral supplements, enzymes and amino acids.
6. Herbal Medicine, including Chinese herbal formulas and Western herbs.

With the above techniques, CHI Medical Center treats the following illnesses:

●  Allergy and immune disorders: multiple chemical, food, environmental hypersensitivity, chronic fatigue, viral infections, candidiasis, parasites, heavy metal toxicity, ADD/ADHD/Autism associate with allergies.
●  Acute and chronic pain management: sports injuries, head-aches, facial tics, trigeminal neuralgia, neck and shoulder pain, various forms of tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain, sciatica, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, etc.
●  Digestive disorders: gastritis and hyper-acidity, ulcers, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, liver- gall balder disorders.
●  Respiratory disorders: sinusitis, colds and flu, bronchitis, asthma, recurrent respiratory tract infections.
●  Neurological disorders: post-stroke paralysis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, vertigo/dizziness, MS (multiple sclerosis).
●  Reproductive disorders: infertility, PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome), menstrual cramps, irregular menses, post-menopausal syndrome, sexual dysfunction, prostate disorders.
●  Cardio-vascular disorders: arrhythmia, hypertension.
●  Urinary disorders: cystitis, kidney stones.
●  Mental-emotional disorders: depression, anxiety, substance abuse, emotional trauma, emotional stress, eating disorders.
●  Systemic problems: obesity - weight management.
●  Endocrine disorders: thyroid and adrenal disorders, diabetes and hypoglycemia.