Welcome to Holistic Healing, an integrative naturopathic medical practice in Long Beach, California, where the best of natural and conventional practices come together to offer you an optimal wellness plan and health options.
What is Naturopathic Medicine?
Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care - an art, science, philosophy and medical practice of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illness. Surgery and pharmaceuticals are generally not the first choice of therapies. Together patient and doctor generate a plan with measurable objectives and realistic outcomes. The devised plan often includes: testing to gather further information, herbal, nutritional, dietary, lifestyle, intravenous, homeopathic, bio-identical hormone balancing and detoxification (chelation, colonics, hydrotherapy) approaches to attain optimal wellness or disease management objective(s).
At Holistic Healing, Dr. Lucy Rojo will approach your health condition uniquely and individually. Dr. Rojo believes that illness does not arise randomly in the body. Every chronic illness or disease stems from more fundamental underlying causes. When these underlying sources of illness are addressed and treated, the body is better able to heal itself from within. However, when intervention is required, naturopathic methods are not simply substitutes for conventional therapy to manage symptoms; effort is expended in identifying the cause of illness and treating that cause(s).
Symptoms are the body's natural attempt to deal with the underlying problems, and often serve to guide the practitioner and patient to the true cause of illness. This approach empowers patients to have a better understanding of themselves and allows them to be active participants in their journey towards health and wellness. Modern medicine calls for doctors who:
- Know their science, yet honor the body's innate wisdom to heal
- Treat the whole person, looking beyond symptoms to the underlying cause of the illness
- Focus on disease prevention and wellness
- Function as wellness teachers, as well as healers and
- Strive to offer the gentlest interventions while promoting optimum health
Naturopathic doctors are trained to follow these principles. Dr. Lucy Rojo utilizes these, as well as a thorough history, brief physical exam and lab results to guide her management techniques.
Principles of Naturopathic Medicine
The Healing Power of Nature: We recognize an inherent self-healing process in an individual. Naturopathic doctors work to facilitate and maximize this inherent healing ability.
Identify and Treat the Cause: We strive to identify and remove any obstacles to healing and remove any causes of harm, instead of merely suppressing symptoms of disease.
First Do No Harm: We begin with the least invasive and least harmful of treatments to gently stimulate healing. Much can be accomplished by recognizing the causes of disease, removing the obstacles to optimal wellness and working towards prevention rather than reactionary techniques.
Doctor as Teacher: Dr. Rojo spends time with patients, allowing them to understand the disease and healing process. She also encourages and teaches patients how to become responsible for their own health.
