First, you want a doctor who will treat all of you and address the root cause of an illness.
Second, you want personalized treatment. You’ll leave the office with an individualized
treatment plan tailored to your current health status, goals, and lifestyle.

Accredited naturopathic medical schools are four-year, hands-on medical programs consisting
of a minimum of 4,100 hours of class and clinical training. During naturopathic medical school,
students are educated in the biomedical sciences as well as natural therapies and disease
prevention. In addition to a standard medical curriculum, schools require their graduates to
complete four years of training in disciplines such as clinical nutrition, homeopathic medicine,
botanical medicine, physical medicine, and counseling. For at least the final two years of their
medical program, naturopathic medical students intern in clinical settings under the close
supervision of licensed professionals. To be considered for a naturopathic medical license in
California, you must have graduated from an accredited naturopathic medical school and
passed Part 1 and Part 2 of the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examination (NPLEX).

No. Currently in the state of California, naturopathic doctors are not able to be in-network
healthcare providers with insurance companies.

Maybe. You can obtain a superbill and receipt after your visit with a naturopathic doctor. You
may be able to use an HSA or FSA account to pay for naturopathic medical care. Please check
with the company in charge of your HSA or FSA account before scheduling.

Yes. For some patients we provide specialty care as an adjunct to routine medical treatment
and for others we provide general care and refer to specialists as appropriate. It is up to the
individual or the family to decide how they would like to assemble the medical team that is
right for them.

No. We do not offer vaccinations.

Yes. Use of high-quality supplements is essential to assure their safety and efficacy. The Food
and Drug Administration in the U.S. does not regulate the supplement industry the way it does
for homeopathic and allopathic medicines. We recommend supplements from companies
which batch test for active ingredients and verify the absence of harmful contaminants. This
quality assurance process is costly for supplement companies, and it explains in part the higher
price for their products.

When a constitutional homeopathic medication prescription is made it accounts for the totality
of unique reactions and affinities of an individual person. In-depth information is gathered to
understand the entire mental, emotional, and physical symptom pattern in the person including
how the person responds to stressors. The naturopathic doctor may need to study your case
before prescribing you a constitutional homeopathic medication or you may get the medication
at the end of your visit. There are over 2,000 homeopathic medications.

For any chronic illness or persistent symptoms lasting beyond 3 months, a homeopathic
constitutional medication will best address the underlying pattern of chronic symptoms. The
homeopathic medicine will stimulate the individual’s vitality to work towards healing the
underlying dysfunction in the body that is contributing to those chronic symptoms.

For any acute illness lasting less than 3 weeks, you would be prescribed an acute homeopathic
medicine to address the pattern of symptoms associated with the acute illness. For example,
strep throat caused by bacteria or influenza caused by a virus are acute illnesses. Homeopathic
medicine will stimulate the individual’s vitality to engage the immune system to help their body
fight the virus or bacteria more effectively.

We recommend that you take your homeopathic medicine when there are no strong flavors in
the mouth and at least 15 minutes away from food or drink before and after taking the
medicine. It is best to avoid handling the medicine and put it in your mouth directly from the
bottle cap.

Some homeopathic medicines are intended to be taken just once or a few times and others are
taken daily. Often daily dosing is used for patients who are taking allopathic medications at the
same time. As with any prescription, homeopathic medicines are to be taken as prescribed by
your doctor.

No. Side effects are unwanted effects of a biochemical drug. Homeopathic medicines do not
have side effects but can produce aggravations.

An aggravation is a strong reaction to a homeopathic remedy, and it is a good indication that
healing is taking place. Typical aggravations intensify current symptoms for 24 hours to 10 days.

Suppressed symptoms go deeper into the body and result in worse disease later. Healing with
homeopathic medicine requires that suppressed symptoms be briefly expressed to allow the
body freedom to move toward a higher state of wellness.