Case Histories

Jane, a vivacious Eurasian lady in her fifties, was seen for recurrent pain in her coccyx (tailbone area).

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed silicon toxicity. She eventually admitted to having a breast implant, and tested positive for silicon.

Naturopathic Approach: An x-ray showed no problem, but she decided to have her implants removed. The surgeon found little nodules around the site, consistent with a leaking implant. After removal she took supplements to accelerate elimination of the silicon. The discomfort in her tailbone disappeared and her energy went up.

June, a Hongkonger Chinese in her thirties, had tried getting pregnant for years.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed amalgam toxicity from leaking mercury fillings.

Naturopathic Approach: The friend who had referred her told me that when June changed just one half of her dental fillings on one side of her jaw, she got pregnant a few weeks later.

Mary, Chinese in her late twenties, came in with poor skin and shedding hair. She had spent a year as a missionary in China where old tinned food was provided and nearly everyone on the ship developed poor skin and hair loss.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed heavy metal toxicity and nutrient deficiencies.

Naturopathic Approach: A programme to reduce heavy metal load and correct her deficiencies improved her skin and hair over three months.

Jill, a Caucasian in her forties, had a severe history of allergies and long-term low immunity, often presenting as post-nasal drip and sinus symptoms.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed heavy-metal toxicity, nutrient deficiencies, candida and allergies to milk and wheat. Hair mineral testing showed very heavy mercury toxicity; DFM showed extremely lowered energy in the head.

Naturopathic Approach: An anti-candida detox brought significant improvement but sinus symptoms remained. On her US vacation she worked with a physician there and did intravenous chelation. Soon after, her sinus condition started improving significantly.

Gina, a Caucasian fitness instructor in her forties, experienced awful cramps and felt 'poisoned' in the fourteen days before her period despite careful eating.

Testing: Vitality and Longevity showed abnormal fluid retention and impaired Phase II detox. Electrodermal screening showed sensitivity to salicylates.

Naturopathic Approach: A liver cleanser (Ultra-Clear) corrected the issue; she also avoided coffee in the two weeks before her period. Her cramps and 'poisoned' feeling stopped.

Lidia, a Caucasian in her fifties, felt very ill for months after an unsupervised water fast at a camp.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed candida infestation and allergies to milk and wheat.

Naturopathic Approach: After three weeks on the Anti-Candida diet, Lidia felt absolutely wonderful. The wrong detoxification programme can leave you feeling worse off.

Cynthia, a Caucasian in her late forties and a long-sober recovering alcoholic, came in with fatigue, inability to concentrate and mood swings she blamed on 'emotional weakness'.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed nutrient deficiencies, candida, allergies to milk and wheat, and hypoglycemia.

Naturopathic Approach: A month on the Anti-Candida diet largely resolved the mood swings. Her husband phoned to say, 'I don't know what you're doing with my wife — please keep doing it, because I have a new wife now.'

Renee had years of digestive discomfort, bloating and flatulence — all beginning after apparent food poisoning in Bangkok.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed she had parasites.

Naturopathic Approach: Three weeks on the Anti-Parasite programme resolved her digestive issues.

Claire, a Chinese lady in her thirties, tracked me down from Malaysia with severe clitoriadynia — constant burning and itching. Gynaecologists had told her it was 'all in her mind'.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth and allergies.

Naturopathic Approach: Six weeks on the Anti-Candida programme resolved her 'imaginary' condition.

Casey, a Caucasian in her twenties visiting Singapore for photography work, had sallow skin. She later redid old dental fillings and developed severe skin lesions around her mouth.

Testing: Initial screening showed heavy-metal toxicity, nutrient deficiencies, candida and milk/wheat allergies. Re-testing after the lesions appeared confirmed mercury toxicity and leaking amalgams.

Naturopathic Approach: Replacing her dental amalgams with composite polymers resolved her skin lesions within days.

Shanti, an Indian lady in her early twenties, had eczema on her back and in the folds of her elbows and knees, after spending thousands on medical bills.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed milk and wheat allergies, intestinal dysbiosis and poor nutrient absorption.

Naturopathic Approach: Three months off her allergens plus digestive enzymes, high-quality probiotics, zinc and essential fatty acids left her skin flawless.

Mrs Tan, a Chinese lady in her forties, came in tired all the time and unsure whether her vitamins were helping.

Testing: Non-invasive kinesiological testing revealed deficiencies in B vitamins, Vitamin C and iron, and borderline zinc, potassium and magnesium — any of which can cause fatigue.

Naturopathic Approach: A tailored schedule of the vitamins she lacked, a radically more balanced diet, and a broad-spectrum multivitamin gave a lasting solution to her fatigue.

Mrs Rani, an Indian lady in her forties, complained of tiredness, nervousness, sweating, dizziness, a racing heart and difficulty thinking straight.

Testing: Electrodermal screening revealed hypoglycemia and deficiencies.

Naturopathic Approach: A diet excluding sugars and richer in fish, poultry, meat, eggs, soy, nuts and beans left her more energetic and calmer within three weeks.

Angelina, an Asian lady in her twenties, was tired of two days of food cravings and low-grade depression before every period.

Testing: Blood testing of her estrogen–progesterone balance showed estrogen dominance.

Naturopathic Approach: Progesterone cream plus an anti-hypoglycemic diet and Evening Primrose Oil ended her monthly discomfort within two months.

Katherine, a vivacious 30-year-old Asian lady, had headaches and migraines around her periods, food sensitivities and very tight neck muscles.

Naturopathic Approach: Manipulative therapy, avoidance of her food allergens and licorice dramatically reduced her symptoms within a month.

Joyce, a Caucasian in her 40s, had an ovarian cyst.

Naturopathic Approach: A five-day watermelon fast was prescribed; her next scan showed the cyst was gone.

Vicki, an athletic Caucasian in her thirties, wanted to get healthy before an in-vitro programme.

Testing: Screening showed heavy-metal toxicity, nutrient deficiencies, candida, milk/wheat allergies; hair mineral testing showed heavy mercury; DFM showed lowered energy in the head; blood testing showed low-side thyroid.

Naturopathic Approach: She removed her mercury fillings, followed the anti-fungal diet, stayed off allergens and took targeted supplements. A month into IVF, hormone levels rose so quickly that testing revealed she had already become fertile from the pre-IVF programme.

Jill, a Caucasian in her twenties, had been told by top gynaecologists she was heading for early menopause.

Naturopathic Approach: Diagnosed as stress-induced, she was given supplements and specific phyto-estrogens; her periods resumed two months later. When they stopped again in Singapore, psychological work uncovered deep unresolved anger toward her father. A dramatic session gave her permission to sever that connection, and her periods returned for good within four weeks.

Mai Lan, a 30-year-old Chinese lady, had stiff, aching shoulders and an unnoticed dowager's hump. Previous osteopathic relief had been only temporary. Examination showed extreme stress, tight upper-back and lower-neck muscles, and reduced mobility between C5 and C6 bilaterally.

Naturopathic Approach: Regular bodywork alternating with spinal manipulative sessions. Kneading gradually relaxed the muscles; a high-velocity thrust technique increased joint space at C5/C6. Her aching shoulders stopped hurting, posture improved and energy returned.

Maria, a Chinese lady in her late 20s and pregnant, had back pain and numbness in her right leg from a strained right sacroiliac joint capsule, aggravated by pregnancy-softened ligaments.

Naturopathic Approach: Soft decompression techniques and a small, low-leverage high-velocity thrust released the muscle tension and pain. She had a successful pregnancy. Post-delivery urinary incontinence was resolved with visceral manipulation.

Mrs Chan, a Chinese lady in her forties, had severe lower backache unrelieved by standard exercises. Assessment showed misalignment around L4–L5, adrenal exhaustion and an activated TMJ.

Naturopathic Approach: Standard manipulative treatment, elimination of coffee and white sugar, and Panex ginseng as an adrenal tonic brought quick improvement. Her TMJ was then supported with a dental splint and treated with Cranio-Sacral therapy, stabilising her condition.

A young Indian lady in her 20s with an early childhood history of eczema and dermatitis.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth and allergies.

Naturopathic Approach: Candida diet. After two months, her skin cleared up noticeably.

A Chinese writer in her 20s with chronic neck and backache, right elbow ache, and right middle-finger ache and twitching.

Naturopathic Approach: Manipulation was done. After the first visit, backache and neck pain were gone.

A Chinese secretary in her 40s with hives, bladder discomfort, side aches and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth and allergies; VLA testing showed impaired Phase II detox.

Naturopathic Approach: Candida diet and supplements; liver detox pathway repaired. Hives controlled without antihistamines, bladder discomfort cleared, side aches gone, weight lost. Manipulative treatment resolved the carpal-tunnel-like symptoms.

An Indian lady in her early forties with pains in her neck, lower arms and legs.

Testing: Electrodermal testing showed mercury poisoning from her teeth.

Naturopathic Approach: Removal of the fillings plus specific detox supplements resolved all pains.

A pleasant 50-year-old Caucasian lady with chronic post-nasal drip, digestive problems and a stiff neck.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth, chemical toxicities and allergies.

Naturopathic Approach: Candida diet and digestive supplements. More energy, less post-nasal drip and weight loss.

A businessman in his 40s with three years of insomnia, stomach upset and poor concentration after heart bypass surgery.

Testing: Electrodermal testing showed allergies; hair mineral analysis showed heavy toxicity.

Naturopathic Approach: Low-allergen diet and heavy-metal detox. After four months: sleeping well most nights, no more diarrhea, enthusiasm restored and dramatic improvement in libido.

An Indonesian teacher in his forties with hepatitis A and weight gain.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth, chemical toxicities and allergies.

Naturopathic Approach: Candida diet and supplements. He felt more energetic and started losing weight.

An Indian housewife in her 40s with declining energy, rising blood pressure and insomnia.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth, chemical toxicities and allergies.

Naturopathic Approach: Candida diet, stress management and supplements. Less joint pain after the first visit; digestion improved about three months later.

An American businessman in his fifties with pains everywhere and a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, after spending hundreds of thousands on unhelpful treatments.

Naturopathic Approach: A supplement to detoxify heavy metals from the brain gave immediate relief. Within a month, after years of not walking more than fifty metres without discomfort, he was playing a full round of golf. Three months later he happily married.

A two-year-old American boy diagnosed with autism — no eye contact, stimming and touch aversion.

Testing: Electrodermal testing revealed intestinal dysbiosis, allergies and infections; hair mineral testing showed mercury poisoning; EFA blood testing showed imbalanced essential fatty acids.

Naturopathic Approach: Allergen-restricted diet and supplements to rebuild the gut brought calmer behaviour, better sleep and improved responsiveness within months. An extended mercury detox followed, alongside rebalanced essential fatty acids and minerals. Within a year, the diagnosis had changed to ADD; awareness improved by 100%, speech is improving monthly and socialisation is almost normal.

An Indonesian boy of about two years old who stopped speaking after a drastic fall, saying only a few words like 'bye-bye'.

Naturopathic Approach: Twelve sessions of cranio-sacral therapy. He started speaking more, using alternate legs on the stairs and riding his bicycle. Now it is not easy to get him to stop talking.

An Indonesian boy born with fluid on the brain and a two-month developmental delay at six months.

Naturopathic Approach: Cranio-sacral therapy. After a few sessions his motor function began to improve.

A young Chinese girl with 13 months of persistent fevers and antibiotic treatment, in and out of hospital, following surgery for biliary atresia at 13 months.

Testing: Electrodermal testing showed food allergies and intestinal dysbiosis.

Naturopathic Approach: Allergen-restricted diet and supplements to rebuild the intestines. Fever gradually decreased, overall energy improved and hospital admissions dropped.

A Caucasian girl around 7 years old, unable to concentrate in class, with compulsive eating leading to obesity.

Testing: Electrodermal screening showed Candida overgrowth and allergies.

Naturopathic Approach: Candida diet and supplements. ADD became more manageable, she became a happier, focused child, lost weight, won an art competition three months later and went from the bottom of the class to the middle.