Acupuncture is also helpful as it calms the nervous system and brings mental clarity and calm. Acupuncture also has a self-regulatory effect on the nervous system, hormones and the immune system and body as a whole. One of my clinical discoveries is
that while acupuncture alone may help patients with thyroid disorders (about 25%), when combined with specific emotional balance techniques, diet and herbal medicine, the results can be phenomenal.
My hope is that if Integrated Chi- nese medicine is incorporated into the health care system, the continued use of surgical thyroidectomy and iodine-ir- radiation of the thyroid gland to remove thyroid activity in hyperthyroid patients may become a last resort rather than a standard method of therapy. I believe my approach - which seeks to look at the real cause of the thyroid problem - can have far reaching effects to not only the diagnosis of hypo or hyper-thyroid- ism but can help keep you healthy and flourishing for a lifetime.
Kenneth R Hoffman,
D.Ac,
L.Ac CCH completed an intensive 4000 hr 4 year Chinese medical school program. He is nationally certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine and is licensed by the Board of Health in both Connecticut and Rhode Island. His approach to medicine is to bridge ancient traditional healing with modern medical science and provide patients with individual care that focuses on the core of wellness. For more information, call SOPHIA Natural Health Center in Brookfield, CT 203-740-9300 or visit
www.SophiaNaturalHealth.com. See ad page 19.
(Editor’s Note: For additonal informa- tion, please see Doctor's Notes on page 27. Dr. Shawn Carney discusses thyroid disease from the Naturopathic physi- cian's perspective.)
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