How to become a patient at SLO Naturopathic & Acupuncture:
Naturopathic Visits:
Acupuncture:
Insurance companies in California do not cover Naturopathic services, however many do cover acupuncture. SLO Naturopathic is out-of-network with insurance companies. All services are cash upon service. However, if you would like a submit a claim to insurance for reimbursement, please ask and a copy of the ‘superbill’ will be sent to you. Many patients have had success using HSA accounts to cover visits.
The healing process varies for each condition. In general the more chronic and complex the condition, the longer the healing journey. Root cause medicine usually is multifactorial. Quick methods tend to be suppressive, while true healing takes time. The biggest mistake is to give up on the healing journey too quickly.
While the majority of American trained acupuncturist learn TCM (traditional Chinese Medicine), there’s a wide range of East Asian medicine that include other techniques of acupuncture. Japanese acupuncture uses moxabustion, teishin therapy, sotai, qi gong tuina, shiatsu, acupressure, and other methods to move and balance qi. Many folks find these techniques both gentle and powerful. Needle free treatments are great for sensitive folks that can’t relax with acupuncture needles.
Yes! Part of holistic care is working with your whole medical team. Another part is appropriately referring to other doctors or medical professionals when appropriate.
No. While Naturopathic doctors are trained in pharmacology and primary care, each state has a different scope of practice. Naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists are not allowed to prescribe medications or take patients off medications in the state of California. Naturopathic doctors can prescribe natural hormones like HRT.
Unfortunately, the FDA little to ensure safety of supplements and herbs. Many over the counter supplements are poor quality, toxic (like high levels of mercury in fish oil), or even don’t have the reported ingredients in the bottle (please don’t buy supplements off Amazon- there’s a lot of fraudulent supplement sales). Doctor quality supplements are tested for quality by a second party, what you see on the label is what is actually in the bottle, and does additional testing to insure that there is no risk of toxicity. These supplements tend to be slightly more in price, but a lot more effective.