An M.D.’s Journey into Natural Healing

I am always on the lookout for more effective, safe methods of restoring the normal function of the body. In particular, I’m especially interested in finding solutions to stubborn problems that don’t respond to my current strategies.     As a result, my Natural Healing Program is always being improved.  The following are my most recent updates:

1)  Multi-NutraFood 100X – this product that is supposed to help correct the flora in the gut,  improve detoxification, and provide many nutrients more efficiently than standard multivitamins.   Most of my patients have reported better bowel function (i.e. less constipation, less diarrhea, less gas, less reflux) and improved energy.  The vast majority of people have abnormal gut flora as a result of antibiotics plus preservatives and antibiotics from food.

2)  Spectracell Micronutrient testing – we all know that proper vitamin and mineral levels are important to health but did you ever wonder why doctors don’t test for them?  Part of the reason is that standard laboratories aren’t able to measure many of those levels properly.  I have discovered that Spectracell Laboratories has developed a test called the Micronutrient Test to look the the vitamin and mineral levels inside of your cells.  I have yet to find anyone who did not have at least 2 vitamin or mineral deficiencies.  My own test showed  a deficiency of selenium and vitamin D.

3)  Coming soon:  Theragem (crystal light therapy)  – I am currently in the process of importing this device from England.  Reliable sources have informed me that many people with severe chronic pain, including that from arthritis, multiple sclerosis, etc, have responded well to this non-invasive therapy.  It is also reportedly useful for anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, asthma, allergies, many skin conditions, as well as possibly dementia.  I’ve been told that the British have been afraid to tell the Americans all of its benefits for fear of upsetting the American medical establishment.  Nutri-Energetics practitioners have reported that the Theragem complements NES very well.

4) Coming soon: Functional Medicine – This is rapidly growing as one of the most popular branches of integrative medicine that medical doctors have become interested in.  It is a course taught by medical doctors primarily for medical doctors.  The curriculum includes hormonal and neurotransmitter imbalances, mitrochodrial function, detoxification, immune imbalances, inflammation, and digestive disorders.  I am planning to take the course in January 2010 for the purpose of learning the latest science on organ systems that affect health.

5) Coming soon:  NES Provision – this is the next generation of Nutri-Energetics Systems. It incorporates their latest research on how emotional trauma affects the body field with respects to the  brain and the body.  The software will help to identify these issues and 5 new Infoceuticals have been created to address these issues.  I am hopeful that the results of this update will make the results of NES even better than ever and to create breakthroughs in those who have had slow responses to NES (fortunately, just a fraction of the people I have worked with)

–Dave Ou, M.D.

I just set up a page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwdrdaveoucom/181589059084 Just click the link to become a fan.  I’ll be posting some quick comments on the wall in addition to my blog posts here.

–Dave Ou, M.D.

Lately, I’ve heard numerous reports of people being told by their doctor that they have the H1N1 flu.  This has puzzled me because there is no way to diagnose the H1N1 flu without sending a sample to a state lab. At the same time, the CDC has told state labs to stop testing for H1N1 in July.  According to a CBS News report at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesArea, only 2% of the suspected samples in Georgia  sent to the state lab were H1N1.  In fact, most of the samples thought by doctors to be H1N1 were actually the common cold.  What is more puzzling is why the CDC is saying that most flu like symptoms are caused by H1N1 when the data shows otherwise and why they aren’t tracking this supposed epidemic anymore.  I’ll let you make up your mind on why that is.

To learn more, read the story above.  You can also read Dr. Mercola’s comments at

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/24/CBS-Reveals-that-Swine-Flu-Cases-Seriously-Overestimated.aspx

–Dave Ou, M.D.

If you’re interested in learning Matrix Energetics and live near Atlanta, don’t miss the Atlanta seminar on November 13-16.  I took the seminar about 2 years ago because they claimed they could teach anyone to be a “healer”  I always thought that most healers were “born” with the gift and that it couldn’t be taught.   To my surprise, I learned the basics during a single weekend.  Since then, I’ve performed hundreds of successful sessions, yet I’m  surprised each time I see positive changes. One of the remarkable aspects is that anyone can see it taking effect.  The person undergoing a session almost always has shifts in their spine and posture that anyone, including the client or video camera, can see.

Just recently, I was traveling and one of my friends hurt his back.  Ibuprofen and Flexeril were helping some but his back still bothered him quite a bit.  I worked on him using Matrix Energetics  for only 10 minutes and the pain never returned.

Most people who take the seminars aren’t in the healthcare profession. They are there just to learn how to help their friends and family.  I did tell the former medical director of the Mercola clinic about it and now Dr. Mercola is recommending Matrix Energetics.

If you look at the website and think it looks unbelievable or like a  bunch of crock, then at least go to the free Friday session.

I’m also assisting Dr. Richard Bartlett as part of the teaching staff as well so I’ll be there all weekend.

To learn more, visit the Matrix website at www.matrixenergetics.com

Disclosure:  I have absolutely no financial incentives in whether anyone attends or not.

–Dave Ou, M.D.

I recently discovered a letter published in the prestigious British Medical Journal in 2005 that accuses the CDC of falsely exaggerating the number of flu deaths each year in the U.S.   ( http://thinktwice.com/BMJ_Flu.pdf )  The CDC says that 36,000 people die every year from the flu.  Given that number, you’d think that I’d seen at least one case during my last 13 years in medicine but I don’t remember any.  I asked one of my colleagues who has been in practice for 15 years and she couldn’t recall one either.

According to the article, 257 flu deaths were reported to the  CDC in 2001.  According to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal,  849 flu deaths were reported to the CDC in 2006 (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124217724145913411.html) .  How do you go from a few hundred deaths reported to 36,000?    According to the articles, the CDC used a mathematical model and estimated that about 36,000 people per year have flu-related deaths.

The discrepancy between the reported deaths and estimated deaths is confusing.   Exactly how many lives are saved each year by the flu vaccine?  Does anyone really know?

-Dave Ou, M.D.

Detoxification programs are very popular within holistic medicine.  The idea is that toxins are a major cause of disease therefore removing them would make sense.  However, few people talk about the dangers.

Recently one of my patients did an ionic foot bath thinking that detoxification via her feet would be helpful.  However, all her symptoms flared up erasing the progress we had made with NES.  What happened?

The goal of detoxification is to move toxins from inside the body to outside of the body.  If toxins get trapped into another part of the body before exiting the body, then new health problems occur.  This is exactly what happpened to this patient.    I’ve seen this happen with other detox programs such as I.V. chelation, steam baths, homeopathic and herbal detox programs.  Some people try chelation in order to eliminate heavy metals from their bodies.  While some people benefit from this, a certain percentage of people get worse because the heavy metals get trapped into a new part of their body.

To ensure that toxins exit safely, the excretory (kidneys, liver, bowels), lymphatic, and endocrine systems must be adequately functioning.  Very few holistic practitioners are aware of this and very few know what to do about it.  My Natural Healing Program incorporates all this knowledge and as a result, the vast majority of my patients experience smooth detoxification.

–Dave Ou, M.D.

The following article comes from the American College of Physicians.   The bottom line is that omega 3 fish oil protects against heart disease so well that even the American Heart Association endorses the recommendation.  Statistically, 90% of Americans are deficient in omega 3 oils.

–Dave Ou, M.D.

Evidence extends recommendations for fish oil’s cardioprotective effect

Healthy individuals should consume 500 mg daily of omega-3 fish oil, and people with known heart disease or heart failure should aim for at least 800 to 1,000 mg daily, according to an evidence review. This extends recommendations for fish oil from healthy individuals to patients with existing heart disease, in whom fish oil has also been shown to reduce the incidence of cardiac events and mortality.

Current American Heart Association recommendations for those without coronary heart disease are two oily fish meals per week, equal to about 500 mg daily of combined docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). This level of intake has been associated with the lowest risk for coronary heart disease death in several U.S. prospective cohort studies. Now, recommendations for patients with documented coronary heart disease are 1 g per day of combined EPA and DHA, either from fish or supplements. Options include herring, mackerel, salmon, albacore tuna, sardines and oysters, or fish oil supplements or cod liver oil.

Authors reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that omega-3s appear to convey up to a 30% reduction in cardiovascular-related death in patients who have established cardiovascular disease or who have had a myocardial infarction. Omega-3s may decrease the risk of atherosclerosis, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death and even heart failure. In addition, there is a 9% benefit in reducing heart failure death, which translates to treating 56 patients for four years to prevent one death.

The authors added that more research is now needed to optimize dosing and the ratio of DHA to EPA for heart failure, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular protection, maximally treated contemporary post-MI patients or others with relatively low-risk coronary heart disease.

Last week, I spoke at the Atlanta chapter of the Institute of Noetic Sciences about my experience in holistic medicine.  One of the themes I talked about was treating symptoms versus genuine healing.  I have found that most of holistic medicine focuses on ways to control symptoms without going to the deeper root of why the body was unable to heal from the problem to begin with.

For example, someone may take melatonin for insomnia.  Yes, it may often help the insomnia, but if melatonin is stopped, the insomnia returns.  No healing has taken place.  The more interesting question is why isn’t the body producing melatonin and can we correct that problem permanently?  That is the goal of genuine healing and that’s what I focus on.

Most people come to me asking if I can treat their disease.  I tell them that my philosophy is to help the body to heal itself.  When that happens, most diseases and symptoms resolve on their own.

I recently saw a woman distressed by extreme pain over most of her body.  She had been to multiple specialists at Emory and had numerous tests done including MRIs and nerve conduction studies, but nothing was found.  She then sought an integrative doctor who was “board certified” in holistic medicine and was trained by Dr. Andrew Weil, one of the most famous integrative doctors in the world.  The integrative doc tried to balance the her neurotransmitters to help her distress and some creams to help the pain. Admittedly, the treatments were “natural” but they focused on suppressing surface symptoms.  However, there were no changes in her symptoms.

When she came to see me,  I used the Nutri-Energetics Systems (NES).  According to NES research, there is a master control system of the body that regulates every system in the body such as the immune, digestive, hormonal, and detoxification systems.  This master control system is called the body-field.  So instead of independently trying to work on the immune system or digestive system, one can work on them simultaneously via the body field.

As an analogy, the body-field can be thought of as a blueprint for building a house.  Conventional medicine and much of holistic medicine focuses on the wood, concrete, and nails.   There are roofers, plumbers, and electricians.  Bringing in more wood might be helpful but without a good blueprint, a good house can not be built.  NES focuses on identifying and correcting any problems with the blueprint so that the wood, concrete, and nails are set up properly.

Back to the patient, she naturally wanted to know what I thought was wrong with her.   All of her previous doctors gave her various diagnoses and I explained to her my approach of helping her body to heal itself instead of giving her a label or diagnosis.  (I did make sure that she had all of the appropriate conventional tests so that I knew I wasn’t missing any serious underlying illnesses)  I used NES to identify the major distortions in her blueprint or body-field.  I gave her the appropriate NES remedies and her pain quickly subsided as well as her distress.   I have seen results like this using NES hundreds of times.  I have seen only a handful of cases in which NES had no impact and roughly 20% respond on the slow side.  NES is not perfect as research into the body-field is only in the early stages.   They recognize this and research is constantly ongoing to unlock more secrets into how the body heals.

I can only conclude that the researchers at NES are onto something.  NES is not a system that is continued indefinitely.  Once the body-field/blueprint is optimized, which takes about a year, NES can be discontinued while good health continues.  That’s a characteristic of what I call genuine healing.

–Dave Ou, M.D.

As noted in a previous post, Matrix Energetics will be in Atlanta for the first time on November 13-16, 2009 at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel near Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.  If you’re curious about tapping into your own ability to facilitate healing in others, this is a great way of doing so.  Matrix Energetics has been so successful in my practice, that I rarely do acupuncture any more.  I find that Matrix Energetics works faster and deeper and lasts longer.  No needles are needed either.

The seminar is open to anyone and most attendees are just regular people who want to help friends and family.

For more information, visit the Matrix Energetics website at http://www.matrixenergetics.com You can learn more about Matrix as well as sign up for the seminar.The description and videos you’ll see on the site may look unbelievable and perhaps ridiculous and I was  quite skeptical at first.  However, I’ve seen positive results hundreds of  times with my own eyes.  There is also a free introductory presentation the night before if you just want to see what it’s about before signing up.  You can also go to Amazon.com to order a copy of the book.

Oh yeah, as one of the few certified practitioners in the Atlanta area, I’ll be assisting the staff at the seminar.

–Dave Ou, M.D.