Complex symptoms need a whole-person strategy

For people frustrated by too many symptoms, too many opinions, and no clear direction.

When you've tried everything and still don't feel like yourself, you need more than another isolated answer. You need care that looks at the full pattern, investigates what may be driving it, and gives you a clear path forward.

The Medicine Tree combines the strengths of conventional, functional, and Chinese medicine with advanced therapies, personalized treatment, and ongoing support to create a plan built around your whole picture.

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WHO WE HELP

You know something is off. You just haven't found the whole answer yet.

You've tried a lot, learned a lot, and still don't feel well.

Maybe your hormones feel unpredictable. Your digestion is off. Your nervous system never fully settles. You’re dealing with migraines, fatigue, pain, fertility concerns, inflammation, or symptoms that seem unrelated but keep showing up together.

That is exactly where we work best.

You don’t need another disconnected recommendation. You need a plan that makes sense of what’s happening.

WHY PEOPLE STAY STUCK

The symptoms may look separate. The pattern usually isn’t.

Many of our patients have been told:

“Your labs look normal.”
“This is just stress.”
“That’s not my specialty.”

Meanwhile, they’re dealing with migraines, poor sleep, blood sugar swings, hormone symptoms, dizziness, palpitations, ADHD, hypermobility, digestive issues, histamine reactions, MCAS, or inflammation no one can quite explain.

And often, their system is so reactive that even the things meant to help can make them feel worse.

Detoxes. Metabolic resets. Aggressive supplement protocols. Restrictive diets.

When the nervous system, immune system, hormones, metabolism, and digestion are all influencing one another, pushing one pathway too hard can destabilize the rest.

Your body is not a collection of separate problems. It is an ecosystem.

Our job is to understand where that ecosystem is overloaded, what it can tolerate now, and what needs to happen first.

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THE MEDICINE TREE METHOD™

A framework for moving from reactive to resilient.

The Medicine Tree Method™ was developed after years of seeing the same pattern in complex patients: the right treatment can still fail when it is introduced at the wrong time.

Many of these patients had already tried supplements, restrictive diets, detox protocols, hormone support, medications, and other functional or integrative approaches. The problem was not always that those tools were wrong. Often, the body was simply not ready for them yet.

That is why we work in phases.

Settle → Flow → Build → Thrive

We begin by assessing what is driving reactivity and what your system can tolerate now. From there, care progresses strategically: first supporting regulation, then improving function, rebuilding resilience, and eventually helping the body maintain progress with less intervention.

The result is not a rigid protocol. It is a clinical framework that helps us decide what to address first, what can wait, and when it is time to move forward.

HOW CARE WORKS

Clarity first. Treatment second.

Comprehensive Care

For complex, overlapping, or chronic concerns, care begins with a Comprehensive Consultation. We review your health history, symptoms, previous testing, treatments, and patterns to understand what may be driving the bigger picture and what needs attention first.

From there, we build a prioritized plan around your needs. Comprehensive care may include:

  • Functional lab testing and symptom tracking

  • Acupuncture and Chinese medicine

  • Herbal medicine

  • Targeted supplements

  • Advanced therapies

  • Nutrition and lifestyle support

  • Nervous system and stress regulation strategies

  • Ongoing reassessment as your body changes

You’ll understand what we recommend, why we recommend it, and what comes next.

Chinese Medicine Care

For patients focused on prevention, wellness, maintenance, or a specific concern, we also offer a separate Chinese medicine pathway using acupuncture and/or herbal medicine.

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PROGRAMS

If it only works while you’re doing it, it isn’t enough.

Maybe the diet helped until you stopped. The supplement worked for a while, then didn’t. The treatment calmed things down, but the same symptoms eventually returned.

That is why our comprehensive care is not built around one-off visits.

Programs give us the time to follow the plan, measure what is changing, adjust what is not, and support you long enough to see whether progress actually holds.

Your program is personalized to your needs and may include treatment, testing, follow-up, and ongoing support as your plan evolves.

The goal is not more treatment. It is better continuity, better decision-making, and more durable progress.

"I battled infertility for over 7 years... I switched acupuncturists and started seeing Liz. She was my support system. We finally became pregnant and I can't wait to begin to prepare for another embryo transfer!"

Thoughtful care. Serious clinical reasoning. A team that stays with you.

Built for complex cases

Years of working with patients whose symptoms cross multiple systems and don’t fit neatly into one box.

Integrated by design

Functional medicine, Chinese medicine, advanced therapies, and ongoing clinical reassessment are combined into one coordinated plan instead of treated as separate services.

Care that Adapts

Your plan is reviewed and adjusted as your symptoms, labs, tolerance, and goals change.