healing
30 years of experience as a board-certified physician, additionally board-certified in Medical Acupuncture. Extensive training in and practice of Chinese herbal medicine, Ayurveda and traditional healing arts. Years of clinical experience treating & integrating biological, emotional, social and spiritual selves form the basis for profound insights/abilities to facilitate individual and group healing
visit here to review dr villanova’s updated website on eastern & western medicine
visit here to review dr villanova’s comprehensive website on eastern & western medicine
individual medical consultations
Seamlessly integrated Eastern and Western medicines to help heal physical and emotional disturbances. Acupuncture, Chinese herbal, pharmaceuticals, dietary/lifestyle and supportive counseling to help guide the mind/body towards improved health
On a limited basis, Dr. Villanova offers comprehensive phone consultations and/or in-person integrative care
Pain Issues: headache/migraine, back pain, joint pain, peripheral neuropathy, CRPS
Internal Medicine Issues: hypertension, diabetes, autoimmune, IBS, inflammatory
Emotional issues: insomnia, anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorders
Complex Neurological Issues: MS, ALS, essential tremor, post-stroke, paralysis
Allergy Desensitization: one & you’re done! asthma, nasal allergies, eczema, eosinophilic esophagitis and more
Gynecological Issues: menopausal symptoms, painful periods, infertility
Natural aesthetic treatments
New Service: Fresh Perspective – comprehensive consultation / medical opinion combining western and eastern medical perspectives to help guide those facing complex health decisions
to learn more about the modalities used – visit my medical website here
western medicine
conventional, allopathic
A historically recent development, provides modalities in a mechanistic fashion that lend themselves best to treatment after injury or development of illness
board certified since 1996
biopsychosocial model – comprehensive evaluation
special interest in physical medicine, allergy, GYN and neurology
acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine
traditional Chinese/Asian medicine
An exceedingly comprehensive medical system, empirically tested for nearly 3000 years (on humans). Remarkably robust physiology & pathophysiology based on pattern recognition and deduction. Both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine medicine are complete medical systems, but together work via the central & peripheral nervous systems, as well the neuroendocrinologic, neuroimmune, molecular (genetic/DNA) and quite likely the human microbiome systems to effectuate change
acupuncture since 2000
Chinese herbal medicine since 2009
special interest & training in neurological scalp acupuncture
special interest & training in allergy desensitization
ayurveda
traditional Indian medicine
The complete, traditional medical system of India. Its herbology is gentle and works gradually to create physiologic homeostasis. Best applied in prevention, as an adjunct. or in convalescence. Its greatest strength lies in its dietary and life style recommendations
ayurveda since 2004
special interest in dietary recommendations
guided healing
If the central nervous system can create physiologic change via its direct stimulation(1) and through peripheral nervous stimulation(2) – as well as independently via the placebo effect – why shouldn’t concentrated imagery produce favorable physiologic responses as well (as in hypnotherapy)
Barbara Brennon workshops 1993
Sandra Ingerman shamanic group training 2014