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Lynn Klosterman,
CNHP
Naturopathic
Health Professionals
W325 S7375 Squire Lane
Mukwonago, WI 53149
262/392-3073
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This page was last updated on April 8,
2002
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Office Hours
Office Hours are:
By appointment only
Please phone or e-mail my office for an appointment, or
additional information.
Long-distance? Consultations can be done by mail.
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Qualifications
Lynn Klosterman, ND, CNHP is a Naturopathic Health
Practitioner. She has been doing nutritional consultations
since 1996. Lynn is available for workshops and
lectures. Please call the office for more information, at
(262)392-3073.
Education
- Trinity School of Natural Health, Warsaw, IN (CNHP in
1996, ND in 1999)
- Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI (BA in Social Work,
1984)
Registered Alcohol and Drug Counselor (RADC I) in WI
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About Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic practitioners are general
practitioners trained as specialists in natural remedies.
Naturopathic practitioners seek to stimulate the body's
natural healing reponse using clinical nutrition, herbal
supplements, homeopathy, flower essences for emotional
imbalances, and counseling on stress management.
Lynn graduated from the Trinity School of Natural Health,
with a Naturopath degree. She is also a Certified Natural Health
Professional, and a member of the American Naturopathic Medical
Association.
Lynn completed courses in:
- Nutrition, emphasizing the importanace
of diet, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbal
supplementation.
- Body Systems, dealing with organs,
glands, tissues, and structures of the body. This
includes the function and interrelationship of the
various organs.
- Kineseology, a technique that measures
weakened and stressed areas of the body, and is also used
to measure nutrient deficiencies.
- Iridology, with focus on the practical
application of iris analysis and interpretation. This
focuses on health weaknesses revealed through the eyes.
- Body work, focuses on enhancing the
relationship between body function and structure.
- Chemistry, focuses on the body's
acid/alkaline balance.
- Emotional healing, emotional issues are
the underlying cause of physical illness.
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Some of the Conditions Helped or Resolved
by Natural Remedies:
Allergies (foods, airborne, animals),
Addictions, Anxiety, Arthritis (including Rheumatoid) Asthma,
Attention Deficit Disorder, Back Pain, Bronchitis, Candida
Overgrowth, Chronic Fatigue, Cholesterol (High), Circulatory
Problems, Crohn's Disease, Colds, Constipation, Depression,
Diarrhea, Digestive Disorders, Ear Infections/Ear Aches (Otitis
Media), Eczema and other Skin Conditions, Fibromyalgia, Hay
fever, Hives (Urticaria), Hyperactivity, Hypertension (High Blood
Pressure), Hypoglycemia, Immune System Support, Incontinence,
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Learning Disorders, Menopausal
Symptoms, Multiple Sclerosis, Nervous Disorders, Parasites, PMS,
Prostatitis, Stress Reduction, Tinnitus, Weight Loss or Gain, and
Emotional Problems.
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The Naturopathic Philosophy advocates a
number of principles:
- Do No Harm: Primum non
nocere.
Primum non nocere is taken
from the Hippocratic Oath. Certainly anybody who is sick does not
need any therapy or treatment which can harm him/her. Since
prescription medication has such a potential to make a well man
sick, many wonder how it can be expected to make a sick man well.
Traditional naturopathy embraces only therapies or procedures
wwhich are designed to enhance healing and produce wellness.
- Recognize the Healing Power of Nature: Vis
medicatrix naturae.
The human body is created
with the capacity to heal itself and to maintain homeostasis.
There is a healing power in nature and this principal is the
basis for all of naturopathy. Naturopathy is a system designed to
work in harmony with nature in the restoration and support for
the inherent natural healing systems of the body.
- Identify the Cause:
Tolle causam.
In allopathic medicine the name
of the disease is actually the name of the symptom in Greek. For
example, the term "arthritis" is made up of two Greek
roots "arthro" which means having to do with the joint
and "itis" meaning pain or inflammation. Allopathics
seek to treat the joint pain by reducing the joint pain. This can
be done with the use of pain killers, nerve blockers, or any
number of procedures. Naturopaths are commited to removing the
joint pain by finding and removing the cause. Perhaps this may
prove to be a calcium and/or mineral deficiency caused by either
a primary or secondary nutritional deficiency. Or perhaps the
cause could be from an injury or possibly from an over acid
condition in the body. For naturopaths, the correction of the
cause is the most plausible way of eliminating the symptoms and
resoring health to the person.
- Involve the Total Person.
Natural Health Practitioners are
aware that a person can have a physical, spiritual, or emotional
illness. The chosen therapy is determined by what kind of problem
the person is experiencing. You can not be well or healthy if you
have a spiritual or mental problem even if you appear perfectly
fit. Naturopaths use counseling and stress management for those
experiencing emotional or spiritual problems.
Naturopathic philosopy places
the responsibility for wellness with the individual. Man is the
steward of his body and the naturopath is the teacher or advisor
to the individual on how to maintain health. One recognizes that
a headache is not an aspirin deficiency but rather the result of
some imbalaance within the body. Some principle of health has
been violated and the body is responding with pain.
Naturopaths should evaluate the
connotation and advise or teach their clients what lifestyle,
nutritional, emotional, or dietary changes should be made to
alleviate the condition. The condition is alleviated by the
clients making those changes and not by some outside agency.
Man is fearfully and wonderfully
made. Other than in trauma-type injuries, seldom does the body
have isolated mono-factoral conditions, but rather experiences
"dis-ease" as a consequence of a number of health
debilitating events. Germs are considered the culprit for many
conditions found by allopathic physicians. Naturopaths understand
germs are a normal part of the economy of the earth. Germs have a
purpose: to destroy sick, weakened, and devitilized tissues.
Thus, germs are attracted to the depleted tissues in the body. In
order to reverse the disease process, the body needs to have its
tissues revitalized. This explains why when two people are
exposed to the same germs only one person gets sick (the person
with the devitalized tissues).
- Prevention is the Best
Cure.
It is admirable that there
is an effective system based on natural restorative methods.
However, it is preferable for the body not to experience
imbalances and their resulting consequences. Naturopaths are
prepared to advise clients on simple disease prevention
principles which are designed to produce health and avoid the
destructive consequences which occur as the result of violating
those principles.
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Services
Offered Include:
- Clinical Nutrition: Nutrition and the
therapeutic use of foods have always been a cornerstone
of the naturopathic health approach. A growing body
of evidence now validates the naturopathic concept of
using foods along with herbal and vitamin supplements to
manage a wide range of conditions.
- Homeopathy: Homeopathic remedies are
the healing energy fields that exist in raw minerals and
plants. These can be taken internally to correct
imbalances in energy fields. These are suggested when
energy fields are out of harmony with the rest of the
body. Over 200 years old, these powerful remedies are
widely used and accepted in many other countries.
Homeopathic remedies act to strengthen the innate healing
of the individual, and seldom have side effects.
- Oriental Remedies: Lynn is trained in
the fundamentals of Chinese herbology and Chinese methods
of evaluation.
- Counseling and Stress Management:
Lynn is trained as a counselor in stress management and
emotional imbalance.She has specialized training in
addiction counseling.
- Flower Essence Therapy:
Vibrational remedy taken internally to rebalance the
emotional, mental, and subtle bodies of humans. These
remarkable remedies recognize a relationship betwen body
and soul and interweaving of spiritual, mental,
emotional, and physical aspects of wellness.
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Evaluation Procedures Include:
- Lifestyle Analysis
- Chinese Constitutional Typing
- Nutritional Survey
- Muscle Response Testing (Kinesiology)
- Iridology
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From the Desk of Lynn-
Hello friends,
Due to the fear the media is attempting to instill in the public
regarding natural remedies, I thought my readers would find this
letter interesting and helpful.
THE CENTER FOR BUILDING BETTER HEALTH NATURALLY
HERBAL RESEARCH GROUP
DIRECTOR DR. EUGENE C. WATKINS B.S., B.S.ed., M.S., N.D.
29451 GREENFIELD, SUITE 102 / SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48076
U.S.A. / TELEPHONE (810) 323-6631 / FAX (810) 446-8218
27 March 2002
Lynn Klosterman N.D.
Naturopathic Health Professionals
W325 S7375 Squire Ln.
Mukwonago, Wisconsin 53149
Dear Lynn,
Thank you for writing. It is good to hear from you.
Your inquiry regarding the herb Kava and Kava in combinations
with other herbs has been referred to me for response. Everyone
who works with herbs has their favorite and most used herbs. I
know I have mine and really appreciate what they can do for those
who use them. Kava is not among those which I often use, however,
I am privileged to be associated with a great number of
colleagues, some of which do often use Kava. Of those, I have not
heard of any undesirable effects. What strikes me as very
significant is the Polynesian peoples of the South Pacific. They
have probably taken the herb Kava for several thousand years.
That should have given them ample opportunity to observe if
making the liver sick is a common result of taking Kava. Kava is
part of their culture, much as coffee is a part of our culture. I
do believe they would long since have stopped using it if there
were a reoccuring problem of any magnitude. Of course, you can
abuse just about anything, coffee, soda pop, pizza and claim it
ruined your liver. I am personally of the opinion that you can
prove pretty much anything you wish to prove. Consequently, I am
very cautious who I agree with and about what. I personally have
a tendency to distrust those who represent drug interests. People
who manufacture or sell drugs want to you to use drugs. They
don’t want you taking herbs. They have been known to
frighten people who use herbs and say they make you sick. They
make a great deal of money selling drugs and therewith control a
great deal of the what appears in most newspapers, magazines and
television. Their great wealth makes it easy for them to do. Then
there are the many people in governmental positions around the
world who evaluate herbs. They are trained in pharmacy, not
herbs. When they find a few individuals who may not be able to
take an herb they say, there you see, the herb makes you sick.
They will even find a way to prove it scientifically with rats
and such. They don’t tell you about all the thousands or
even millions of people who have taken an herb and were well
served by it. If the sales of some popular profitable drug, such
as valium, fall and the number of people using the low profit
making herb Kava grow, what do you think they are going to say?
In all fairness, I suppose it is quite possible that there are
certain body types with which Kava does not agree. But, the same
could be said for wheat or milk or some soy bean milk formulas
fortified with iron for babies. To be more specific, some people
eat wheat and the wheat (gluten) “eats” them so to
speak, and causes horrible side effects. One person in five in
North America can not handle milk and develops all manner of
sinus, lymphatic and compromised immune system complications.
Some body types find it almost impossible to digest soy beans.
“Fortify” the soy beans with non-organic iron from iron
ore and give it to babies and you may lose them due to
gastro-intestinal revolt and then shut down. Do you ban wheat,
milk and soy beans? Or, could we simply say, if something does
not agree with you don’t eat it.
Since I started practice in the last century over 25 years ago, I
have seen a number of traditionally used herbs get on
someone’s “bad list” and attacked for one reason
or another. In the case of Kava and other herbs, I highly suspect
there are interests that wish to take a good working herb and
turn it into a prescription item as has been done to Kava in
Germany.
I note in a recent news article regarding Kava the herb Comfrey
is also mentioned (also know under the name Knitbone) as causing
liver damage. I do have a considerable amount of practiced
observation with the herb Comfrey (Knitbone). It is a
marvellously quick acting, soothing repair herb for damaged or
weakened body parts. It is so soothing the liquid extract of
Knitbone can be put on poison ivy to relieve itching torments and
quickly repair the damaged skin. I regularly rely on this herb
singularly or in combination to repair broken bones and damaged
tissues in a fraction (1/4 to 1/12) of the generally accepted
time needed according to text books written by those who do not
use herbs. To remove this herb from use or prevent it from being
commonly available would be a crime of greed and ignorance at
best or at worst a crime against humanity.
I sincerely hope this little discussion helps to clear up some
confusion in the area of herbs.
With the kindest of regards,
Dr. Eugene C. Watkins
I wish you peace.
Lynn Klosterman, CNHP
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Thanks!
Thank you for visiting my Home Page. I'm
looking forward to hearing from you.
Wishing you the best of good health,
Lynn Klosterman, CNHP
cnhp_pro@bigfoot.com
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