EOE 015, Dr. Vivian Engelsen, Chinese Medicine and Essential Oils
Dr. Vivian Engelsen received a master of Fine Arts degree from Notre Dame University in 1977. After a bout with a respiratory infection unresolved by antibiotics she became interested in alternative approaches to healing. Inspired by the results of an holistic approach to health, she went on to study Chinese medicine at the California Acupuncture College. She was licensed in 1984, went on to receive a Master’s degree in herbology from Union University in Los Angeles in 1985. She been in private practice in Santa Monica since that time.
These studies, combined with extensive training in nutrition and essential oils, form an integrated approach and powerful enhancement of the treatments. She uses supplemental support from various companies.
Her specialties include, but are not limited to: pain management, immune support, sinus/allergy and upper respiratory diseases, hormonal imbalances, chronic fatigue, digestive disorders, cholesterol management, detox protocols, and work/emotional stress related issues.
In this episode you will learn:
The philosophical difference between Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine.
Acupuncture for treating those who are not ill…but rather to maintain balance in the body.
People are becoming interested in the idea, “I just want to be healthy.” Seeking out alternatives to make it happen.
Where Western Medicine really stands out.
Chinese Medicine philosophy and the concept of inherited energy.
Treating disease is treating imbalance: too much or too little energy that may be stuck or accumulated in an area of the body.
Using essential oils therapeutically in practice.
Sympathetic dominance: an imbalance in the nervous system that leads to perpetual stress mode.
Parasympathetic dominance is where the body can heal.
How to deal with the potency of essential oils.
Essential oils can be powerful cleansing agents for our bodies to help reduce toxicity.
A huge shift towards self-care with essential oils, and an answer to the question, “What do I need to do be healthy?”
A foundation of health.
What the process of self treatment looks like.