Chronic health issues are difficult to manage when traditional Western medicine doesn’t seem to help. Nourishing Life Health Center seeks the root cause of illnesses and helps the body find its way to health.
“We help patients with issues that are often hard to treat, like infections, detoxification issues, weak digestion, and hormonal balancing,” says Hillary Thing, LAc, founder of Nourishing Life Health Center on Route 209 between Kingston and Marbletown. “We try to understand what’s driving the symptoms, so once that’s addressed true health is restored.”
Treatments include herbals, diet and nutrient support, acupuncture, and far infra-red sauna to promote circulation and detoxification. “We tend to see results within the first few months,” Thing says. “I think when people know they’re on the right track, there’s a lot of motivation to continue down this path.”
Herbal medicine is the primary treatment at Nourishing Life—and patients can watch that medicine bloom before their eyes with a walk in the center’s garden, where many of the center’s medicinal herbs are grown. “Nature provides a pharmacy that offers us a lot of options for medicines that are in harmony with, rather than toxic to, the human body.”
To that end, Thing began Bloom & Reveal Botanicals, an online apothecary to expand access to herbal remedies beyond just her patients. UprootingLyme.com, a sister website, provides education and inspiration about healing chronic health issues (especially Lyme disease) with holistic treatment approaches.
This article appears in August 2023.
