“Since having Dr. Liebell’s treatment, I have begun to get my energy back full force.  My head and body do not hurt and I feel the fog has lifted!” 

Roberta Robertson, Maryland

Pregnant Mother’s Lyme Recovery:

“I really don't have any symptoms, and have had no problem or side effects from the treatment.  My quality of life has improved 100% from where I was 5 months ago.

I feel human again”

"People who think antibiotics are their only hope need to give this a try... they don’t have anything to lose.  Not only did I have Lyme disease, but I had a few other issues also that needed to be treated. 

I personally guarantee they will feel better than they ever did, and they have a doctor that actually gives a damn!"

- Karen Spivey,

Windsor, VA

“I’ve had Lyme disease for some time, but Dr. Liebell has been treating me for the past 6 months.  Since I began treatment there has been a slow and significant change in my energy and feeling of well being. 

I am so impressed with Dr. Liebell and his staff and would highly recommend him, as I have complete trust and faith in his methods.” 

 Duke Shannahan, Onancock, VA

"Antibiotics may work, and you may have to have several rounds of treatments as well. They are devastating to the body and clear out all of your good bacteria. Why would you choose that when you could take a treatment that makes you feel better while you take it? There is no negative to the homeopathy, plus the treatments are easier to take then the antibiotic therapy (where in some cases you have to walk around with an IV drip for days or weeks)."

Sarah Gondreau, Virginia Beach

   If you suffer from chronic joint or muscle pain, fatigue, memory problems, dizziness, headaches, numbness and tingling, or other debilitating symptoms... this may be the most important article you’ve ever read. 

Learn Why Antibiotics as a SOLE Approach to Lyme disease (even acute Lyme) frequently fails…and what you can do about it today

Understand the REAL reason doctors do not readily diagnose chronic Lyme disease

If You Can Fathom the Idea of Treatment Without Antibiotics… I’ll Show You How My Family Conquered Chronic Lyme Disease…  and How This Safe and Easy Treatment Program Has Been Liberating Others from a "Life-Sentence" of Pain and Misery Too!

By Dr. Donald Liebell, D.C., B.C.A.O, B.A.

   Do you know anybody who has actually recovered from chronic Lyme disease?  I do NOT mean somebody coping with Lyme, while on long-term antibiotics.  I mean a person who is free of symptoms and free of infection, long-term. 

   Sheila Liebell is such a person… thanks to a little-known treatment secret that propelled her out of the abyss of chronic pain, fatigue, and other symptoms… to become Lyme-free… and to  stay Lyme-free (and co-infection free), even though her body had deteriorated into a complete mess.   It wasn’t some “miracle” herb, detox cleanse, or nutritional program… and it certainly was NOT antibiotics.    

   For several years, my wife, Sheila suffered fatigue, mood swings, joint pain, heart palpitations, and memory problems, which we eventually discovered were caused by chronic Lyme.  Sheila never had a bull’s eye rash, nor did she recall seeing a tick.  No medical doctor suggested a blood test; she insisted on it herself… by accident!  She was trying to say, “West Nile Virus” but because of cognitive troubles—it came out “Lyme.”   Fortunately our MD was willing to order a Western Blot and luckily, it was positive; this gave us a diagnosis with which to work.  This was the beginning of our Lyme odyssey, which led to the expertise that I share with my patients today.  Eventually we discovered that my kids and I had it too.  How did we all get Lyme?  We’ll never know—no ticks or bull’s eye rash were ever seen on any of us.      

   Antibiotics were dismally worthless.  Various nutritional, herbal, and other “alternative” treatments, including the “vitamin C and salt” protocol, frequency generators, cleanses, and classical (single remedy) homeopathy… were equally ineffective.

   However, a highly sophisticated, whole-body wellness approach, which included aspects of modern, complex homeopathy and specialized ear acupuncture, unchained Sheila from the evil grips of Lyme (and all co-infections).  This protocol has been succeeding with my patients ever since. 

    Once my family was helped, I immediately pursued expert training in the same magnificent protocol, so I could help others get well too.  It was developed in the 1960s by award-winning French neurologist, Paul Nogier, M.D., and furthered by an anesthesiologist, my mentor, the brilliant Nader Soliman, MD—past president of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture.  This approach, which Dr. Nogier named Auricular Medicine, was our Lyme solution.  It is a progressive science that combines many principles, each of which require an entire article to explain in detail:

   I can summarize Auricular Medicine as a highly structured testing method by your body’s energetic responses enable  me to determine what specific homeopathic supplement formulas and ear acupuncture treatments will most likely help you.  

NOTE:  My treatment is NOT an herbal, nutritional, or pharmaceutical approach, nor does it involve Rife machines, Hulda Clark “zappers” or other supposed “Lyme cures” you may have read about on the Internet.

   My whole body, immune system strengthening treatment, it is NOT a direct treatment for Lyme disease (or any other medical condition).  I have been licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine since 1993.  It is within my scope of practice to provide acupuncture, chiropractic, other physical treatments, and supplements for the purposes of pain management.  I do NOT treat infectious disease.  However, I utilize a comprehensive holistic approach to liberate Lyme disease sufferers from a life of chronic pain, fatigue and dozens of other symptoms—without any medication.  

Effective Health Care WITHOUT Politics and Controversy

   Lyme disease is a controversial and political subject.  Government and medical agencies, insurance companies, and doctors are all in the mix.  Opinions are varied and vocal.  Many doctors do not “believe” chronic Lyme is very common, or exists at all (Just where does it go left untreated?).  I suspect even more aren’t thinking about it at all.  

   Many a poor soul has been sent to the psychiatrist; their physicians never considering or believing that Lyme was at the heart of the problem.  In fact, a study published in 2002 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, revealed that 33% of the psychiatric patients had signs of Lyme infection.  According to Dr. Paul Fink, past president of the American Psychiatric Association, Lyme disease can contribute to EVERY psychiatric disorder in the “Diagnostic Symptoms Manual IV.” 

     Lyme is as serious as a heart attack.  I know because my family and I were victims of it.  Since finding out how to overcome chronic Lyme, it has been my family’s mission to share our knowledge.  Had we not learned what I will share with you; my family's health would be rapidly deteriorating, and my children would be destined for a life of pain and suffering.  I would not be helping other people “get their lives back” too.

     The controversy surrounding chronic Lyme disease is a sickening mess.  Conventional blood tests are pitifully flawed (could they be intentionally rigged to be so?).  Antibiotics have been largely a failure, and the subject of heated debate within government and medical circles.   The great news is that I am NOT involved in this debate at all.  You’ll soon realize what this means to your chances for recovery.

     National Institutes of Health (NIH) research concluded that long term antibiotics are dangerous, ineffective and very expensive.  Yet some physicians risk their licenses and prescribe them anyway… because they (and their patients) feel it is their “only hope.”   The controversy of Lyme is an issue of diagnostic criteria and standards of antibiotic usage.  Although I respect the doctors who acknowledge chronic Lyme, I do not share their fundamental assumption that success can only come from “bombing” Borrelia with antibiotics.  I understand that their viewpoint is the natural result of traditional Western medical training; antibiotics are the only logical “tool.”  However, I see one patient after another desiring my holistic treatment—because they failed to get well with antibiotics.

   If antibiotics work the way the CDC says they do—I would not have written this article... and my wife and family would have been easily and efficiently cured of Lyme disease long ago.  If long-term antibiotics worked the way some doctors say they do—I would not have written this article… I would not even remotely be involved with people with Lyme.  But I have NO choice but to be involved!  To not share what I know would be selfish and cruel.  

   I agree with our government health agencies.  There is a mountain of evidence that long-term antibiotic usage SUPPRESSES immune system function (Google this yourself—don’t take my word for it).  Yes, antibiotics can kill local and systemic bacteria on a large scale—but when they DO work; your immune system is what FINISHES the job.  And this is the key.  If your immune system is WEAK, it will be ill-equipped to handle the multifaceted complex of Lyme.

Are you among the many people who feel okay, but only while taking antibiotics?

If You Can Open Your Mind and Get Past the Notion that Antibiotics are the Only Hope for Chronic Lyme, Your Chances for Recovery Will Magnify

   If you are interested in realistic hope for beating Lyme disease, but can’t fathom doing so without long-term antibiotics—this article, and my treatment approach is NOT for you.  Don’t worry… you won’t hurt my feelings!  However, if you are committed to getting well, I suggest you read every word of this article.

Lyme Diagnosis: No Rash = No Proof?

According to the NIH, there’s actually only one way to be sure of a correct diagnosis—a symptom unique to Lyme disease: the “bull’s eye” rash that sometimes follows an infectious tick bite.  It can show up between 3 and 30 days after the infectious bite.  It usually lasts between 3 and 5 weeks.  Immediate antibiotic treatment upon noticing it could prevent a lifetime of needless suffering.   You do NOT need a blood test if you had the rash. Both the CDC and the NIH urge doctors to diagnose based on a combination of detailed medical history (including past knowledge of tick bites) and physical exam. 

“Valid laboratory tests can be very helpful but are not generally recommended when a patient has Erythema migrans [bull’s eye rash]"

                                    - The Centers for Disease Control

   Ignorance is NOT bliss; Ignorance is DISEASE

   The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) suggest up to 12 times more cases of Lyme exist than are actually reported.  I think it is WAY more common.  The medically established blood tests are often negative.  The diagnostic criteria are very firm.  One must have enough positive “bands” to be diagnosed with Lyme.   A 2005 Johns Hopkins research study revealed that the conventionally endorsed testing procedure for Lyme disease misses a whopping 75% of positive Lyme cases! 

   How can tests this dreadful become medicine’s gold standard” for diagnosis? 

   I often wonder when I see Western Blot results revealing only 2 positive Borrelia bands… does this poor soul only have a little bit of Lyme?  Do pregnancy tests come up as “partially pregnant?”  The great news, as you will learn later, is with my whole-body, patient-centered treatment approach—it doesn’t matter one bit whether or not you are “officially” diagnosed with Lyme! 

   Is Lyme Really the “Great Pretender?”

   It has been suggested that Lyme “mimics” all kinds of diseases and disorders, resulting in frequent misdiagnosis.  Some of these are classified as “incurable” such as Fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, and ALS.  This of course, makes diagnosis of Lyme even more “unlikely,” since doctors are trained to be on the lookout for these famous and well established chronic diseases or “syndromes,” despite the proven fact that Borrelia bacteria can infect any organ and system of the body.  The National Institutes of Health proclaims “Doctors may have difficulty diagnosing Lyme disease because many of its symptoms are similar to those of other illnesses.”  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) proclaim: “Other infections, arthritis, or neurological diseases can also be misdiagnosed as Lyme disease.”      

     Is it just me, or is this backwards thinking? 

   Do you think it’s possible that Lyme is actually the TRIGGER for many of those illnesses, and not merely a “mimic?”  Shouldn’t doctors look for Lyme FIRST, before ordering thousands of dollars worth of expensive tests?  Shouldn’t every chronic pain, neurological and psychiatric evaluation should include inquiry of tick bites and “bulls eye” rashes throughout a person’s life?  I see patients with all kinds of chronic problems, whose previous doctors did not investigate for Lyme… or they tragically “ruled it out” with the notorious Western Blot. 

   Is it a “conspiracy theory” to suggest that Lyme is the genesis of conditions such as Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, rheumatoid arthritis, Fibromyalgia, neuropathies, Migraines, and numerous other “syndromes” and psychiatric disorders?  I have seen a great number of patients who were given one or more of these diagnoses in error.  Did you know that actor Michael J. Fox had Lyme disease prior to developing Parkinson’s disease? 

   Doesn’t that make you think?

   Is it conspiracy theory to suspect that a host of conditions affecting the central nervous system are triggered by Lyme infection?  These neurological conditions all have special names, with “experts” and CEO-salaried “research foundations” attached to each.  How many billions of dollars have been pumped into these organizations with no cures ever found?  Could it be that revealing bacterial, viral, or fungal causes of these famous disorders would cause chaos in the medical and financial worlds?

   What does our medical establishment have to lose by considering Lyme?  

     Ethically and medically—absolutely nothing.   Regarding power and money… perhaps EVERYTHING.   Is it plausible that if the public is told that Lyme is the root of dozens of medical conditions… this would expose the establishment as being WRONG?  Wrong about diagnosis?  Wrong about the focus of medical research?  Wrong about treatment?

Lyme Immune Neurological Complex (LINC)

   LINC is the term that I have proposed for the wide variety of conditions triggered by the Lyme and co-infection carrying tick bites and other sources. Your condition is likely way more complex than simply the infection caused solely by the spirochaete bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi.   Once your immune system is compromised by ONE infection, you can easily become susceptible to all kinds of viruses, bacteria, and fungi, which can affect any system of your body.  This in turn can result in nutrient malabsorption disorders, hormonal imbalances, and inability to eliminate toxins.

   But let’s face it: our medical system does not acknowledge Lyme as a cause of these and other bodily malfunctions.  We are given medications to treat individual symptoms.  We are given artificial hormones or high doses of vitamins.  Some more enlightened practitioners attempt herbs or organ cleansing protocols.  None of these approaches are comprehensive, nor do they accomplish what really needs to be done—stimulate your immune system to do the job from the inside-out.

   Have you heard of AIDS?  The dreaded killer is NOT simply a matter of the virus, HIV.  Like AIDS, the trigger of Lyme disease can result in different immune system and neurological disorders for each individual.  I refer to what people have going on as Lyme Immune Neurological Complex (LINC).  It is an accurate depiction of their state of health.

   Lyme is so much more than a “one bacteria show.”  There are commonly three other microbes involved called Babesia, Bartonella and Ehrlicia.  Unfortunately, they can each cause many of the same (and other) symptoms as Borrelia bacteria.  The NIH (as reported in the Journal of Infectious Disease, 2002) say the co-infections not only can magnify the ill effects of Lyme, but they make diagnosis even harder.

   Harder? 

   Really?  It seems to me it makes it more obvious—that is if we look at the condition as a multifaceted immune system and neurological complex, rather than a measly bacterial infection.

   Babesia infection is a serious and unaddressed problem.  I’ve had it—I know!  It is a single-celled organism called a protozoan.  It is similar to that of Malaria, which infects your red blood cells.  I don’t suspect the antibiotics designed to kill Lyme Borrelia are able to handle Babesia, particularly when it spreads to your brain.  Most drugs are kept out of your brain by the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) of your blood vessels anyway.  The BBB was discovered over 100 years ago.  Our blood vessels allow only some substances to cross into the brain.  This protects it from foreign substances that may injure your brain.  This INCLUDES antibiotics, by the way!   

   You know Babesia… the microbe we’re told is uncommon?  Is it possible one of the reasons antibiotics fail is Babesia?  Even if (and that’s a BIG “if’) they kill Borrelia bacteria, Babesia may continue to thrive in your brain and body.  Babesia can cause fatigue, stomach problems, muscle and joint pain, depression, skin problems, cough and sore throat.  The CDC warn that Babesia can cause unstable blood pressure, low platelet count, and malfunction of vital organs, destroy red blood cells, and be life-threatening to those who have weak immune systems.  Yet, I have found that few, if any patients have had previous doctors considered it.  Many patients have told me their doctors refused to order lab tests for it!      

   The CDC admit Babesia may be transmitted from mother to baby.  They do not yet confirm that Lyme Borrelia can too.  This of course, doesn’t mean it’s not true.  The bacteria of syphilis is a spirochaete type.  Is it possible that Lyme Borrelia  could be a sexually transmitted disease too?  Might such an admission by the infectious disease authorities create too large a panic?  Would public  knowledge of the truth about Lyme be disastrous to the financial success of the system?

   If an infectious tick bite goes undetected and untreated—disaster awaits.  The obstacles to being correctly diagnosed are great.  We’ve got all the technology in the world to save lives.  We all know somebody who is alive today because of brilliant medical intervention.  But we must not have blind faith in Western medicine for everything.  The diagnosis of Lyme disease has too many “cards stacked against it” for our own good.  It doesn’t fit the standard diagnostic model, thus it is often blown off is insignificant—if even considered at all.  

    “Modern” Lyme Treatment

   As if proper Lyme diagnosis weren’t enough of a nightmare; it rises to a bloodcurdling level of horror when it comes to the subject of treatment.   According to the NIH, early detected Lyme disease is “easily” cured by antibiotic treatment.  Yet they also state that follow-up blood tests can’t accurately confirm successful treatment:

     Let’s look at this logically:

• Johns Hopkins says the standard Lyme blood tests can reveal up to 75% false negatives.   

   Does this smell fishy to you?    

   What happens to those who are NOT “cured” by early treatment with antibiotics?  Do the Borrelia, Babesia, Bartonella, and Ehrlicia go away on their own?  If they did, would this discussion be necessary?  What about the people who’ve been on antibiotics a long time… when they stop, do they feel “cured” too?    

   It is menacing that the Lyme public and the medical establishment spend their collective energy debating Lyme.  In my opinion, the root of the problem comes down to the basic philosophies of traditional Western medicine and its bedfellows, the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.  The focus is on drugs, insurance coverage, and Borrelia, merely one of several agents of disease. 

   “Lyme Literate Medical Doctors” and Long Term Antibiotics

   Few doctors have the guts to acknowledge chronic Lyme disease.  Recently, a few have established themselves as “Lyme Literate Medical Doctors” (LLMDs).  They should be applauded for their efforts to help people.  If you’ve been to one, you know that their approach involves antibiotics (and other drugs) for extremely long periods of time.  They may be administered orally and intravenously… at dosages much higher than FDA, NIH, CDC, and AMA approved standards.  

   I respect that many patients swear by this approach.  But does scientific evidence and/or common sense support aggressive, long-term antibiotic therapy?  It is not a wild hypothesis to suggest that the side effects can be far worse than the benefit.  The CDC states, “Longer courses of antibiotics have been linked to serious complications, including death."  Again I pose the question, would I be writing this article if this weren’t true? 

   Haven’t we been hearing about antibiotic-resistant bacteria  and overuse for decades?  Are all bets off when it comes to Lyme because victims are so desperate for help?  Many LLMDs have been disciplined by medical boards for providing long-term antibiotic therapy.  Could this be why most traditionally trained MDs stick to popular and accepted mainstream diagnosis (and FDA-approved drugs) for people with Lyme-related symptoms, right or wrong? 

   I respect the knowledge and efforts of LLMDs.  However, I can only report that patients after patients tell me the effects have been temporary at best; they feel better while on the antibiotics, but once they stop, the problems return (frequently with fungal problems).  This seems to be the case as documented in the award-winning film, "Under Our Skin."   It seems that despite high doses of powerful antibiotics, taken for many months, or even a year… Borrelia bacteria can adapt and survive! 

   I am aghast to discover that people are interpreting the message of this film to be a call to action to allow massive long-term antibiotic usage, with insurance coverage for such.  Perhaps I’m blind, but what I saw was the FAILURE of this treatment approach.  The scientists and health governing bodies are clear in their stance that long-term antibiotics are both ineffective and dangerous. 

   I am sensitive to this for many reasons.  A patient consulted me in 2010, who had seen me years prior to eliminate her neck problems with chiropractic treatment.  But this time she presented diagnosed (by others) with a well-known, life-threatening neurological condition.  None of these highly-credentialed physicians considered Lyme.  I detected it through case history—it was easy.  I asked her if she had a tick bite and/or rash.  She described a bull’s eye from 2 years prior.  Through Auricular Medicine bio-energetic testing, I designed a homeopathic protocol for her.  Sadly, she would not put her trust in “alternative” medicine, despite the fact that alternative medicine was what found the real cause of her neurological disease.  She sought out an “LLMD” who put her on oral and IV antibiotics for several months.  She developed one complication after another, and shortly died.  She didn’t trust the doctor who, in a matter of seconds, figured out what was wrong with her.  I wanted to save her life, but never got the chance.  What a pity.   

   I never tell any patient (or prospective patient) to discontinue antibiotics.  I did not discourage the patient who died from taking antibiotics.  It is not within my scope of practice to prescribe medication, nor is appropriate for me to UN-prescribe them.    

     A Fungus Among Us

     Another major concern with long-term antibiotic therapy is fungal overgrowth.  Antibiotics kill the beneficial bacteria along with the harmful ones.  Your friendly gut bacteria are a huge part of your immune system.  This also enables fungi, such as Candida to multiply—with significant health consequences.  Fungi are largely ignored by our health care system.  Fungal toxins cause many problems, ranging from sinusitis to cancer.  Safe anti-fungal medicines have yet to be produced by pharmaceutical companies. 

   And if you think taking Probiotics will be sufficient for your overburdened immune system to keep fungi at bay… guess again!  Do you have sinus problems?  How about acid reflux?  There really is a fungus among us!  An entire article on fungal problems is available on this website.

When Local Governments, Medical Boards, and the National Institutes of Health Shut Down Doctors Who Prescribe Long-Term Antibiotics—What Then?

  Our news media has been hot on the trail of Lyme tragedy… but what about triumph?  In early 2010, our local newspaper, the Virginian Pilot ran a big article about Lyme disease.  They addressed the controversy of long-term antibiotics use, and the sad stories of several local Lyme victims.  On September 27, 2010, they addressed the matter again, covering the story of the Eastern Shore physician who was shut down for treating Lyme patients outside of accepted medical guidelines, using long-term antibiotics and narcotics.  

   However the Pilot has not shown interest in covering the success story of my family and my patients.  It is a wonderful success story that is expanding every day in Virginia Beach… it does NOT involve antibiotics or any drugs at all!

   Ask yourself this question:

If There Were a Lyme-Savvy Doctor Who Knew How to “Recharge” Your Immune System… Enable You to Gently and Safely Eliminate Toxins… Decrease Your Pain… Without Drugs, High Dose Vitamins, Salt Protocols, Herbal Medicines, and Rife Machines (and the Dreaded Herxheimer Reactions)… Would You Be Interested? 

  The homeopathic supplements and ear acupuncture methods I use are ENERGETIC treatments; they have no side-effects, nor do they interact in ANY manner with antibiotics (or any drugs).  This is important to know, should you wish to pursue my treatment, but choose to remain on your physician’s prescribed antibiotics too.  I’ve treated people who did both at first, and eventually asked their physician to stop the antibiotics. 

   I’m not naïve.  I understand that for some folks, it's a huge "leap of faith" to do any treatment other than antibiotics.   I once thought the same thing too.

   The Alternative Approach: Boosting Your Immune System

   Can we really restore health by trying to annihilate every microbe in our bodies with chemicals (including the beneficial bacteria)?  Or should we concentrate on strengthening our bodies so we can win the battle from the inside?  This is a matter of personal choice.

   Antibiotics treat infectious disease.  Treating a PERSON who has a disease is entirely different health care approach.  It is not a matter of words... it is a completely different science.  On his deathbed, the great Louis Pasteur, known for the “germ theory” of disease, said that “the microbe is nothing—the terrain is everything.”  He was saying that it’s more important to take care of your BODY that is affected by the germ than the germ itself—devoting our attention to boosting the body’s defenses.  This is precisely the focus of my treatment approach.  I treat the patient; not the Lyme.

   I favor natural methods that slowly build a stronger immune system.  Homeopathic medicine is the second most used health care approach in the world.  It is a natural and drug-free treatment method that can deliver impressive results which are safe and often permanent.  Homeopathy is not addictive, and it works in harmony with your immune system, unlike conventional medicine, which often suppresses it to treat symptoms.  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)—a U.S. government agency, classifies homeopathy as a whole medical system.  It is based upon the principle of treating a problem with a remedy that is similar to the problem itself, but in tremendously diluted form.  

   Here are Some Facts About Homeopathic Medicine Your Doctor May NOT Have Told You:

     “Is Homeopathy the Same Thing as Herbal Medicine? 

     Absolutely NOT.  This is a common misconception.  Although both are classified as valid systems of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); homeopathy and herbal medicine are not even remotely similar. 

     Here are the differences:   Herbs are complex and concentrated substances.  They are extracted from plants.  Our digestive systems must break down these substances in order to absorb any beneficial chemicals, before our cells can use them.  Your body requires energy for this.  If you are sick and low on energy, this may not be an easy process.  Also, herbal medicines are chemical in nature, thus they do not cross the Blood Brain Barrier.  Samento and Teasel may be helpful, but will not affect your brain—where Lyme and Babesia fester ferociously.      

     Unlike homeopathic remedies, herbal medicines are not government regulated; they can have side effects and risks just like any prescription or over-the-counter medication.  It is wise to think of herbal medications as drugs, and to use them accordingly.  Herbs are not automatically safe.   Pharmaceutical drugs are often based upon chemicals found in natural herbs.  Herbs should be used with great caution and knowledge.   

     Homeopathics on the contrary, do not have the properties of drugs.  They are formulations made from simple substances that are tremendously diluted… so diluted that there are no pharmaceutically active substances in them at all.  They are best described as an energetic “footprint” from whatever substances they are derived.  A homeopathic remedy may by one part of the substance in 1,000,000,000,000 parts water.  These preparations are ready to be utilized by your cells... even if you're very sick     

     Because homeopathic formulas are such highly diluted solutions—side effects or toxic reactions are extremely unlikely.  Also, the quality of the homeopathic medicine industry is FDA regulated.  Homeopathy is much safer and I am certain,  more effective than herbal medicine.  Homeopathy is ENERGY medicine, not chemical.  Its intent is purely for stimulating self-healing.  The Blood Brain Barrier, Lyme biofilm, cysts, or any other factors do not apply to a compex homeopathic approach. 

   How does Homeopathy Work?

   Like approximately half of the pharmaceutical drugs listed in the Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR), the mechanism of homeopathy is not fully known.   More than 200 years of international success suggests that it boosts your body’s healing process by temporarily creating a stimulus, which is similar to your symptoms.  This triggers your body to work way harder to heal itself from within.

   Scientists aren’t exactly sure how it does this.  At first glance, it might appear that it couldn’t work.  Despite what skeptics and critics may say and think; it works beautifully.  The truth is that scientists haven’t really tried very hard to find out. 

   Why? 

   Simple… there’s little money in it! 

   Homeopathics cannot be patented and publicly traded like pharmaceuticals.   Homeopathy is small-time, “Mom and Pop” store level business ( I should know, I’m the Pop!). 

   Compared to pharmaceutical medicine, homeopathy is dirt cheap, extremely safe, often permanently curative… and therefore not a profitable a commodity.  As I’m sure you’re aware, health care is a huge business.  There is little motivation to fund research for treatments that do not create corporate wealth.

   Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Supports Homeopathic Medicine     

   Dr. Luc Montagnier is the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus.  Science magazine of December 24, 2010, published an interview with Professor Montagnier, during which he supported homeopathy.  If your local MD doesn’t “believe in” homeopathy, or discouraged you from it, perhaps you might put more trust in the opinion of a world-renowned scientist.  Lyme sufferers need to be aware of the little-known fact that homeopathy produced impressive results during raging 19th century epidemics of cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, scarlet fever, and influenza!  

   The homeopathic supplements I provide are not available at local health food stores and online.  I am providing many proprietary formulas created for practitioners of Auricular Medicine (about 4 exist in the U.S.).  This is not your “grandmother’s homeopathy.”  It is a highly developed approach has been utilized developed mostly in Europe over the past decade or so.

   An entire article devoted to homeopathic treatment is available on this website.

   I’m not twisting anybody’s arm to be my patient, nor am I making any bold promises of “cures.”  I do not utilize any unregulated treatments or protocols that violate any laws, medical board regulations, insurance policies, or ethics.

     Here is the summary of my involvement with Lyme disease.  It’s really simple:

My wife, kids and I had chronic Lyme. 

Antibiotics and various other treatments failed miserably. 

An expertly administered system of bio-energetic testing, complex homeopathy, and ear acupuncture succeeded…

I studied Lyme, and was trained in this bio-energetic system (Auricular Medicine) for my patients. 

Overjoyed patients in my practice are making stunning recoveries too. 

Although I am experienced and knowledgeable regarding Lyme disease... I do NOT  prescribe antibiotics; therefore... I am not a so-called “Lyme Literate Medical Doctor,” but... 

If you've been diagnosed with Lyme, or have symptoms... I may be able to help you.  No gimmicks... no hokey guarantees, promises or outrageous claims.  My treatment is safe and easy.  I have been licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine since 1993.  The homeopathic supplements I use are FDA-approved.

   How Do I Determine the Appropriate Treatment for Each Patient?

   Auricular Medicine bio-energetic testing is what dictates each patient’s treatment.  Although popular and successful in Europe, I am among 4 or 5 other doctors in the United States correctly utilizing it.  Many people seek my care after they’ve long had a medical diagnosis of Lyme.  Auricular Medicine is used to figure out the most likely effective homeopathy and ear acupuncture for each patient.  It is NOT in any manner considered medically diagnostic.  All findings are ENERGETIC, not physical.  My evaluation’s purpose is to figure out what to do to improve your health.  

   It's a free country... you should choose whatever treatment methods make sense to you.

     I neither condemn nor condone those who administer or receive long-term antibiotics.  Every patient should make their own choices.  There shouldn’t be a need for you to feel torn between conventional and alternative medical approaches; they should indeed complement each other.   If anybody wants my help, it will only cost in the hundreds of dollars… not tens of thousands.  There will be no risks of side effects, toxic overload or immune system depression.     

   Staying Clear from the Controversy—and Getting People Healthy

   I’m “Swiss” when it comes to “Lyme wars.”   The politicians, legal authorities, insurance companies, medical boards, pharmaceutical companies, and LLMDs can fight their hostile uphill battles. Their polarized disagreements are preventing people from a chance at health and happiness.  By practicing antibiotic-free methods that are not dependent upon direct diagnosis or treatment of Lyme disease, I stand clear of the controversy—while providing outstanding outcomes. 

They Laughed When I Suggested Homeopathy and Ear Acupuncture—

But When They Felt the Results!

    My family, my patients and I are fortunate that I came upon a consistent approach that delivers results.  It doesn’t matter if any patient is officially diagnosed with Lyme or not—we are treating the patient, not the Lyme.  The mainstream medical community is disabled with regards to its ability to address Lyme disease.  It is more necessary than ever for individuals who practice outside the confines of “conventional” medicine to step up and make a difference.  The public needs to know that there is a treatment approach that is safe, convenient, effective and affordable. 

To Chronic Lyme Sufferers Who Want to Get Well—But Don’t Know What to Do:

   We refer to Western medicine as “conventional” or “traditional”—the care provided by the “real doctors” that your insurance covers.  Anything other than drugs, surgery, or physical therapy is labeled “alternative,” or its less insulting cousin, “complementary medicine.” 

   Did you know that Johns Hopkins Medical School now reports medical errors and prescription drugs as America’s likely LEADING cause of death? 

   Despite this fact, Americans function on ill-conceived faith that our country’s “mainstream” drug-based approach to chronic illness will get us well. 

   How’s that working out? 

   Could it simply be that we only do whatever health insurance pays for?

   Many nations that have lower health care costs and better health have been utilizing so-called alternative methods all along.  Acupuncture has been successful for several thousand years.  Homeopathy has been successful in Europe for over 200 years.  86-year-old Queen Elizabeth has had a homeopath as her personal physician, as did the Queen Mother (who lived to 102).  I don’t apologize for providing treatment approaches that are not labeled “conventional.”  If a leading conventional medical research institution proclaims that the conventional approach actually kills more people than actual diseases…

   I couldn’t be prouder to be successfully treating people using extremely unconventional (yet safe, legal and ethical) means.

   I admit that most of my patients seek me out of desperation—the conventional medical tests and treatment their health insurance DID pay for, were tragically ineffective.  For many, the wretched side-effects of long-term antibiotics left them in a further debilitated state of health than from the Lyme alone.  What a tall task they present me with. 

   I get emails from people from around the country and abroad, asking me if I can help them.  Some people’s main concern is whether or not insurance will cover treatment.  

   Please don’t “shoot the messenger,” but your insurance will not pay for homeopathic supplements or ear acupuncture I provide.  American insurance does not pay for wellness care or prevention; it pays for illness and injury care, which includes mainly prescription drugs and surgery. 

   Vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, and homeopathic supplements are simply NOT part of our medical insurance system, sorry.  Homeopathy is indeed covered by universal health insurance in most European countries.   

   Just what exactly is “alternative” about these safe and effective systems?

   Are you still convinced that the deteriorated, overused, and outdated system of killing germs with chemicals is the only answer for Lyme disease?  If you are, my treatment approach is definitely not for you.  The treatment approaches I use can do absolutely no harm to the patient. 

   What “conventional” approach can make that claim?  

   Intravenous antibiotics?  Narcotics?  Antidepressants?  

   Perhaps you must ask yourself, “How long will I suffer before trying a different treatment approach?”  Have you considered how much quality of life Lyme disease is costing you?  Our medical establishment has an impressive appearance of authority and effectiveness.  Magnificent looking facilities and doctors with impressive academic credentials, well-funded research journals and high tech websites all contribute to this perception.  Television and movies also give us the impression that doctors can always run tests and find out the facts about any health problem.  It is not the reality.

     Of course modern medicine has produced incredible results for many injuries and illnesses.  I am personally grateful for such.  But despite much of this magnificent progress, certain illnesses still plague us.  Even worse is the fact that some ailments such as Lyme, are simply “swept under the rug.”  In my opinion, Lyme disease is a condition for which doctors and researchers don’t have the time, inclination or resources to be bothered.  Its management doesn’t fit the American medical system’s model of care.  As a result, it seems that most physicians either remain ignorant of it, or deny its existence altogether.  

   It also seems that the majority of doctors who do acknowledge it are stuck in a singular approach treatment mindset—that bacteria need to be bombed with antibiotics… and that’s that.  This is sadly, an irrational, antiquated and often disastrous approach.   There’s an old expression, “If you’re a hammer—everything looks like a nail.” 

   I received an email from a desperate woman from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, who has been on antibiotics for 10 years, 10 months out of every year. 

   Do you think 100 months of antibiotics costs a few bucks? 

   Is she well?  

   Why do people do this?   I assume it’s because they believe they have no choice?  That’s why it is my duty to inform the public that there is another way.  And yes… it is indeed a complementary and alternative treatment approach.  I don’t claim to be an infectious disease doctor.  The great news is that I am not doing anything controversial, nor am I practicing outside accepted guidelines or scope of practice.  I am not participating in the Lyme controversy.  I am interested only in sharing what got my family well with other people.  If you are uncomfortable with the notion of a holistic practitioner who cannot state that he is directly treating Lyme, I understand.  I don’t expect my ideas on the subject to be accepted as “gospel.”   

     Chronic Lyme disease is real.  It’s under-reported, under-diagnosed, under-treated, mis-treated and severely mis-understood.  It is my mission to inform and assist those poor souls who are suffering.  Your choice is to keep trying or give up and suffer.  I offer my services not as a “cure”… a promise or guarantee… but rather an extraordinarily safe, affordable, and consistently effective option… a reasonable chance—realistic hope to get better.  

     I have written this article knowing that the general attitude of our health care system towards chronic Lyme disease is principally one of denial.  There is even a malicious attitude towards practitioners such as myself, who question the medical establishment. 

   The question is, who are we supposed to be serving?   Other doctors? 

   The government?

   Hardly.  My wife Sheila and I know the inside story of Lyme disease… and then some.  I treat PEOPLE… NOT test results, NOT microbes, and NOT diseases.  If you do not yet fully understand the difference, I will help you understand.  I offer realistic hope for people who have either been diagnosed with chronic Lyme, or think they should be. 

   My family’s recovery from Lyme was just the start.  My “no direct Lyme treatment” approach to treating people victimized by Lyme is helping local residents, as well as people travelling from out-of-state.  You can read the comments from a few of my patients at the end of this report.       

   Pick the Brain of a Doctor Who Actually Helps People Beat Chronic Lyme Without Antibiotics

   You are welcome to email me with questions at: necksecret@gmail.com

  But please, do me a favor: do NOT ask me questions about antibiotics.  I’ve got nothing to do with them on any level.  I am licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine to practice acupuncture and chiropractic, and provide supportive supplements.  I do NOT prescribe medications, nor is it appropriate for me to advise patients (or prospective patients) whether or not to take them.  My stance on long-term antibiotic usage is for general discussion, and is not intended as treatment advice for any individual.  Plus, I urge ALL patients and prospective patients, both verbally and in writing to pursue conventional medical evaluation, if they have not done so already.   

   Also, please do not ask me questions about insurance.  Homeopathic supplements are not covered by American health insurance.  My treatment is affordable, and we arrange payment plans, if necessary for supplements.  If you would like to become my patient, you may simply call my office to arrange a consultation ($25).  If you would like a comprehensive Auricular Medicine bio-energetic evaluation (to determine appropriate acupuncture and homeopathic treatment), you may arrange for that as well on the same visit ($100).      

   It would be my privilege and joy to help you too—in the fight to overcome Lyme disease.