( an au naturale plus with daystar )

an au naturale plus with daystar

by jennifer hetrick

in a time when ordinary medical approaches to health problems sometimes don't seem to bring people the relief they're looking for, naturopath doctor kathy stricker of daystar natural in douglassville offers something different.

and that ends up working out well for those who visit stricker, as many walk away with bodily issues resolved where their regular physicians might have improperly diagnosed issues or treated them with prescriptions that didn't address actual problems’ causes.

stricker herself struggled most of her life with a laundry list of ailments and pains, keeping her away from a better quality of living for all too long. this included a constant cycle of colds, the flu, allergies, and digestive stress.

“my mother told me that when i was born, my eyes were constantly having to be opened up in the morning because they were glued shut from allergies,” stricker said. “my immune system was not built up from birth.”

“my nose was basically an ornament on my face,” stricker said about herself when she was in her 40s. she couldn’t breathe out of her nose at all, and the headaches this startled woke her up in the middle of the night.

as her suffering snowballed, she finally decided to look into alternative care for herself. after being recommended to see an herbalist, she discovered something that had been overlooked, not seen by other practitioners. she had parasites inside of her body. this automatically made her immune system respond unmanageably to ward off other sicknesses. the herbalist's suggested regiment to rid her body of toxins and the parasites ultimately freed her of the difficulties she'd endured for so long.

this led her to open daystar natural in 2003 as the most finely tuned natural health clinic and consultancy in berks county.

today, compared to when her health was at its worst, stricker considers herself 95 percent better, and the impeccable story of her life’s improvement inspires her to help others realize the increased quality of living she knows is on her side now as a result of more honed and naturally handled care of her health.

as a graduate of the trinity college of natural health in warsaw, indiana, stricker has also studied with the national association of certified natural health professionals and the wood hygienic institute of florida.

she has also received training as a certified herbal consultant, voice bioanalysis specialist, and colon hydrotherapist, among other concentrations of study.

once stricker began delving into questioning her health status, she initially thought she was one of those people who could eat anything without trouble. soon, she recognized that cookies, ice cream, cake,  and other sugar-thick foods were causing 85 percent of her health problems.

stricker pointed out that some foods have healing behaviors toward the body while others take on the role of poison in their impact.

( photographs courtesy of kathy stricker )

she practices various sets of diagnosis and treatment techniques, with some of the main ones as nutrition response testing and voice bioanalysis.

in nutrition response testing, she looks at neurological reflexes at acupressure points and detects areas of strength and stress through finding electrical currents within the body.

when an imbalance is discovered in major organs, stricker sets out to figure the root cause and then discusses with her patients what options are available for correcting the issue.

with voice bioanalysis, patients speak into a microphone, and she reads the frequencies of the body through its organs. some areas might carry a lot of energy, while others may appear stressed out and in need of support. stricker aims to again identify the reason for the challenge, with options for the patients to healthily coax its removal from the body.

in flower essence therapy, flower parts are made into a liquid form and sipped. stricker explained that emotions are often stored in different organs, and ingesting the flower essences helps to release toxic emotions and thoughts.

to illustrate how fear can find a home in the bladder, the old saying i was so scared that i peed my pants suffices well.

the british doctor edward bach coined and cultivated flower essence therapy in the 1930s, after he discovered that emotions and health went hand in hand and that flowers, with their ability to perk moods, also housed healing powers.

but stricker’s expertise goes well beyond these mentionings, and thankfully for the community, she regularly conducts health seminars, offering them free to the public.

a few of her upcoming seminars are titled weight loss—dieting, binge eating, family traits, & stomach bypass surgery, traditional household remedies for the cold and flu season, diabetes—causes & natural remedies, and better than feng shui—electromagnetic energy – how it affects you, & what to do about it.

visit daystar natural at 89 shed road in douglassville or online at www.daystarnatural.com.

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