Natural Bio-Identical Hormone Balancing Program                       
By Larry Basch, D.C., C.C.S.P.

Accumulated stress and hormonal dysfunction cause many physical and emotional problems.  Measuring your hormones for baseline levels and bringing these levels into a more natural balance could be the answer to physical and emotional well-being.  When all else has failed, this may be the answer for you.

It is very important to understand that there must be adrenal balance, electrolyte balance, amino acid balance and blood sugar balance to achieve sex hormone balance.

Baseline Testing

A simple, non-invasive saliva test known as the Circadian Male or the Circadian Female Panel can determine whether an imbalance in adrenal glands and/or the sex hormones exists.  All test panels include testing for Cortisol, DHEA, Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone and Electrolytes; Na, K, Cl.

These panels evaluate:

• How well the adrenal glands function by tracking the full 24-hr circadian rhythm.
• The bio-availability of the hormones – since the free (unbound) fractions of the hormones are found in saliva.
• Hormones tested include - Cortisol, DHEA-S, Progesterone, Estradiol and Testosterone.
• Electrolytes tested include:  Sodium, Potassium and Chloride.  We can also test for calcium, magnesium and phosphorous.

A total of six saliva samples (taken at 8am, noon, 4pm, 8pm, midnight, and 4am) are used to reconstruct the adrenal rhythm in the laboratory and determine whether the main stress hormones (cortisol and DHEA-S) are being secreted in proper proportion to each other and at the right times.  The testing also determines whether there is a state of electrolyte imbalance.

Protocols
We use a combination of natural hormones, electrolytes, amino acids and nutritional co-factors to balance the sex hormones, normalize the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and enhance metabolic activity.  We can custom formulate transdermal crèmes and determine application times and dosages based on the 24-hr Circadian Panel.  These crèmes combine several bio-identical hormones with the nutritional co-factors, allowing a first pass delivery (by passing the liver).

It normally takes a minimum of 120-180 days to restore adrenal balance.  Once this is accomplished, focus can then shift to restoring healthy ratios of the steroid sex hormones.  It is necessary to affect the hormones in this manner.  When the body is on the stress mode (hyper-vigilance) for an extended period of time, steroid sex hormones are converted to the adrenal hormones, DHEA and Cortisol.  This misappropriation due to stress is the primary cause of abnormal sex hormone levels and ratios.  If the adrenal dysfunction is not corrected first, any sex hormone, including progesterone, estrogen or testosterone precursors that are supplemented will be converted to stress hormones.

Expected Results
By using our custom crème system of hormonal balance combined with targeted nutritional therapies, you can, within a few months, achieve optimum hormonal function.  The system has been developed taking into account the associated problems that usually help perpetuate the hormonal imbalance.  This approach systematically re-establishes optimal function to all the contributing systems as well.  This has a powerful impact on the entire body and allows for the stress handling system.  Once hormonal balance is achieved, maintenance crèmes and metabolic balancing protocols can be used to maintain a younger, healthier body.

TESTS KITS

Female Comprehensive Panel 28-Day
Days 2,10,12,14,16,18,24
Both PMS sufferers and postmenopausal women usually experience significant health changes.  Many of the conditions associated with PMS and menopause can be corrected with natural replacement and/or nutritional therapies.  The key to successful supplementation is assessing the individual by performing baseline and follow-up evaluation of their hormonal status.  Only by pre- and post-replacement evaluation can one accurately bring the body into “hormonal balance.”
27 Total Test Results

Female Circadian Panel 24-Hour
The Female Circadian Panel is designed for the menopausal female.  It may be utilized by physicians as a screening resource for cycling women when the physician needs to have immediate information for current hormonal status over a 24-hour period.  Cycling women need to include the calendar menses day along with time of day the specimen is taken for proper laboratory reference range matching.
15 Total Test Results

Male Hormone Panel 24-Hour
The key to natural hormonal balance is determining the proper priority of treatment.  To accomplish this, the patient has to be approached as an individual.  Once the dynamics of these hormones are analyzed (The Male Circadian Panel Test), a specific treatment plan can be developed to re-establish the healthy balance of hormones.  Our research has shown that to cause a positive hormonal change you must normalize adrenal activity first.  It’s the mainspring in the hormonal mechanism.  When the adrenals dysfunction, all other associated systems will as well.  
          
Dr. Basch worked as a laboratory and nutritional consultant for Sabre Sciences, a salivary hormone testing and bio-identical hormone compounding laboratory, made famous by Susan Summers books on natural hormones.

Call to Schedule your Hormone / Nutritional Consultation for only $40.00                951/ 679 - 4121 
Menifee Valley Chiropractic 26820 Cherry Hills Blvd. Sun City, CA                Dr. Larry Basch, DC, CCSP