Darius Lembert

As a child, I had many allergies and was getting sick very often. At the time, medicine knew very little about the immune system, thus I was hospitalized and treated for so-called “fever of the unknown origin.” They would give me antibiotics and treat my skin with radiation. Although my skin improved, my condition was deteriorating overall. Later I developed juvenile arthritis of my knees, was weak, very shy and distressed.

My grandfather would give me some herbal remedies and they could help my achy stomach, dry and itchy skin, pains in legs and seasonal breathing difficulties.

When I came to the USA, my stress, as well as my skin allergies, increased. I developed a pre-asthmatic condition due to seasonal allergies. Doctors treated me with antihistamines and, if needed, with steroids (creams, shampoos for my scalp, anti-asthmatic sprays for my breathing issues, pills for my joint pains). After taking those drugs for over a year, my liver enzymes increased to a very high level, and I was told not to take those anti-itch, anti-pain, anti-asthmatics, without which I could not live comfortably. There was the time I slept only 2-3 hours scratching my body even though I was bleeding from the previous scratches. I was extremely weak. For the first time in my life, I was ready to go to as I believe better spiritual realms.

But one day, I became to see a tiny light when my wife found me a different type of a doctor. She was a naturopath. After 4-hour-long office visit, she put me on a very individualized and personalized treatment program. Within the first week, I have improved just a little but enough to become feeling her regimen can work and take me out of my misery. Now, I am allergy free and my liver is just fine.

After a complete recovery, I decided to become a naturopathic physician, because I wanted to help people with their health issues and empower them with the knowledge that human health is the natural state of every human body and mind.