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There is a quality and depth of relationship with the physician (that's me) that each person gets in seeking care at The Buddha's Medicine - and that can be hard to find elsewhere.

It’s happened again - you’ve been hit by a virus, struck by a smooth criminal. But which one? Perhaps a COVID test or a respiratory viral panel will answer that question; but then again, maybe it won’t.

How do we define a sustainable healthcare relationship? At The Buddha's Medicine, we consider a sustainable healthcare relationship to be a direct one: one wherein there is regular, consistent access and communication; one in which availability is high; one that is defined by trust and ample opportunities to develop that trust; and one that is financially transparent.

As I write this piece (early November, 2025), however, our healthcare situation in the United States is looking rather dire, for a variety of reasons. One of the chief contributors to this grim outlook is the cost of care - and in particular, the cost faced by regular, every day people - to get the care they need.

It is possible to live in a world with nearly zero measles, polio, whooping cough, diphtheria, and more. And it is possible for us to have enough health and well-being to withstand the intentional stressor of vaccines, and then to move forward with even more health and well-being.

In the Ayurvedic tradition, behavioral health is considered central and paramount to overall well-being.

What we eat, how much we sleep, how we stay active, the ways we practice hygiene, and so much more must be flexible and change with the time of day, the phase of the moon, and the season.