Vitamin, Detox & Weight Loss Injections in St. Augustine

MIC Injections

MIC combines three nutrients your liver relies on to process fat: methionine, inositol and choline. Choline helps carry fat out of your liver so it doesn’t build up there, and methionine is an essential amino acid your body uses to make cysteine, one of the building blocks of glutathione, your master antioxidant.

Most of us don’t get enough choline from food, so an MIC injection gives your liver support it may be missing while you work toward your goal weight.

L-Carnitine

L-carnitine moves fat into the mitochondria, the power plants of your cells, where it gets burned to make energy. Your heart and muscles hold about 95% of your body’s carnitine, because they rely on fat for fuel.

Paired with your MIC injection, acupuncture and a healthy diet, it helps put that fat to work.

Glutathione

Glutathione is made from three amino acids, glutamate, cysteine and glycine, and it’s your body’s master antioxidant. Your liver uses it to bind toxins, including heavy metals, so your body can carry them out, and it protects your cells from everyday oxidative damage.

It’s a favorite for anyone who wants to feel cleaner and clearer, especially after exposure to mold or heavy metals.

NAC

NAC (N-acetylcysteine) gives your body cysteine, the building block it needs to make its own glutathione. It’s so dependable that hospitals use it to protect the liver, and it’s also used to loosen thick mucus in the lungs, which makes it a great choice for respiratory support.

Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that helps your body form healthy red blood cells, and it is essential for healthy nerves and DNA. It is also a great energy booster, and it supports your mood and your heart.

I use preservative-free methylcobalamin (the most bioavailable form), with hydroxocobalamin also available. I give it with a tiny needle, usually at ST 36, the famous acupuncture point on the lower leg just below the knee.

B12 is especially helpful if you are vegan or vegetarian, take acid-reducing or diabetes medications, or have a digestive condition that keeps you from absorbing it. For pernicious anemia, I recommend 8 to 10 injections over two months, followed by a monthly maintenance injection.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is necessary in the formation of collagen, the strong fibrous protein in connective tissue, which is why your body needs it to heal wounds and fractures. It is also a powerful antioxidant: vitamin C is more sensitive to oxidation than either vitamin E or vitamin A and will be oxidized before they are, protecting them along the way.

Your body also uses vitamin C to release adrenal hormones, activate folic acid, break down cholesterol, regulate histamine and absorb iron from your food. Low vitamin C can show up as weak immunity and easy bruising, and chronic smokers need much more of it than everyone else.

Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 is a helper in more than 100 enzyme reactions in your body, most of them involved in using the protein you eat. Your body also needs it to make the brain chemicals that carry messages between your nerves, to build hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in your blood, and to keep your immune system strong.

It’s a great addition if you live with a digestive or autoimmune condition such as celiac disease, Crohn’s or rheumatoid arthritis, which can make it harder to keep your B6 levels up.

B-Complex

B-complex brings together the B vitamins your body uses as a team: thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), B6 and B12. Together they help turn the food you eat into energy and support your nerves and healthy red blood cells.

Your body doesn’t store most B vitamins, so it needs a steady supply, which makes B-complex a perfect pick-me-up when you’re feeling run down.

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium for strong bones, and your muscles, nerves and immune system all depend on it too.

Your skin makes vitamin D from sunlight, but many of us spend most of our days indoors, and as we get older our skin makes less of it, so a D3 injection is an easy way to top up.

Magnesium

Magnesium is a helper in more than 300 enzyme systems in your body. It supports your muscles and nerves, your energy, your blood sugar, your blood pressure and your bones, and your body even needs it to make glutathione, its master antioxidant.

It’s a wonderful support if you’re managing type 2 diabetes or have taken acid-reducing medications for a long time, since both can leave your magnesium running low.

Traumeel

Traumeel is a homeopathic formula widely used for sprains, strains, bruises and sore muscles. In a study of 133 patients with mild to moderate injuries, it worked as well as conventional treatment, with no side effects reported.

Herpes Zoster (Shingles)

Shingles comes from the same virus that causes chickenpox. After chickenpox heals, the virus stays asleep in your nerves for years and can wake up when your immune system is run down or as you get older, causing a painful, blistering rash, usually on one side of the body. For some people, the nerve pain lingers long after the rash has healed.

My homeopathic herpes zoster injection is given right at your acupuncture points to support your body through an outbreak.

Herpes Simplex (Cold Sores)

Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. Once you have it, the virus settles in your nerve cells and can flare up again and again, often set off by stress, fatigue or too much sun.

My homeopathic herpes simplex injection is given right at your acupuncture points to support your body during an outbreak.

L-Lysine

L-lysine is an amino acid your body can’t make on its own, so it has to come from your diet. The herpes virus needs another amino acid, arginine, to multiply, and lysine is thought to work by competing with it, which is why it has been used for decades to help keep cold sore outbreaks in check.

Amino Acid Injections

Amino acids are the building blocks your body uses to build and repair tissue.