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5th Sep 2023

S3 Ep 1 - Open Your Eyes to the Possibilities for Health: Ramey Discovers the Theories of Chinese Medicine at Third Opinion MD

The power of healing is in the “Why.” In a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes, you’ll get to join Ramey on a unique health journey. 

Ramey is a healthcare worker for eye issues. But she's also someone who's had eye problems for most of her life. She has that special insight from both sides of the healthcare fence. In this episode, she’s taking my class on self-care and prevention for the eyes. 

Now Ramey wants to become a client and dig deeper. Through my Health Strategy Consult program, she learns to better manage her health by moving beyond the diagnosis and into why and how she developed her conditions.

Explore Beyond What You See

It starts with understanding health differently by stepping outside the healthcare expectations set for you. Witness how one person starts to reset her entire health perspective, expands possibilities, and restores hope on what it means to be healthy.

The Health Strategy Consult at Third Opinion MD is an opportunity for you to share with me everything that contributes to the state of your health. To form your own Health Strategy, you must first open your eyes and your heart to the possibilities.

It's not just about your diagnosis or about the lab tests that you're getting. So many things are involved in understanding your health story: your emotions, family upbringing, environment, nutrition then and now, and your lifestyle.

Your symptoms are not the problem, but they are messages from you about potential root causes. Good detective work requires collecting all the clues and facts into a meaningful and effective strategy.

The current healthcare systems are not doing this. Hospitals, clinics, insurance and pharmaceutical companies tend to act in their own best interests, not yours.

Blended medicine, from East and West, is good medicine and helps you form your own Third Opinion.

Join Ramey in Season 3, Episode 1 to learn why Chinese medicine is one of the most elegant and accurate medical systems to put you back in charge again.

What You’ll Learn

  • The definition of a complex system, and how it applies to you and your health
  • How Chinese medicine is an elegant example of an efficient medical system
  • Why learning fundamental Chinese theories are so important to gain more control over your health
  • Start learning about two of the most important theories in Chinese medicine: Yin Yang theory and 5-element theory
  • How to look at eye conditions as more preventable than inevitable


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About the Podcast

Third Opinion MD
with Barbara de la Torre, MD
Bridging Eastern wisdom with Western medicine for true health transformation.

Dr. Barbara de la Torre helps healthcare practitioners reclaim their health, partners with forward-thinking businesses to create prevention-focused workplace cultures, and empowers motivated individuals to build health practices that actually work.

Building on three seasons of awakening your inner doctor, we now focus on practical implementation—turning ancient wisdom into actionable strategies for modern professionals and the organizations ready to prioritize genuine wellbeing.

About your host

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Barbara de la Torre

Barbara de la Torre, M.D. is an experienced physician, writer and speaker trained in both Western and Chinese medicine. She teaches how to simplify and integrate these two medical models in order to optimize lifestyle and longevity. The healthcare system is far from perfect, but there are ways to navigate through it more easily. Chinese medicine offers ways of living well where Western medicine fails us. We can be in charge of our health, one simple step at a time.