Bastyr Center for Natural Health
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Bastyr Center for Natural Health is the teaching clinic of Bastyr University
and is located in Seattle's
Fremont/ Wallingford
neighborhood. The clinic offers health care services in naturopathic medicine, nutritional counseling
, acupuncture
and Oriental medicine
, counseling, homeopathy, physical medicine and Chinese herbal medicine.
Bastyr Center for Natural Health is the largest natural health care clinic in the Pacific Northwest, with approximately 35,000 patient visits annually.
The clinic has two natural product dispensaries onsite: the Bastyr Dispensary that carries natural remedies, dietary supplements and gifts; and a Chinese herbal medicine dispensary that carries a wide assortment of loose and patented Chinese herbs sold by prescription only.
Bastyr University
Bastyr University was established as the John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1978 in Seattle, Washington by Sheila Quinn, Joseph Pizzorno, ND, LM; William Mitchell, ND; and Les Griffith, ND, LM...
and is located in Seattle's
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
Fremont/ Wallingford
Wallingford, Seattle, Washington
Wallingford is a neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named after John Noble Wallingford . The QFC supermarket at the corner of N 45th Street and Wallingford Avenue N may be regarded as the center of the neighborhood; its large WALLINGFORD neon sign is made in part from letters in the...
neighborhood. The clinic offers health care services in naturopathic medicine, nutritional counseling
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
, acupuncture
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of solid, generally thin needles in the body....
and Oriental medicine
Oriental medicine
Oriental medicine is a collective term for several types of medicine practiced in the Orient and/or the East.Under Oriental medicine is understood:* Traditional Chinese medicine* Traditional Korean medicine* Kampo...
, counseling, homeopathy, physical medicine and Chinese herbal medicine.
Bastyr Center for Natural Health is the largest natural health care clinic in the Pacific Northwest, with approximately 35,000 patient visits annually.
History
The clinic opened in 1980 as the John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine Clinic. In 1994 it was renamed the Bastyr University Natural Health Clinic, and in 2000 it became Bastyr Center for Natural Health. In 2006 the clinic relocated to its current location at 3670 Stone Way North, which was renovated using LEED-certified, sustainable materials and practices.The clinic has two natural product dispensaries onsite: the Bastyr Dispensary that carries natural remedies, dietary supplements and gifts; and a Chinese herbal medicine dispensary that carries a wide assortment of loose and patented Chinese herbs sold by prescription only.