Helminthic therapy practitioners

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Are you looking for a professional to help you understand how helminthic therapy self-treatment might be of value in improving your health? If so, the practitioners in the following list may be able to help. They include a naturopathic physician, a medical doctor, a nurse specialist, a counsellor and a health coach, all of whom have extensive experience with helminthic therapy.

Medical practitioners

The following medical doctors offer remote educational consultations via telephone and Skype.

Mark Davis, ND, FABNG

Licensed in California, Oregon and the District of Columbia.
Website: Foundational Medicine

Dr Davis is a professor of naturopathic gastroenterology specialising in microbiome therapeutics and leading research and development in helminthic therapy, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and vaginal microbiota transplantation. His clinical focus is on providing specialised care for IBD (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), IBS, SIBO, dysbiosis and other digestive disorders. Full bio

He is experienced with NA, HDC, TTO and TSO.

Dr Davis offers remote educational consultations globally, and can establish care and form a doctor-patient relationship with individuals located in the states where he is licensed.

Remote consultation fees: Initial consultation (1 hour): $550 / follow-up: (45 minutes): $415 / shorter follow-up: (30 minutes): $275.
A sliding scale is offered as needed and as available.

Natalie Scheeler, ND

Licensed in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts and Vermont.
Website: Foundational Medicine

Dr Scheeler is a licensed naturopathic doctor with specific training in gastrointestinal health generally, in inflammatory bowel disease in particular and in public health. Her clinical focus is on inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and microscopic colitis) as well as IBS, SIBO, GERD, dysbiosis, constipation, chronic bloating and diarrhea, etc. Full bio

She is experienced with NA, HDC, TTO and TSO.

Dr Scheeler offers remote educational consultations globally, and can establish care and form a doctor-patient relationship with individuals located in the states where she is licensed.

Remote consultation fees: Initial consultation (1 hour): $550 / follow-up: (45 minutes): $415 / shorter follow-up: (30 minutes): $275.
A sliding scale is offered as needed and as available.

Claudia Bustamante, ND, MScN

Licensed in Colorado and Maryland.
Website: Foundational Medicine

Dr Bustamante is a naturopathic doctor with specialized training in IBD, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and functional medicine with a particular interest in how nutrition impacts overall health. Her clinical focus includes gastrointestinal disorders, women’s health and cardiometabolic health. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. Full bio

She is experienced with NA, HDC, TTO and TSO.

Dr Bustamante offers remote educational consultations globally, and can establish care and form a doctor-patient relationship with individuals located in the states where she is licensed.

Remote consultation fees: Initial consultation (1 hour): $550 / follow-up: (45 minutes): $415 / shorter follow-up: (30 minutes): $275.
A sliding scale is offered as needed and as available.

Sean Murphy, MD

Tucson, Arizona, US.
Website: Sean Murphy MD

Experienced with NA.

Dr. Murphy offers remote consultations that are educational in nature and do not establish a doctor/patient relationship.
Remote consultations are $299 for 1 hour.

Two additional medical practitioners who also offer remote consultations are listed in the following document in the Files section of the Helminthic Therapy Support group on Facebook.

• Helminthic Therapy Practitioners

The following Nurse Specialist (Helminthic Therapy) offers remote educational consultations via telephone and Skype.

Jane Puckey, RN/RM

Master Professional Practice: Public Health, Adult Education, Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife
New Zealand.
Website: BiomeOra

Experienced with NA, HDC and TSO.

Jane has assisted over a hundred helminthic therapy self-treaters since 2018. These have presented with a diverse range of conditions including allergy, chronic fatigue, post viral fatigue, sarcoidosis, IBS, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, coeliac disease, eczema, psoriasis, bronchiolitis, scleroderma and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as general inflammation and fatigue.

Initial enquiries should be sent via email to: jane$biomeora.com (change $ to @)

Remote virtual consultations can be booked on the website, here. Cost is $125 USD for an initial session. Follow-up consultations via email or messenger are free for the first 3 months. Thereafter, follow-up consultations are $80 USD, via virutal meet.

Patients living in New Zealand who wish to obtain NA from Jane following a consultation will receive the first dose free of charge. A Koha (donation) of $60-200 USD is requested to cover the cost of each subsequent dose.

Counsellor / helminthic therapist

Benjamin Blay, MA (Counselling)

Contact: ben@cognitiveresonance.co

Experienced with NA and TTO.

Ben was possibly the first person with Crohn’s disease to use hookworms therapeutically, having been one of the original cohort who travelled to the clinic in Tijuana in 2007. Since then, he has hosted NA, and also TTO, with great results, and has been helping other self-treaters with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions for almost 10 years.

He is passionate about helping others to find own their unique path towards self-healing and well-being, and offers a wealth of personal experience and professional expertise to provide support on the often difficult and lonely journey faced by those who take their health into their own hands.

Ben offers a range of support options, including consultation calls about all things helminthic therapy, for beginners as well as long-term helminth hosts. He also offers more in-depth psychotherapy, including hacks that can help gain mastery over one's beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions, and embody self-acceptance and self-care - the foundations of mental and physical wellness.

An introductory 30 minute call is free.

Health coach

Casi Cole

Website: Transformational Health Coach
Experienced with the use of NA and TSO in both children and adults.

I have supported my own child’s journey with NA to successfully treat severe eczema and food allergies, as well as having been a means of support and guidance for others in similar situations.

Casi charges $150 per hour for one-on-one sessions via telephone or Skype. She also offers monthly packages for long term support. Contact her via her website to schedule a free initial consultation.

Other sources of advice and information

Free information and advice about helminthic therapy is available from several sources other than the practitioners listed above.

This wiki

This wiki contains the most comprehensive collection of information available about this therapy, gathered from the science and from across the helminthic therapy community. This resource is unrivalled in both breadth and detail and is kept up to date. The material in the wiki can be accessed in several ways.

• Search tool - available at the top right of every page.
• Index to topics
• List of pages
• Sitemap

The helminth providers

The providers are an excellent source of information, and some of them make no charge for advice.

• Helminth providers

The support group

Members of the Helminthic Therapy Support group on Facebook include self-treaters with many years of experience with all four species of helminth across many diverse medical conditions, and the group’s post archive dating back to early 2012 is fully searchable. This unique pool of expertise and data is available, free, to group members.

• Helminthic Therapy Support group

There are other helminthic therapy discussion groups, but none of these is as large or as active as the Helminthic Therapy Support group.

The reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat or prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immune-related disorders, including allergy.

The reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat or prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immune-related disorders, including allergy.

Medication or treatment of one's own disease or condition without medical assistance.

All the microorganisms living in and on the body, or the genome of these microorganisms. "Microbiota" refers to the specific population of microorganisms living in a certain part of the body, such as the gut. These two terms are often used interchangeably.

The specific population of microorganisms living in a certain part of the body, such as the gut. "Microbiome" refers to all the microorganisms living in and on the body, or the genome of these microorganisms. These two terms are often used interchangeably.

Fecal Microbiota Transplant. Wikipedia:Fecal microbiota transplant

Inflammatory bowel disease is a group of conditions affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, particularly the colon and small intestine. The major types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC).

Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which specifically affects the large intestine, or colon, causing characteristic ulcers, or open sores. The main symptom of active disease is constant diarrhea mixed with blood, of gradual onset.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a widespread condition involving recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhoea or constipation. Wikipedia:Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Doctor of Medicine (MD, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor meaning "Teacher of Medicine").

The reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat or prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immune-related disorders, including allergy.

Also known as regional enteritis, this is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is severe), vomiting or weight loss, but may also cause complications outside the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the eye, tiredness and lack of concentration.

the human hookworm, Necator americanus

A helminth that lives in the small intestine. Necator americanus (NA) is the only hookworm species used in helminthic therapy. Its microscopic larvae are applied periodically to the skin.

the ova (eggs) of the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura

An intestinal worm which grows large enough to be seen with the naked eye when mature but which is microscopic when administered in helminthic therapy. Wikipedia:Helminths