Clinician Collaboration Appendix

A medically cautious, patient-responsibility framework

This appendix exists to support collaboration with licensed clinicians. It does not replace clinical judgment.

Principles

• Medication can be lifesaving. The objective is not “anti-medicine.”
• The objective is risk reduction, informed consent, and functional improvement.
• Holistic interventions here are designed to be low-risk, food-first, and scalable.

What this project is

• A structured, zone-aware repository of food-first practices, herbs, and topical supports
• A way for patients to improve consistency (nutrition, movement, sleep), which often improves outcomes

What this project is not

• Not a directive to deprescribe
• Not a replacement for evidence-based diagnosis or treatment
• Not a substitute for monitoring, labs, or clinical follow-up

Safety guardrails (recommended)

• Medication changes only under clinician supervision
• Document baseline symptoms and functional status
• Start interventions one at a time to reduce confounding
• Avoid high-dose extracts; prioritize whole-food and topical approaches
• Screen for interactions (examples):
  • St. John’s Wort: multi-drug interactions
  • Concentrated essential oils: skin sensitization risk
  • Anticoagulants: caution with certain supplements (verify individually)

Collaboration workflow (suggested)

1. Patient identifies goal: pain, sleep, stress, inflammation
2. Clinician screens red flags and contraindications
3. Patient implements low-risk routine for 2–4 weeks
4. Reassess: function, sleep, pain score, side effects, adherence
5. Only then consider medication optimization

Faith Frontier stance

We support informed consent, accountability, and stewardship of health as a moral responsibility. We do not attribute illness to moral failure, nor do we replace clinical care with ideology.