Most people who arrive here have already tried other approaches.
Many have sought help from medications, supplements, protocols, or generalized advice. They may have a diagnosis but no real guidance. Or they’ve been told everything is normal, while their daily life continues to shrink around persistent symptoms.
People work with me through structured telehealth consultations, where we evaluate their digestive conditions and related problems. Treatment follows with individualized herbal prescriptions.
In my experience, a correct herbal prescription can quickly improve symptoms, while careful adjustment over time stabilizes and expands the capacity of the system. This can mean broader food tolerance, greater resilience to stress, and a return of freedom and vitality. This flexible approach makes lasting improvement possible. If you have met limitations in standard care, this practice was designed for you.
I am licensed as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, which has allowed me to work with cases at all levels of complexity. I bring this experience to an international telehealth practice, serving people in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States.
People who work with me often notice that my orientation is not toward East or West, ancient or modern, but toward their intersection. In my view, this creates the greatest breadth in clinical work and helps those who have fallen through the cracks of the medical system or are carrying the burden of mounting complexity in their health.
Working Together
“Dr. Hoover’s approach and knowledge has helped me to be healthier and better in a short amount of time.” — Kathryn H.
The approach of this practice is to align treatment on an individual level, whenever possible.
During initial phases, medical treatment should be condition based. However, in chronic digestive disorders, it is usually more effective to focus on individual differences rather than diagnostic sameness.
Practically, this means that many of the best medicines will work for one person but not work for another, even if they have the same diagnosis. Understanding this and implementing it clinically requires a strong degree of customization and flexibility on a case-by-case basis. However, the work is worthwhile: It allows symptoms to improve while a person’s overall capacity for health and resilience also expands.
This flexible approach requires a careful selection of herbs — in combination — to facilitate change, and one of the most extensive collections of medically used plant substances is found in chinese herbs. Hundreds of herbs have been cultivated, studied, and combined in formulas across centuries of clinical use and modern pharmacological research. The result is a remarkably large and refined pharmacological toolkit drawn from plants.
The broad aim is simple: to create formulations that match the internal complexity of your issue and then adjust them skilfully, as your system shifts, so that you can return to feeling like yourself again with a reduced burden from chronic digestive illness.
Explore The Approach
Focused, Professional Practice
- Initial Clinical Consultation via Video Conferencing
- Assessment and Treatment planning
- Custom formulation delivery
- Timely follow up and treatment adjustment
Telehealth, Done Well
Care is provided through structured, one-on-one sessions. Symptom shifts are tracked, changes are identified as they emerge, and treatment is refined with the goal of stability and improvement.
Deep Clinical Analysis
Emphasis is placed on how a person’s system is actually functioning as a whole. From this starting point, medical diagnostics — including laboratory testing and prior evaluations — are reviewed and interpreted. Individual markers are not expected to stand on their own, and their meaning becomes clearer when seen in relation to the overall behavior of the system. Treatment decisions are guided by how the system is actually behaving.
Individualized Herbal Medicine
Herbal prescriptions are made using water-based, powdered extracts, dispensed through partner pharmacies to ensure quality, consistency, and safety. Because these are individualized herbal prescriptions rather than fixed over-the-counter mass-produced products, prescriptions can be fully customized and adjusted precisely, as conditions change.
Reliable Professionalism
Nearly two decades of licensed clinical practice, NCCAOM accreditation, and experience contributing to peer-reviewed scientific literature support a careful, disciplined approach to care.
Core Principles
Herbscript focuses exclusively on disorders of the digestive system and the conditions that develop around them, including:
Primary Digestive Disorders
- SIBO and intestinal dysbiosis
- Functional gastrointestinal disorders
- Post-infectious GI syndromes
- Chronic bloating and motility disturbances
Associated, Inflammatory, and Complex Patterns
- IBS and mixed symptom presentations
- Food sensitivities and post-antibiotic disruption
- Inflammatory bowel conditions and immune-linked gut injury
- Multi-layered cases that have not responded to standard care
This practice is well suited to individuals whose symptoms persist, fluctuate, or fail to fully resolve despite care grounded in standard medical understanding.
Clinical Focus
A flexible, individualized approach may be a good fit if:
- Your condition involves multiple systems or diagnoses
- You are worn out by trial-and-error supplementation, diets, or protocols
- You value clear reasoning, honest guidance, and a structured process
- You want a clinician who can reframe your case in a way that makes improvement possible
- You are seeking thoughtful, professional care rather than hype
In general, this approach is for people with chronic digestive complaints that have not responded adequately to usual care — it is not for acute infections or surgical emergencies.
Is This the Right Place for You?
Clinical decisions are made with attention to safety, evidence, and real-world response.
The work is informed by standard medical diagnostics, peer-reviewed research where available, and a long clinical tradition of individualized herbal prescribing, with ongoing evaluation of how treatments perform in practice.
Treatments are selected conservatively, adjusted over time, and reviewed in the context of medications, labs, and safety considerations.
Clinical Grounding and Safety
What happens in the first consultation?
Your relevant history, symptom timeline, available diagnostics, and current concerns are reviewed to identify a sensible place to begin. Key priorities are highlighted and an initial treatment plan is outlined. If it is appropriate, a prescription for a custom herbal formula will be created and sent to a pharmacy in your area for delivery.
How long does treatment usually take?
It may take a few visits to find the correct path forward. Once treatment is aligned, symptom relief often appears within days to weeks. Middle-term care focuses on stabilizing and consolidating those improvements and varies by case.
Do you work with existing diagnoses or lab results?
Yes. Diagnoses and lab results are reviewed when relevant. When they do not directly inform treatment decisions, attention shifts to frameworks and clinical signs that reliably track progress.
What herbs are used, and are they safe?
Standardized, tested, GMP-certified, sourced from geo-authentic growing regions, and utilized by many hospitals in Asia – these are the herb-quality standards prioritized in this practice. In most cases, this means working with pharmacies that source their herbs from Tianjiang Pharmaceuticals, which produces the highest quality water-based, powdered extracts worldwide. Because formulas are created from individual plants, dosing of these ingredients can remain appropriate and adjustments precise, which supports safety.
How do you work with people internationally?
Through telehealth combined with regional partner pharmacies. Treatment is available for those living in the United States, Canada, the U.K., Europe, and Australia.
How often do visits occur?
Most appointments are two weeks apart. After early treatment goals are met, it is possible to shift to middle-term care and fewer appointments.
Can treatment work alongside medications?
Current medications are taken into account when planning treatment. Many people continue working with their physicians for monitoring or necessary prescriptions. Herbal prescriptions are developed independently but with responsiveness to the presence of medications and other treatments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Treatment is provided through individual clinical visits. You can review fees and how visits are structured on the Pricing and Fees page before deciding whether to schedule.
Consultations and Fees
If you are ready for structured, individualized clinical care aimed at meaningful improvement, you can schedule an Initial Clinical Consultation below.