Asa Hershoff, ND, DC
Dr. Asa Hershoff has practiced holistic and mindbody medicine for nearly five decades as a Chiropractor, Naturopathic Physician and Classical Homeopath. His full-spectrum approach includes homeopathy, herbal medicine, cutting-edge nutrition, 5-Element energy healing and bioenergy testing. Originally from Toronto, Asa was a pioneer in the Canadian natural health movement, cofounding the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1978, forever changing the face. of health care in Canada. A major influence in those early days was his close relationship with his mentor, the late Dr. John Laplante, with whom he studied for sixteen years, learning the skills of a medical intuitive, subtle energy healer and empath. Teaching at the naturopathic college, as well as conducting as many as 75 seminars a year in North America, he still found time to work with some dozen companies in the natural health industry, formulating hundreds of homeopathic and nutritional supplements. Yet a crucial part of his work remains the training of patients and students in meditation, 5-Element mindfulness, and self-healing techniques. Having practiced in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles, he now works with clients from across the globe and from all walks of life, from celebrities to everyday heroes. Asa is well known in the homeopathic world for his classic work, Homeopathic Remedies, as well as Herbal Remedies, for Penguin Random House, with over 90,000 copies sold, and Homeopathy for Musculoskeletal Healing from North Atlantic Books. A life-long seeker, Asa has trained in many spiritual disciplines and healing modalities, from laser light acupuncture and color therapy, to Qi Gong and mantra healing. But his greatest involvement has been with Tibetan Buddhism. Studying with many great meditation masters over the last 40 years, he completed the full training of a Tibetan Lama in 1989, having undergone the traditional 3-year meditation retreat, held in strict seclusion, on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. The culmination of his lifetime of investigation and research is the creation of the 5-Element Energy Healing and Elemental Psychology systems. Integrating these ancient paradigms into homeopathic praxis, has also created a unified approach to this powerful form of mind-body healing. Asa’s courses, forthcoming books and online trainings have established him as a world leader in using the Elements as a tool for personal growth and mind-body transformation. He strives to perfect an approach that integrates the deep aspects of Eastern wisdom and meditation, with the best of Western functional medicine and psychology, he travels the globe imparting this knowledge and skill to others.
JAHC 2025 Sessions:
Apr 06, 2025
10:15 am
The 5-Element Homeopathic Paradigm: A Unified Understanding of Patient, Remedy, and Disease
In this presentation, Dr. Asa Hershoff will explain the meaning and the characteristics of the five forces as a matrix of information and formative patterns. Together we will explore how this translates into a meaningful understanding of miasms, disease, remedies, remedy families, and individuals as well as how together these form a unified totality. Matching the Five Element themes of each component can streamline and clarify the homeopathic remedy choice. Deeper, it forms an overarching possibility for an interrelated and cohesive understanding into the powerful homeopathic art and science of healing. Through modern day, homeopathy has successfully assimilated much of modern physiology, pathology, and psychology. Yet, a unified theory of homeopathic diagnosis, treatment, and cure has not been elucidated. The 5-Element approach may provide just such a unifying paradigm. In the process, it provides both an effective cure, and a unique key to a deeper understanding of people, mind and body, and the underlying matrix of our shared home.
