About SCM

Society for Complementary Medicine (SCM) is a registered charity, which was founded in 1990. The founding patron was Lord Yehudi Menuhin and American naturopath, Robert H. Jacobs, came to England to be the director of SCM.

The aims of SCM are:

To treat each person from the standpoint of their own uniqueness
To restore the body to health with natural substances
To support the body's own healing mechanisms
To optimise the body's own processes
To promote the prevention of illness
To educate clients towards optimal health

Holistic

Complementary to allopathic treatments, SCM uses a holistic blend of eastern and western natural techniques. The body is best examined and treated as an integrated whole, not simply an isolated set of parts.

Functional approach to health

The body naturally attempts to correct underlying imbalances or dysfunction and which it signals to us through symptoms, illness and disease.

By promoting the maximum functioning of all the body's systems we aim to effectively guide you toward restoring inner balance and establishing optimal health.

Functional Medicine is concerned with the whole person, not just your symptoms or the problems afflicting your various organs and systems.

Your overall health (or ill-health) is looked at in the context of your genes, lifestyle, dietary pattern, stress levels, attitudes and beliefs, habits, relationships and environment. This approach is like that of a medical detective unravelling the causes, thereby revealing the solutions to health problems.

Functional Tests

SCM focuses on the physiological uniqueness of each patient. Treatment is custom-tailored specifically to meet each patient's unique needs. SCM offers a range of functional tests which analyse subtle differences in an individual's molecular biochemistry, hormonal secretion patterns, cellular environment, immune responses, etc, allowing for focussed, precise, and individualised therapy.

Cutting-Edge Technologies

SCM employs cutting-edge technologies and recent research information. For instance, we offer:

The ION™ Profile is the most complete nutritional and metabolic testing program available and can help determine functional nutritional inadequacies. The ION™ Profile measures more than 100 components, integrating them into a complete picture of your individual biochemistry.

Predictive Genomic tests - a method of analysing our own unique genetic make-up and using that information to alter our diet, lifestyle, supplementation and medication to create the most individually specific health care programme that we can have. Predictive Genomics is the latest advance in preventative health care and also offers unique insights to a person's current health problems and consequently fresh approaches to solutions.

Metabolic Typing addresses people's individual nutritional requirements. It is a long way from a "one diet fits all" approach. By conducting a series of simple tests we can determine your Metabolic Type and recommend the foods and macronutrient ratios to you require for optimal health.

Darkfield Microscopy

Robert H. Jacobs uses a Darkfield Microscope, which is a unique optical technique for looking at blood in the living state. This technique provides a powerful insight into your blood's metabolic processes and its nutritional status, which is extremely important for determining more precisely what types of nutritional supplements should be recommended.