Dr. PURITA JUNTAPHANT

Dr. Juntaphant is a licensed naturopathic physician and a primary care physician in Washington state. She obtained a bachelor degree of science (biochemistry major) from the University of Washington prior to completing her doctoral degree in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University.

Dr. Juntaphant was in three car accidents in her early 20’s. After the third car accident, she was told by many healthcare providers that she would have to live with chronic pain for the rest of her life. She was frustrated and depressed when she thought that she would have to rely on pain medications for the rest of her life. However, after suffered from major life changing event and chronic pains for 5 years, she found naturopathic medicine. She learned from being a patient herself that natural modalities including diet & life style modifications, therapeutic exercises and nutritional supplements helped her tremendously. Now, in her early 30’s, Dr. Juntaphant no longer suffers from chronic pains. Her health and well-being as a whole person improved as a result of naturopathic medicine. Dealing with chronic pain first hand makes Dr. Juntaphant becomes passionate about naturopathic medicine, holistic medicine and helping others finding ways to deal with chronic illnesses.

Dr. Juntaphant doesn’t look at each physical symptom as a separate entity. She believes that she can help facilitate the healing process each person has best if she understands each patient as a whole person before treating any symptom for her patient. Thus, she takes her time to interview each patient before she plans out a treatment plan for each patient.

Her goal as a naturopathic physician and primary care physician is not to give drug to suppress any symptom temporarily. Dr. Juntaphant believes in holistic medicine. She will try her best to help patient find the root causes of his/her symptoms and use natural modalities to deal with pain and illness before she prescribe any pharmaceutical drug.

Services include manual therapy (massage, manual manipulations to spine, aromatherapy), annual preventative exams, primary care medicine, laboratory testing, botanical medicine and much more..