Vitamin, Mineral & Amino Acid Tests

These are pre-paid blood draw, saliva or urine tests. You must make an appointment at a local LabCorp in your area for testing and follow pre-testing requirements before arrival. Your lab results will appear in your client portal within 2-5 days for most tests, unless otherwise advised.

1. Vitamin Deficiency & Wellness Blood Test Panel

This blood test panel can help assess your overall status to remedy potential nutritional deficiencies in your diet. Vitamins and minerals are essential to human health and the body cannot produce on its own. Nutrients must be ingested regularly to prevent some diseases and maintain a healthy, strong body. This panel may be used as part of a routine health screening or ordered when individuals experience signs and symptoms of deficiencies. It also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

Panel includes: Magnesium Serum test, Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy Blood Test, CBC, Lipid Panel with Total Cholesterol HDL Ratio, Folate, Serum test and Vitamins B12

2. Vitamin B-6 Blood Test

This test measures the vitamin B6 levels in the blood to help screen for a deficiency or excess. The more protein eaten, the more vitamin B6 is needed. Vitamin B6 helps break down proteins, maintains normal nerve functioning and helps formation of red blood cells. Excess vitamin B6 can cause neurological disorders and numbness as seen in some liver phlegm differentiations in Chinese medicine. Deficiency of vitamin B6 can cause mouth and tongue sores, irritability, confusion, and depression. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

3. Folate Serum Test

This test measures folate levels in the blood to screen for a deficiency. Folate is also referred to as folic acid or vitamin B9. It has many crucial functions in the body, such as aiding in the creation of DNA, which is responsible for your distinct genetic makeup and is constantly utilized by the body. Sufficiency and excess in the body is generally uncommon and deficiency is most widespread. Folate is related to essence in Chinese medicine and females of childbearing age range are encouraged to include folate in the diet to benefit herself and any potential pregnancies. Low folate or vitamin B12 levels can lead to megaloblastic anemia, a condition where the body has insufficient red blood cells. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

4. Vitamin Blood Test Panel

This panel tests for deficiencies and excesses of specific vitamins involved in common health problems. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

Test includes: Vitamins A, B1, B6, B9(Folic Acid), B12, C, D, E, and K1

5. Amino Acid Analysis Blood Test

This panel tests for 34 different amino acids and any deficiencies. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. They are organic compounds and essential in digestion, creating usable energy, maintaining health, and functioning normally. Amino acids are part of qi in Chinese medicine and serve many functions including neurotransmitters, hormone precursors, and enzyme co-factors. Deficiencies are responsible for many disorders from neurological to weight gain, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

6. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (D2, D3) Blood Test

This test is called the QuestAssureD™ 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (D2, D3) Blood Test. It measures total Vitamin D and its two primary forms (D2 and D3) in the blood to screen assimilation/utilization, deficiency or excess. Vitamin D is apart of acquired qi in Chinese medicine and is essential for supporting overall health, including bone tissue, brain/nervous tissue, muscle tissue and cardiovascular functioning. Vitamin D allows the body to absorb vital minerals from food and maintain adequate calcium, phosphate, magnesium, and parathyroid hormone levels in the blood. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

7. Magnesium Blood Test

This test is used to measure the level of magnesium found in the red blood cells floating in the blood serum, and usually when deficiency is suspected. Magnesium is apart of acquired qi and is essential of energy requirements in the body. Deficiency of magnesium in the blood indicates dietary malabsorption from malnourishment, alcoholism, anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, and prolonged use of diuretics. Symptoms include cardiac arrhythmias, seizures, muscle cramping and weakness. Excess magnesium in the blood is usually due to a problem with kidney filtration and disposal. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

8. Iodine Blood Test

This test is used to measure iodine levels in the blood. Iodine is an elemental mineral that plays a crucial role in the human body by aiding in the production of thyroid hormones, including thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). These hormones are responsible for regulating a variety of important biochemical reactions, such as protein synthesis. Low iodine levels are noticed especially in females and are involved in menstrual difficulties, excessive weight gain and hair loss. In Chinese medicine, low iodine levels are associated with spleen deficiency, dampness and phlegm which contributes to body coldness, water and fat weight gain, neurological disturbances involving the limbs and some emotional symptoms. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

9. Iodine Urine Test-24 Hour

This test may be used to evaluate iodine deficiency disorders or monitor exposure to iodine. It may also be used to help diagnose iodine-induced hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism or autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Also, iodine is used to monitor exposure to iodine in the environment; evaluate for iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs), excessive iodine intake, or iodine in the workplace. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

10. Electrolyte Blood Test Panel

This test measures electrolytes are minerals that help manage fluid levels in the body, regulate acid-base balance, and stimulate the function of muscles and nerves. Electrolytes include sodium, potassium, chloride and carbon dioxide levels in the blood, and helps determine an electrolyte, fluid, or pH imbalance. In Chinese medicine, electrolytes are crucial for qi functioning all over the body. This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

11. Ceruloplasmin Test

The test helps with detecting ceruloplasmin and copper levels. Ceruloplasmin is a protein produced by the liver that stores and carries copper in the body to assist functioning of the brain, kidneys, liver and bone tissue. Deficiencies of both in the liver lead to systemic diseases. In Chinese medicine differentiations, liver qi excess and blood deficiency cause stagnation of the movement of blood, nutrients and energy. In addition they cause malnutrition, malabsorption and Menkes disease.This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.

12. Potassium Blood Test

This test detects and manages imbalances of potassium in the body, which can lead to serious health complications if left untreated. It may be used to monitor the effectiveness of certain medications that affect potassium levels in the blood, such as diuretics or potassium supplements. It may also be ordered in disease conditions where potassium levels are monitored:

• Kidney problems
• High blood pressure
• Heart disease
• Medications that can affect potassium levels in the body

This test also helps for selecting optimal dietary, nutritional and traditional herbal remedies that balance qi and blood.