Aster Integrative Medicine (AIM) is a holistic medical clinic in Edmonds, WA, specializing in complex chronic illness, environmental toxicity, mold exposure, hormone health, allergies, and detoxification. Led by experienced naturopathic physicians — Dr. Michele Grindstaff and Dr. Christopher Wakely — we combine scientific diagnostics with integrative therapies to uncover root causes and support long-term healing.
We work with patients who often feel dismissed or told “you’re fine,” helping them break free from cycles of frustration and chronic symptoms. Whether you’re navigating Lyme disease, EBV, persistent infections, chemical sensitivity, hormonal imbalance, or autoimmune triggers, we’re here to guide your path to resilience, vitality, and whole-body balance. Promoting healing from the inside out.
Dr. Grindstaff and Dr. Wakely have over 2 decades of combined experience helping patient find answers and get solutions to their complex medical issues. Their patients have typically seen between 10-16 physicians before seeing them.
At Aster Integrative Medicine, our physicians focus on identifying underlying factors in complex chronic illness, including:
Our integrative approach supports detoxification, balances immunity, removes toxic burdens, and restores cellular health.
Many people have an underlying, low-level dysfunction in one or more of their elimination pathways. This can be “sub-clinical” and not show up on the standard lab text. When the organs of elimination (skin, gut, nervous system, liver and kidneys) are functioning in an optimal manner, it is much less likely to have chronic health issues. We use a variety of techniques like Autonomic Response Testing and Biotherapuetic Drainage to optimize detoxification pathways.
It is very common for patients suffering with complex chronic illnesses like Lyme Disease, EBV or mold / mycotoxin burden to become “hypersensitivity” to those particular things. This can cause a feedback loop – increasing inflammation and re-triggering your symptoms, even if you were not reexposed. We use a variety of techniques to strengthen, support and retrain your body and improve immune tolerance.
We are constantly burdened by toxic environmental pollutants. Toxicity can increase with the food we eat, the water we drink and exposure to various chemicals and heavy metals, which are ubiquitous in our environment. Avoidance is important, but it doesn’t address what you’ve already been exposed to. Dr. Grindstaff and Dr. Wakely are experts in environmental-biological medicine and have successfully helped patient reduce high toxin loads.
A well-functioning Extracellular Matrix (ECM) and internal cellular environment are vital to health. If the ECM and cellular environment become overburdened, normal biological processes could slow down. Many toxins are fat-soluble and can easily be stored in the human body. This can affect your mitochondria and potentially cause DNA damage. Scars and other interference fields are another thing that can affect the ECM and are often easily identified.
21827 76th Ave West Suite #201 Edmonds, WA 98026
