Women's Integrative Health Services

Women's Integrative Medicine St. Louis

Mercy's Integrative Medicine & Therapy clinic in St. Louis offers women an innovative program that teaches wellness in a supportive environment. In this program, we can help you slow down the aging process, enhance your vitality, your sense of well-being and your relationships, and give you back the joy of being alive!

Our program offers the following integrative medicine services for women:

  • Healing touch
  • Guided imagery
  • Lifestyle and nutritional counseling
  • Fitness counseling
  • Wellness classes, including Tai Chi, Zumba, Yoga and Pilates
  • Acupuncture
  • Chiropractic
  • Holistic nurse
  • Massage therapy
  • Reflexology

About Women's Integrative Medicine

Our medical director, Octavio Chirino, MD, has practiced medicine in the St. Louis area for 35 years. Dr. Chirino is known for his expertise in individualized hormone replacement therapies. For the past 20 years, his passion has been to promote holistic wellness for his patients through nutritional counseling, nutritional supplementation, weight management and fitness training.

Investigating food allergies, nutritional deficiencies and gastro-intestinal disorders are part of his methods to lead you to optimal health and happiness. His areas of specialty include:

  • Menopause disorders - hot flashes, vaginal dryness, sleep dysfunctions, mental fogginess, memory issues
  • Loss of libido
  • Individualized hormone replacement therapy
  • Thyroid dysfunction
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Weight management
  • Evaluation of systemic inflammation caused by nutritional and environmental factors
  • Food sensitivities - related to inflammation
  • Nutritional deficiency evaluation and therapies

Dr. Octavio Chirino

Women's Integrative Medicine in St. Louis

Dr. Chirino is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and is a Fellow of the American College of OB/GYN(FACOG). He attended medical school at St. Louis University and did his OB/GYN training at Mercy. He has practiced in the St. Louis area for more than 36 years.