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Dr. Brian Lum, DC, IFMCP

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Dr. Brian Lum, DC, IFMCP

Dr. Brian Lum (DC) is a board-certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (IFMCP). Worldwide consultation practice. There is always something that can be done.

Recent Postdoctoral Education And Certifications

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Cardiometabolic
The Institute For Functional Medicine - January 2020
Transforming the Assessment, Prevention, and Management of Chronic Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disorders

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Immune
The Institute For Functional Medicine - February 2020
The Many Faces o

f Immune Dysregulation and Chronic Inflammation: Chronic Infections, Atopy, and Autoimmune Disorders

Coronavirus: Modern Research from Traditional Chinese Medicine - Michael McCulloch L.Ac MPH PhD - March 2020

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Modules - Hormone
The Institute For Functional Medicine - July 2020
Re-establishing Hormonal Balance in the Hypothalamic, Pituitary, Adrenal, Thyroid, and Gonadal Axis

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Modules - Bioenergetics
The Institute For Functional Medicine - July 2020
Clinical Solutions for Mitochondrial and Metabolic Dysfunction

Demystifying the Small Universe
Grand Master Chunyi Lin - Spring Forest Qigong - August 2020
The Small Universe Qigong Meditation from the Inside Out

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Gastrointestinal
The Institute For Functional Medicine - October 2020
Restoring Gastrointestinal Equilibrium: Practical Applications for Understanding, Assessing and Treating Gut Dysfunction

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Environmental Health
The Institute For Functional Medicine - October 2020
Addressing the Toxic Effects of the Exposome by Enhancing Biotransformation and Elimination

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
The Institute For Functional Medicine - November 2020
New Tools For Treating Common Conditions

Intensive Healing Qigong Retreat with Grand Master Chunyi Lin
Spring Forest Qigong - November 2020

Spring Forest Qigong Level 2 - Qigong for Healing Training with Master Gadu Doushin
Spring Forest Qigong - April 2021

Vaccine Intensive Clinical Research Review - Vaccines & Covid
National University of Natural Medicine - May 2021

Master of Qi Spring Forest Qigong Annual Conference
Grand Master Chunyi Lin, Spring Forest Qigong - May 2021

Spring Forest Qigong Level 3 - Qigong for Healing Training with Master Gadu Doushin
Spring Forest Qigong - May 2021

Intensive Healing Conference - Dr. Anthony Cahill
Human Engineering - August 2021

Background

From a young age, I was aware of how people with chronic illness can suffer. My mother was diagnosed with Crohn's disease before I was born and endured excruciating symptoms for 15 years. The standard conventional medicine approach to Crohn's then was much the same as it is now - prescribe steroids to lessen symptoms and wait until the colon needs to be removed surgically. Scientifically valid, effective supplemental and nutritional therapies were scoffed at by her doctors as not worth pursuing. The number of patients with chronic illness under my care who have successfully gone into symptom-free remission is a constant reminder of how inadequate a one-dimensional approach to patient care can be. I graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College at the age of 23 and have been active in continuing education to ensure that I have the latest tools and resources available. I specialize in treating those who are told by other doctors that there is no treatment, who are told that they will helplessly watch their chronic condition progress and there is nothing they can do. Philosophy

Headlines abound that promise 'Gut-health,' 'The One Supplement To Heal Your Joint Pain' and 'The Diet To Heal Your Autoimmune Disease' - giving the impression that you just have to do or buy one thing to heal. My new patient appointments are an hour-long because it's all important. Your diet, environment, emotional health, supplements, family history, and patient history since birth - it's all relevant when we are unraveling an illness that, most likely, took decades to create. The testing and nutritional medicines you receive will be completely unique to you as a patient. I do not have a 'one size fits all' treatment plan, as you heal we will adjust your treatment based on your renewed health goals.

04/23/2026

One of the most disorienting experiences is feeling overcome with anxiety without a clear understanding of why.

In some cases, this may not be coming from your thoughts at all.

Histamine, when elevated, can act directly on the brain as an excitatory signal. It can heighten activity within the limbic system, the part of the brain involved in fear, stress, and emotional processing.

This can look like fear without a story. A sense of urgency without a clear reason. A feeling of impending doom despite your mind's best efforts to stay calm.

If this experience feels familiar, it may be worth gently considering what is happening at a physiological level, not just a psychological one. For some, histamine can be a surprisingly illuminating piece to explore.

If histamine feels like a relevant piece for you, or something you are beginning to suspect, Dr. Lum’s comprehensive course on histamine intolerance and MCAS helps bring clarity to what may be happening in the body, along with insights and approaches that are not often addressed in conventional conversations around histamine intolerance and MCAS. Learn more at the link below.

https://dr-brian-lum-s-histamine-course.teachable.com/p/drbrianlum-histaminecourse

Haas, H. L., & Panula, P. (2003). The role of histamine and the tuberomammillary nucleus in the nervous system. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

04/17/2026

Histamine is often thought of only in relation to allergies, but it also acts as a neurotransmitter that regulates wakefulness. Normally, histamine rises in the morning to promote alertness, stays active during the day, and tapers off in the evening.

When circadian rhythms are disrupted, through patterns like irregular sleep schedules, late-night light exposure, or chronic stress, this rhythm can falter. Histamine may surge at inappropriate times, leading to symptoms like congestion, itching, reflux, or insomnia spiking in the middle of the night, a phenomenon known as ‘histamine dumping.’

More specifically, mast cells have melatonin receptors, and when melatonin binds to them, it decreases activation and degranulation, helping to suppress histamine release at night. When melatonin is suppressed or poorly timed, however, histamine can remain elevated, driving inflammation and disrupting sleep.

Circadian imbalance may not be the only factor. Environmental and immune triggers such as mold, hidden allergens, chronic infections, dysbiosis, or intestinal permeability may also drive histamine release at inappropriate times.

Nevertheless, recognizing this connection between circadian rhythm and histamine offers a practical pathway for supporting healthier histamine regulation and, in turn, deeper, more restorative sleep.

Practical steps to support balance:
• Keep consistent sleep and wake times
• Get morning sunlight and minimize artificial light at night
• Support melatonin with a dark, cool sleep environment
• Address environmental triggers (mold, dust, other allergens)
• Work with a functional medicine practitioner to uncover and address underlying causes of histamine overproduction if needed

Visit the link below to learn about Dr. Lum’s groundbreaking course on healing Histamine Intolerance & MCAS!

https://www.drbrianlum.com/thehistaminecourse

04/02/2026

Consistent food cravings can offer an opportunity to pause and look a little deeper…

A moment to ask ourselves, ‘what might we truly be needing here?’

Not to overanalyze, but to gently meet the body and mind with greater curiosity and care.

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03/26/2026

A few standout herbal remedies traditionally used to soothe and protect the gut lining, especially in times of irritation or sensitivity.

Have you tried any of these, or found one that works well for you? 🌱

03/20/2026

Are you ready to finally close the chapter on overwhelming histamine symptoms?

Are you ready to stop guessing and start navigating a clear path toward healing?

If you have been dealing with histamine symptoms without clear answers, you are not alone.

We created this course to help you connect the dots between your symptoms, identify what is actually driving them, and follow a clear, step-by-step approach to start calming your system.

Click the link below to learn more.

https://dr-brian-lum-s-histamine-course.teachable.com/p/drbrianlum-histaminecourse

03/11/2026

After months of development, Dr. Brian Lum’s new online course is officially available!

‘Mastering Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Complex Illness Specialist’s Guide’ brings together more than a decade of clinical expertise working with complex and chronic illness.

Over the years, Dr. Lum began noticing a consistent pattern: many patients struggling with persistent symptoms had an underlying histamine component to their illness. Unfortunately, histamine intolerance and MCAS are often misunderstood, which leads many patients down paths that fail to produce meaningful improvement.

This self-paced mini course was created to provide a clear framework for understanding and addressing histamine-related illness.

Inside the course, Dr. Lum walks through three core sections:

1. The 5 Myths About Histamine Intolerance / MCAS
2. The 5 Game-Changers for Healing Histamine
3. Dr. Lum’s 5 Favorite Supplements for Healing Histamine

Each section includes detailed video lessons and research-backed explanations designed to bring greater clarity to this complex condition.

Bonuses:

• A bonus library of tried-and-true, yet highly innovative, clinical protocols developed by Dr. Lum
• A video Q&A library answering common patient questions on the topic
• A collection of practical handouts and resources

Visit the link below to learn more and enroll. We can’t wait to see you there!

- Dr. Brian Lum, DC, IFMCP

https://dr-brian-lum-s-histamine-course.teachable.com/p/drbrianlum-histaminecourse

03/05/2026

Answering more of your questions!

‘Are histamine issues reversible?’

Many approaches to histamine intolerance and MCAS focus on managing symptoms rather than asking deeper questions about why those symptoms exist in the first place.

After years of working with complex, hard-to-treat patients, Dr. Lum has found that many individuals who were told to “just live with” their symptoms were never fully medically investigated.

When the true drivers are identified, meaningful improvement — and often complete symptom resolution — becomes inevitable.

Dr. Lum’s new online course, Mastering Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Complex Illness Specialist’s Guide, launches March 11, 2026!

This mini course is a truly unparalleled resource and shares the testing strategies, clinical insights, and real-world approaches that have helped guide our patient population toward complete and lasting healing.

Launching next week.

www.DrBrianLum.com/thehistaminecourse

02/26/2026

‘Mastering Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Complex Illness Specialist’s Guide’ launches March 11, 2026!

Most approaches for Histamine Intolerance/MCAS rely on a series of assumptions that result in limited effectiveness. There is also a damaging underlying insistence that histamine intolerance is something to be managed - not something to be resolved completely.

Complete symptom resolution is a common occurrence in this practice. By specializing in hard-to-treat patients, Dr. Lum learned that everyone is capable of healing completely and that the vast majority of patients who have been told to ‘just live with’ symptoms have not been fully medically investigated.

This mini course is designed to give you real-world solutions that you can apply, specific tests that your doctor can order, and supplements that have been effective for our patient base.

Importantly, it will also change the way you think about histamine-related symptoms.

www.DrBrianLum.com/thehistaminecourse

02/20/2026

Many patients come to us having already identified histamine intolerance as a driving factor behind their symptoms. But, for most, histamine intolerance is not the starting point of illness—it is the end result of a much deeper pattern.

In this short case scenario, Dr. Lum shares the story of a patient who spent over 20 years trapped in that cycle. Her symptoms were real and severe, but the underlying issue wasn’t histamine itself. It was a systems-wide pattern that continually signaled her body to overproduce histamine in an effort to keep itself safe in the presence of perceived threats.

Dr. Lum discusses this approach in detail in his upcoming online course titled, “Mastering Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS): A Complex Illness Specialist’s Guide.” This self-paced course offers perspectives rarely found in medicine and will be available for purchase in less than 3 weeks!

For anyone who has struggled with confusing, persistent symptoms, this course offers both hope and a clear framework for lasting healing.

Once the underlying patterns behind your symptoms are identified and addressed, the body can do what it was designed to do—heal. That possibility exists for every human being.

Launching March 11, 2026.

www.DrBrianLum.com/thehistaminecourse

02/18/2026

We are so excited to announce that Dr. Brian Lum’s brand new online mini-course, “Mastering Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS): A Complex Illness Specialist’s Guide” is almost here!

Launching March 11, 2026.

Dr. Brian Lum is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner (IFMCP) as well as a complex illness specialist. For over a decade, he has sought the most complex patients who were not responding to conventional treatment or whose collections of symptoms did not have a diagnosis.

Using the latest scientific advancements and diagnostic tools, he crafts individual treatment plans using clinical-grade supplementation and nutritional guidance.

Dr. Lum noticed that most of his patients had a histamine component to their chronic illness and that the typical approach to healing histamine issues did not have a high success rate.

Using his specialized knowledge, he will address the top myths keeping you from getting better and outline the game-changing interventions to help you heal naturally.

The key to getting rid of histamine-related issues relies in the specificity of treatment and the ‘order of operations’ in which those treatments are administered.

In this online-course format, Dr. Lum can help you chart a path forward out of ambiguous treatment options and the overly restrictive yet ineffective dietary interventions.

Stay tuned for additional updates!

www.DrBrianLum.com/thehistaminecourse

02/10/2026

Answering more of your questions!

“How do I know how full my histamine bucket is?”

📣 Click the link below to learn about Dr. Lum’s one-of-a-kind online course on healing from Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. A clearer path forward is nearly here—release announcement coming very soon.

www.DrBrianLum.com/thehistaminecourse

02/03/2026

While histamine excess is often associated with symptoms like hives, flushing, and digestive upset, it can also show up in more subtle ways—such as brain fog, anxiety, headaches, or even acid reflux.

These lesser-known symptoms are frequently overlooked or misattributed, which can often make healing feel confusing or out of reach.

In just a few short weeks, Dr. Lum will be releasing an in-depth online course focused on histamine-related conditions and his tried-and-true approach to helping hundreds of people heal worldwide.

We can’t wait to share this course with you! Visit the link below for more information.

www.DrBrianLum.com/thehistaminecourse

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Thursday	9am - 7pm

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