Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA)

A deeper look at the rhythm beneath your symptoms

Understand the Rhythm Beneath Your Symptoms

Your body is always whispering.
Sometimes it does this through anxiety, fatigue, brain fog, stubborn weight changes, hair loss, or hormonal chaos.

HTMA is one of the simplest ways to hear what it’s actually trying to say.

This test looks at the mineral patterns stored in your hair—your body’s long-term memory. Instead of capturing a single moment in time like bloodwork does, HTMA reveals the slow, steady patterns shaping your energy, mood, metabolism, thyroid signaling, and stress response.

HTMA helps us understand:

Whether your nervous system is stuck in “on” or “off”
How efficiently your body makes and uses energy
Your thyroid and adrenal rhythm
Hidden inflammatory patterns
Copper, zinc, and iron balance
Detox pathways (slow, sluggish, or overwhelmed)
Why certain supplements help—or make you feel worse
How stress has shaped your mineral patterns over time

The goal isn’t to collect data for data’s sake.
It’s to understand the story your minerals are telling—and then help you restore your natural rhythm.

Why HTMA?

What HTMA Looks At

HTMA measures 35+ essential and toxic elements, including:

Core minerals: calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium
Metabolic & thyroid ratios: calcium/phosphorus, Ca/K, Na/K
Stress & adrenal patterns: Na/Mg ratio, Na/K patterning
Mood & hormone influences: copper, zinc, manganese
Detox & inflammation indicators: sulfur, selenium, chromium
Heavy metals: lead, mercury, arsenic, aluminum, cadmium

Every pattern is a clue.
When we read the whole map, we get direction—not guesswork.

The Mineral Interaction Wheel

This diagram shows something most lab reports miss:

Minerals don’t act alone. They act in relationship.

Each point around the circle represents a mineral measured on your HTMA.
The lines between them show how those minerals influence, oppose, amplify, or buffer one another inside the body.

Calcium doesn’t just “do calcium things.”
It affects magnesium.
It slows potassium.
It changes how thyroid hormone enters cells.

Copper influences iron.
Zinc shapes immune tone and hormone signaling.
Sodium and potassium reflect how your body responds to stress and urgency.

The wheel reminds us that your symptoms don’t come from one deficiency or one excess — they arise from patterns.

Some connections are supportive.
Some are compensatory.
Some are signs the body has been adapting for a long time.

HTMA is the art of learning which lines matter for you.

Why this matters clinically

Two people can have similar lab values and feel completely different.

That’s because:

one system may be compensating well
another may be strained
another may be stuck in long-term adaptation

The interaction wheel helps us see:

why a supplement helps one person and makes another feel worse
why “normal labs” can still feel anything but normal
why timing, balance, and rhythm matter more than chasing numbers

This is also why we don’t treat minerals in isolation.

We read the conversation happening between them.

How this informs your care

When we interpret your HTMA, we’re not asking:
“What mineral is low?”

We’re asking:

Where is the system tight?
Where is it overcompensating?
Where is it tired of holding things together?
What does it need to restore rhythm rather than force change?

This wheel is a map of that internal dialogue.

Your HTMA shows us where to listen — and where to intervene gently.

Let Us Interpret Your HTMA

How to Collect Your Sample

HTMA is simple, painless, and done at home. You’ll receive a collection kit and instructions.

The basic flow:

Cut a small amount of hair (about 1 teaspoon total)
Hair must be taken from the root end (newest growth)
Cut from the back of the head, close to the scalp, in thin snips
If your hair is very short, beard hair or body hair may be used

The lab only needs the first 1–1.5 inches of growth. Any longer length is trimmed before mailing.

If You Color or Treat Your Hair

Color-treated hair is acceptable. A few guidelines:

Avoid collecting hair within 4–6 weeks of coloring or bleaching
If you’ve recently dyed your hair and can’t wait, we may collect from an untreated area underneath, or use beard/body hair instead

The goal is clean, untreated new growth—your most accurate mineral story.

What Happens After Testing

Once results return, they are woven into your broader healing work. Your interpretation will include:

An explanation of your oxidation pattern (fast, slow, or mixed)
Key mineral ratios and what they mean for energy, sleep, and mood
Rhythm-based nutrition considerations
Mineral balancing guidance
A clear, grounded explanation of what’s happening in your body—and why

This isn’t just a test.
It’s a compass.
A way of finding your way back to yourself.

Collect Your Sample Today

What’s Included (Member Pricing)

This offering is available to current White Oak Medicine members.

For $155, this add-on includes:

One HTMA collection kit
Laboratory analysis through Trace Elements, Inc. (TEI)
A personalized written interpretation by Veronica Johnson, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Integration of results into your existing care

This pricing reflects member-only access.
Future public or packaged offerings may be priced differently.

What This Service Does Not Include

This offering does not include:

Supplements
Supplement costs
A dedicated follow-up visit
We are happy to review your HTMA results during your regularly scheduled sessions.
If you would like a separate, dedicated follow-up visit focused solely on HTMA, this can be scheduled for an additional fee.
Retesting

If supplements are recommended, they are optional and discussed separately.

Discover the Story Your Minerals Are Telling

HTMA is a supportive, educational tool. It does not diagnose disease and is not required for care. It is offered as an optional add-on for patients who want a deeper layer of insight.