If you are struggling to get the help you feel you need with your health problem a professional, fully-trained, registered medical herbalists may be just what you are looking for?

In our clinic, high-quality plant medicines are prescribed to help resolve a wide range of conditions. Here are just some of the frequently treated problems we deal with in our clinic and that may be helped with herbal medicines.

• Hormonal – Menopause, female and male hormonal problems
• Nervous system – Sleep issues, stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD
• Immunity – Poor immunity and auto-immune conditions
• Digestion – Irritable bowel disease, diverticulitis, constipation, heartburn
• Sensitivities – Allergies, food intolerances, mould toxicity, gut parasites, candida
• Urinary – Urinary tract infections e.g. cystitis, Prostate problems
• Respiratory – Bronchitis, respiratory tract infections, bronchiectasis, hay fever
• Circulatory – High blood pressure, varicose veins, heart health
• Metabolic disorders – Pre-diabetes, thyroid issues, weight management
• Chronic, complex conditions – Chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism
• Skin – Psoriasis, eczema, urticaria, molluscum contagiosum, thrush
• Children – Children’s health conditions respond particularly well to the gentle but effective properties of herbs.

Western herbal medicine combines traditional herbal knowledge with conventional medicine and clinical expertise.

Plant medicine is part of conventional medical practice throughout much of Europe, and remains the primary form of medicine in many parts of the world, used to support health and treat diseases.
Registered medical herbalists are trained to a high level in medical subjects such as pathology, physiology, diagnostics, nutrition, pharmacology, physical examination and clinical medicine. In the UK, modern western herbal practitioners combine orthodox medical knowledge and skills with both a scientific understanding of plant constituents and their effects on the body, as well as how plant species have traditionally been used to heal the body. Scientific studies frequently confirm the reasons why specific species have been used traditionally for a particular ailment.

Western medical herbalists use conventional medical language and clinical diagnostic procedures to identify pathologies and conditions from recognised symptom patterns and are trained to safely diagnose and identify any medical red flags which may require urgent referral. However they are trained to go beyond this, and rather than simply focus on the diagnosis alone their aim is to dig deeper to incorporate an understanding of your unique set of circumstances and how they are impacting upon your health, assessing what internal imbalances and disturbances have led to your symptoms, so a bespoke treatment plan can be formulated that will include dietary, nutritional, and life-style advice.

A visit to a medical herbalist starts with an initial hour-long consultation. This allows for sufficient time to learn about your personal health journey, unique circumstances and characteristics, and day-to-day stresses. Follow-up appointments monitor progress and allow for revision of the herbal prescription and diagnosis. Recommendations for investigations and diagnostic tests may be made. As the body starts to rebalance itself, problems such as poor sleep often resolve themselves so the treatment priorities are likely to evolve with subsequent appointments. In contrast to the approach of using pharmaceutical drugs that are designed to target the disease symptoms and not the disease cause, a medical herbalist will use their understanding of the disease processes and root causes of disease to provide an effective, bespoke treatment plan for each individual patient. A medical herbalist will carefully select herbs that nudge the corrective functions of the body, thus allowing the body to heal and repair itself effectively. This comprehensive approach to the treatment of disease enables us to identify how the body can be best supported through the use of plant medicines, diet, nutritional and lifestyle factors to calm disruptive symptoms, restore balance and regain proper function within the body.

The body is hard-wired to restore itself back to health and herbs are excellent allies to aid this corrective function. It is important to recognise that we have been utilizing plant chemistry throughout our evolutionary history in order to restore our health.

Plant medicines are made from ‘whole-plant’ preparations, in contrast to pharmaceutical drugs where the chemical ‘blue-print’ of an isolated plant constituent is used to synthetically manufacture the drug. By keeping all the plant constituents together, herbal preparations rarely cause adverse side effects and this is why they are considered so effective. Plants contains a large range of active constituents. For instance rosemary and yarrow, for example, contain over sixty active constituents that work in synergy together.

An important advantage of seeing a registered medical herbalist is their access to sources of high quality herbal material as well as their ability to prescribe the correct dosage of a particular medicine. Here we use the best quality herbal ingredients from reputable manufacturers which are subject to stringent quality controls and who have made a commitment to sustainable sourcing.

Herbal medicine can help with most of the conditions you may otherwise consult your GP with. Such health problems may be mild or moderate, acute problems or longer lasting chronic health matters. A Medical Herbalist can work alongside your GP. It goes without saying that it is also advisable to seek the opinion of your GP if you feel the need.

It is advisable to consult and get the advice of a professional medical herbalist rather than self-diagnose and treat with herbs. This is especially true in the case of more complex, chronic or serious illnesses. This is also important where there maybe complexities and contraindications such as with prescription medications and in pregnancy.

Children’s health conditions respond particularly well to the gentle but effective properties of herbs. Children 5 years and over are able to be seen at our clinic.

Remember, if you are struggling to get the help you feel you need with your unresolving health problem, a professional, fully-trained, registered medical herbalists may be just what you are looking for?