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Pregnancy and Herbal Medicine
Pregnancy and Herbal Medicine The use of traditional medicine and medicinal plants in the management of Pregnancy and such complaints as nausea are well documented throughout time, even now a General Practitioner will prescribe ginger for relief of nausea/morning...
Herbal Actions, what are they and how do they work?
Herbal Actions, what are they and how do they work? Herbs have a wide range of actions they can have in the body. It’s important to know that a single herb can have numerous actions and often serves more than one purpose in the healing process. Often their actions are...
Ageing and Herbal Management of these Conditions.
Ageing and Herbal Management of these Conditions. My 95-year-old grandmother said to me very recently that she feels like a young girl inside, and often gets a surprise when she sees an old woman looking back at her. She feels like she can do anything, however, her...
Arthritis Conditions and Herbal Management
Arthritis Conditions and Herbal Management of its conditions: Arthritic pain can be debilitating, and often our bodies build up a resistance to pain medication, requiring high doses to get relief. Herbal medicine offers an effective way to manage pain naturally. Here...
Fatigue, no Energy herbs that can help are:
Do you have Fatigue or no Energy here a few herbs that can help are: Astragulus, Ginkgo, Hawthorn, Withania, Korean ginseng, Licorice, Rehmannia Rhodiola, Evening primrose oil. There a many cause for fatigue, lack of quality sleep, stress, overworked, poor diet,...
Microvascular System, what does this affect?
Microvascular System, what does this affect? The microvascular system is a network of vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to tissues, whilst at the same time removing the build-up of CO2. The arteries and veins carry blood and remove toxins for the whole body. ...
Memory, and the Herbs that can boost it
Memory, and the Herbs that can boost it here a few: Do you ever find yourself struggling to remember where you put something, names etc? Well, it's not an uncommon issue, in my practice a lot of clients what to have a better memory for study, or just everyday life. ...
Eczema, Psoriasis and other Skin Irritations
Eczema, Psoriasis and other Skin Irritations. Skin irritations and rashes are something I commonly treat and see in my practice. It's amazing how many times I hear the GP gives cortisone cream as a solution as a first line of defence. This is the greatest thing...
Sports Injuries – Herbs to Assist the healing process
Sports Injuries – Herbs to Assist the healing process. Athletes suffer injures from time to time, the comment I most hear in my clinic is when can I train again. Herbal Medicine is an effective and long-lasting solution to such injuries, helping your body repair and...
Infertility Herbs that can Help
Infertility Herbs that can Help Here is my personal story about infertility, at 17 I had a surgery that left my reproductive system in a very precarious state. After my surgery I was also diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, I was told from this point that...
Respiratory Issues – What can herbs do?
Respiratory Issues – what can herbs do. Have you been diagnosed with Asthma, Bronchitis, or even Pneumonia? These conditions are extremely painful and very tiring. Listed below are a couple of the herbs used in my practice for different conditions: Asthma –...
Strains, Ligaments, Connective Tissues Herbs to Help Repair
Strains, Ligaments, Connective Tissues Herbs to Help Repair. Everyone had a strain or damaged a tendon in your body at some stage in our lives, you know these can be very painful. Natural therapies are very effective at reducing inflammation and helping the body...
Kids and Herbal Medicine
Kids and Herbal Medicine Herbal medicine can be very useful in common childhood illness. It can be used as a tea, cream or even a gummy. It is also a very specialised area and should not be undertaken by someone who is not familiar with the child dose formulas. I...
Athletes & Herbal Medicine
Athletes & Herbal Medicine. Athletes need to be in the best physical and mental condition to compete in the sport they love. Have you hit a roadblock in your training, looking for the edge to push through? This is exactly where Natural Therapist come in to help,...
Herbs as a Mouthwash – treatment for oral conditions
Herbs as a Mouthwash – treatment for oral conditions. Ever found you have had a sore, ulcer or even gingivitis in your gums, extremely painful right! It affects your sleep, your eating everything seems so much more effort when you have sore gums or mouth. Bilberry...
Herbs and it’s Topical Uses
Herbs and it’s Topical Uses There are hundreds of reason to use a topical herbal treatment, and they are very effective, with consultation the Natural Health Practitioner cause get to the root cause of the issue. Here is a short list of herbs used for different...
Diabetes – Herbal Medicine
Diabetes – Herbal Medicine Diabetes comes in many stages, some need medication others are monitoring your diet. But have no doubt it is a serious disease, and needs to be carefully monitored. I have treated many clients in my virtual practice, and have had good...
Gut Infestations – Worms how, when and how to get rid off
Have you got a gut infestation? What to do if you get worms when and how to get rid off. Intestinal parasites are an infection that infects the gastrointestinal tract of humans and other animals. Such parasites can live anywhere in the body, but most prefer the...
Autoimmune Disease can Herbal Medicine help me?
Autoimmune Disease can Herbal Medicine help me? What is an Autoimmune disease where your immune system mistakenly attacks the healthy cells in your body. I myself have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and use herbal supplements with my current medications to help...
Cancer Treatment and Herbal management of Symptoms
Cancer Treatment and herbal management of Symptoms, here are some of the herbs that can help the bodies fight against cancer and help with the treatment of effects of chemotherapy etc. Uncaria tomentosa, commonly known as Cat’s Claw, is a medicinal herb used...
Prostate and Herbal Management of Symptoms
Prostate and Herbal Management of Symptoms As men age, a common complaint is impotence, lack of libido, and in some cases, they are diagnosed with BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia). Here a few of the herbs that can manage the symptoms of these complaints: Benign...
Inflammation, What herbs can help?
Inflammation can have such symptoms as: Redness A swollen joint that may be warm to the touch Joint Pain Joint Stiffness A joint that doesn’t work as well as it should These symptoms can be accompaied in some cases with fever, chills, fatigue etc. Here are some of...
PMS, Menstruating and Herbal Management of these symptoms.
PMS, Menstruating, Menopause and Herbal Management of these symptoms include the use of such herbs as: What is Menopause, well is a natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s, it can be brought on earlier by certain...
IBS – What can I do
IBS and Herbs that can help manage those symptoms: IBS is an intestinal disorder causing pain in the stomach, wind, diarrhoea and constipation. What can I do, here a few herbs that can manage the symptoms of IBS: Chamomile, Corydalis, Cramp bark, Globe artichoke,...
Sleep and the Herbs that help you feel Rested
Sleep and the Herbs that help you feel rested, such herbs as Valerian, passionflower, Ziziphus, Withania, chaste tree, valerian are the perfect herbs for achieving quality sleep. Not getting enough sleep affects our memory, motor skills, metabolism, and how the body...
Palliative Care and Herbal Management of Symptoms
Being the end of National Palliative Care Week and Natural Medicine week I thought this topic was perfect. This is an area that is very close to my heart, as I have worked as in a Palliative Care Ward for over 9 years as an administrator, and then had my grandmother...
Moods and Herbal Medicine
Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. Everyone experiences it from time to time and everyone’s body will react differently to it. There are many herbs designed to help your bodies response to stress. Stress effect body systems such...
Supplements, Medications and Herbal Medicine
Are you buying over the counter, herbal medications, vitamins and supplements may interact in harmful ways with over-the-counter or prescription medicines you are taking? Has the person that recommended them to you checked with you what other medications you are on? I...
Fluid Retention – Help is at hand
Fluid Retention is caused when the body doesn't remove water from the tissues returning it to the blood system. The circulatory system, the kidneys, the lymphatic system, hormonal factors, and other bodily systems all help maintain healthy fluid levels. Sometimes it...
Garlic Herbal Superhero
Garlic, often used in foods for flavour but did you know how many other uses it has? For instance: 1. Hypocholesterolemic - this means it has a cholesterol-lowering effect on the body. 2. Hypotensive - meaning it lowers blood pressure. 3. Antifungal - fights...
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