Herbal Therapist Consultations

A visit to the Clinical Herbal Therapist is much like visiting your orthodox practitioner. It includes the taking of a medical history, a physical examination, or the performance of simple on-site clinical tests. The Herbalist will usually advise toward holistic health changes and will often prescribe a personalized herbal medication. The first herbal consultation on health generally lasts at least an hour and one half to two hours and subsequent visits 30-60 minutes. The Herbalist will want to see you on a regular basis to adjust herbal medication after each visit to reflect changes in your condition.

What is involved in a consultation with a Clinical Herbal Therapist?
During your first visit, you will asked about any medication that you are taking, including vitamins and other health supplements. We will perform any and all physical examinations that are deemed useful in your case. These may include a heart/lung auscultation, reflexes and sore muscle/joint palpations.

What are the recommendations that will come out of a consultation with a Clinical Herbal Therapist?
These might include dietary or lifestyle changes and herbs that we believe will assist in improving your health. We are your resource to better health.
That old adage ”you are what you eat” is almost quite true. Nowadays it more like “ you are what you absorb”.

“Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food”.
-Hyppocrates

What do herbal medicines look like?
As a Clinical Herbal Therapist, we use tinctures as our main mode of delivering herbs. Tinctures are liquid extracts of herbs, traditionally in an alcohol base . The Latin word ‘TINCTURA’ is root of the word ‘tincture’. They are advantageous because they are strong yet easily taken on a daily basis.
Tinctures may also be made alcohol-free, and these are particularly good for children. Herbs may also be taken as teas, pills, powders and mixed in food.
Herbs do not have to be ingested to be affective, and there are many ways to apply them topically. They can be placed in creams, liniments, baths, poultices and steams.

Do you have to be ill to consult a Herbalist?
No, of course not. You may wish to practice preventative medicine, which is an excellent approach. We would help you revise any personal habits and help improve your well being. The sound principles of herbal medicine and your own lifestyle and preferences.