Naturopathy is the practice of preventing, assessing and treating conditions of the human mind and body. By integrating conventional health sciences with a range of natural therapies and traditional medicines, naturopathy treats the patient’s mental, emotional and physical states for a lasting effect.

The foundation of Naturopathy is that the body has its own healing energy within and with the help of naturopathic treatment, the body can repair itself and recover from illness.

The basic principles of naturopathy are:

1. Do no harm
2. Treat the cause
3. Treat the whole person
4. Prevention with lifestyle, diet and natural remedies
5. Stimulate our own healing energy with remedies from nature

Naturopathy, at its core, validates and encourages the processes we all go through to seek balance and homeostasis in our whole being. It understands and at times stimulates the body’s natural elimination channels.

Our bodies are in a constant state of taking in and letting go. In the modern world we tend to be better at the “taking in” part. We can consume excessively. And our elimination channels can become over loaded and sluggish.

Appropriate naturopathic treatment often stimulates the channels of elimination. This has been called cleansing. I don’t really like the term “cleansing”. It can infer that we are in some way dirty, toxic or unclean to begin with. However it is an important concept in naturopathy and it helps to explain why some people feel like they are getting worse before they get better.

This is the so called healing crisis. With the elimination channels being encouraged the body and the mind can begin the process of removing some of the deeper “toxins” that can lie in the system. During this time we can feel unwell and we can have the symptoms of a cold, flu, nausea, fever or just generally feeling unwell.

Naturopathy places an emphasis on preventative approach to healing and addressing the underlying causes of dis-ease. During a consultation you will be asked many questions in order to help establish a full history of the presenting condition.

Naturopathy is the holistic approach to health.

life is all about balance

How we think, what and when we eat and how we feel play a huge role in maintaining this balance. An excess or deficiency in one or more of these areas and ill health develops. Naturopathy is about using nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, cleansing programs, flower essences, iridology and more to help you to achieve and maintain this balance. During a consultation many questions are asked so a full picture of the presenting complaint can be ascertained and any underlying causes or patterns unveiled. Presenting complaints commonly seen by our Naturopath are:

• infertility
• irritable bowel syndrome
• crohn’s disease
• constipation
• arthritis
• gout
• PMS
• menopause
• high blood pressure
• anxiety
• prostate enlargement
• fibroids
• osteoporosis
• head colds
• sinusitis
• hayfever
• bronchitis
• asthma

to name a few.

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