NUTRITION Your body requires fuel to function, grow, regenerate and above all exist. This can only be obtained from what you ingest, digest and excrete. Your body needs certain quantities of nutrients to maintain equilibrium to allow these processes to occur and remain disease free and perform to your optimal level. Deficiency in diet results in poor immunity, poor weight control, acute diseases, allergies, and lack of energy and motivation to get through each day healthy. Our stressful lifestyles in this modern age require extra nutrients to help cope with stress related illnesses and you can obtain diet education and supplements tailored to your needs from Angela your Naturopath.
"The diet of civilized man is devitalized, is poor in essential organic salt. The fact that foods are cooked in so many ways and are salted, spiced, sweetened and otherwise made attractive to palate induces people to over eat and over eating does more harm than under feeding". [BENEDICT LUST (1872-1945) A extract from his Journal "The Naturopathic and Herald of Health" (1896).]HERBAL MEDICINES The uses of plant extracts have been used in many cultures to eliminate diseases and improve health outcomes. Western Herbal Medicine encompasses many facets from traditional medicine such as Chinese, Ayuvrvedic and native cultures such as Koori, Cherokee and African. Thousands of plants have been found to contain beneficial natural substances that help prevent and fight disease. For example Siberian Ginseng has properties to stimulate the immune system and increase energy performance in athletes. Devils Claw has anti-inflammatory properties and is a great natural remedy for Arthritis. Herbal Medicine can be dispensed in three forms, a liquid which is made into a herbal tonic, tablet form or as a therapeutic tea. It depends on your individual needs and which form would be the most suitable for your condition. Are you tired of taking prescription medications and not really knowing whether they are doing you good or harm? Seek an alternative in herbal medicine, used for thousands of years and can be trusted for beneficial outcomes.
HOMEOPATHY Its origins are from Germany in late 1700s, Samuel Hahnemann, a physician, chemist, and linguist in Germany, proposed a new approach to treating illness. This was at a time when the most common medical treatments were harsh, such as bloodletting purging, blistering, and the use of sulphur and mercury. At the time, there were few effective medications for treating patients, and knowledge about their effects was limited. In homeopathy, a key premise is that every person has energy called a vital force or self-healing response. When this energy is disrupted or imbalanced, health problems develop. Homeopathy aims to stimulate the body's own healing responses. Homeopathic treatment involves giving extremely small doses of substances that produce characteristic symptoms of illness in healthy people when given in larger doses. This approach is called "like cures like." In the Naturopathic assessment it may be beneficial to use homeopathic remedies as another means of treatment and stimulate your inner vital force and recover from your symptoms. It is suitable for children, during pregnancy and lactation, which indicates how safe and positive homeopathy is. You want an alternative Homeopathy has been tested and used from over Two Hundred years and is widely used in Europe today alongside Orthodox medicine successfully.
BACH FLOWER ESSENCES Dr Edward Bach a medical doctor in England during the 1930's believed peoples emotions affected their health and if the emotions were balanced again using flower essences it would have a positive effect on their overall health. He identified 38 plant and flower essences that represented thirty-eight negative states of mind. Do you get the 'Monday Morning' feeling, doubting your ability to face the days work" If so the Bach flower remedy Hornbeam would work for you. For an assessment contact your Naturopath Angela and she will discuss your inner emotions and help you through life's emotional challenges.