Benefits Of Working With A Clinical Herbalist.
With the rise in chronic illness in our modern world, herbal medicine is making a resurgence in the mainstream as an alternative or complementary therapy to what is offered by Western medicine.
Herbal medicines are widely available to purchase nowadays, from health food shops to pharmacies to online retail stores.
But just because we can consume any herb we like, doesn’t necessarily mean that it will work in our unique situation and advice from a trained herbalist can save you a lot of time and money on your healing journey.
1. A safe and effective complementary therapy option
Health care provided by a clinical herbalist can be an amazing complementary therapy for any health condition.
Clinical herbalists will be trained extensively in understanding the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines and will know how to check for any interactions with medications or whether it is contraindicated in your specific health condition such as high blood pressure or pregnancy.
Receiving individualised herbal prescriptions that can complement your other chosen forms of medicine and therapy can add to the overall effectiveness of your treatments, reduce side effects and promote the relief of symptoms.
A clinical herbalist can help restore vitality to damaged or under-functioning tissues and systems, which can also help to improve healing rates and the effectiveness of other therapies.
Increasing the vital life force that is inherent in our bodies and in nature will help to restore health to the body.
2. Advice and support from a highly skilled and trained health professional
Working with a clinical herbalist in Australia means that you will be getting health advice from a practitioner who has undergone at least a 3-year university degree.
In Australia, clinical herbalists who have completed a bachelor's degree are members of professional bodies that recognise this qualification.
There are many types of herbalists, and this also varies depending on the country that you live in.
Through doing a bachelor's degree, herbalists undergo extensive studies in anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, herbal material medical and herbal therapeutics.
Understanding herbs in depth is only one aspect of clinical herbalism, understanding the body and more importantly how it functions holistically is vital in choosing the right medicines for the right person.
3. An in-depth holistic analysis of your health
As a holistic health practitioner, a herbalist will likely take a very in-depth and extensive initial case.
This may involve a lot of questions about your past medical history and your current lifestyle and environmental influences.
Gaining a lot of information from you as a client is essential for us as herbalists to get the bigger picture of what may have predisposed you to your current health picture, what triggered it and what factors in your life are continuing to sustain a lack of vitality and healing.
Understanding your unique body and your unique circumstance will help the herbalist to tailor the treatment to be more individualised and more specifically targeted to the systems and organs that are making you sick, not what someone on Google said would work.
As holistic practitioners, we may also dive into other realms of health besides the physical, as our mental, emotional and spiritual health are just as influential on physical disease.
This is an aspect that is unique to holistic practitioners compared to Western medicine where individuals are seen as machine-like and diseases are usually caused by physical forces.
Conclusion
If you have been intrigued about herbal medicine but wondered what the best way to go about incorporating it into your current health practice or therapies, then consulting with a clinical herbalist will help to reduce the confusion and guessing and give you the most individualised, safe and effective herbal medicine remedies.
Hi, I’m Meg, a naturopathic herbalist helping people reconnect with their health through the power of plant medicine. I offer personalized herbal consultations Australia-wide, combining traditional wisdom with modern naturopathic principles to create tailored herbal support for your unique needs.
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