Herbal Medicine

Individual Herbal Medicine, grounded in your health history

Herbal Medicine is the principal therapeutic approach I use in my clinical practice.

People often come to me with a particular symptom or diagnosis, but a Herbal Medicine consultation looks more widely than that. I want to understand what your health was like before the problem began, what has changed since, what keeps returning, and what else may have been happening alongside it.

Your digestion, sleep, energy, appetite, circulation, stress, medical history, medication and individual constitution can all form part of that picture.

The aim is not simply to find a herb for a symptom. It is to understand the person experiencing it.

A personalised approach

Two people with apparently similar health concerns may need very different herbal support.

That is why I don't work from standard formulas or predetermined protocols.

Following your consultation, I select herbs according to your individual health picture and prepare your formula in my own dispensary, drawing from a stock of more than 600 herbs.

Depending on what is appropriate for you, Herbal Medicine may be prescribed as tinctures, teas or infusions, capsules, powders or topical preparations.

Your response also matters. When we work together over time, I review what has changed and adjust your herbal support where appropriate rather than assuming that the first formula should remain unchanged indefinitely.

What happens during a Herbal Medicine consultation?

We begin with your health history.

Alongside the reason you have come to see me, I will ask about your wider health, including previous illnesses, diagnoses and investigations, medication and supplements, digestion, sleep, energy, diet and lifestyle.

I am particularly interested in chronology.

What was normal for you before this began? What changed first? What followed? What keeps returning?

Sometimes that sequence helps us see connections or priorities that are difficult to recognise when symptoms are considered individually.

From there, we decide what deserves attention and I formulate your herbal prescription accordingly.

Herbal Medicine alongside conventional healthcare

Herbal Medicine is complementary healthcare. It does not replace appropriate medical diagnosis, investigation or treatment.

My previous experience working within the NHS has given me a strong respect for conventional medicine and for recognising when medical investigation is needed.

If you take prescribed medication, I take this into account when selecting herbs and consider potential herb–drug interactions as part of safe prescribing.

Where something in your history or symptoms requires further medical assessment, I will recommend that you speak to your GP or appropriate healthcare professional.

Working with me

You can begin with a Herbal Medicine Consultation, which includes your personalised herbal formula.

For complex, longstanding or recurring health concerns, The Deep Reset provides six months of support, giving us time to observe how your health responds and adjust your Herbal Medicine as your needs change.

If you're not sure where to begin, you can book a free 20-minute discovery call and we can decide together whether my approach is right for you.