natural medicine consultations

STEP 1

HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE

Complete our comprehensive  Health Questionnaire with as much detail as possible and email this through.

STEP 2

BLOOD TESTS

If you have copies of recent Blood Tests, please send through a copy prior to your Appointment. 

STEP 3

MEDICATIONS / SUPPLEMENTS

If you are taking any Medications or Natural Supplements, please bring these with you, or have a list ready. 

STEP 4

INITIAL CONSULTATION

Once your completed Health Questionnaire, Blood Tests and Medications are received, we book in your Wellbeing Health Check appointment. 

Stress

If you are under constant stress, you may experience symptoms like memory problems and loss of concentration, as well as headaches, fatigue, difficulty sleeping or recurrent nightmares, irritability, backaches or rapid heartbeat.

Stress is your body's physical reaction to change and involves the 'fight or flight' response activated by your autonomic nervous system. This controls and stimulates the production of cortisol and adrenaline.

These hormones make the heart beat faster, elevate blood pressure, change the digestive processes and boost glucose levels in the bloodstream to give  you the energy needed to 'fight or flight'. When the possible threat has passed, your body system slowly returns to normal.

anxiety

Mild anxiety can heighten physical and mental alertness, allowing the person to react quickly to threat, avoid injury or escape danger. The automatic 'fight or flight' response produces symptoms such as heart palpitations, sweating and restlessness.

Activity in the frontal lobe of the brain is suppressed, interfering with short-term memory, concentration and rational thought. Anxiety, like stress, can affect our ability to concentrate and it may cause us to panic when we need to remember something but are having difficulty doing so.  Anxiety can affect memory at any age.

DEPRESSION

A person suffering from depression for the first time will likely complain of difficulty in concentrating; overall feelings of fatigue, loss of pleasure and interest in hobbies and friends, difficulty sleeping or oversleeping; early morning awakening; unexplained sadness or weight loss, loss of self-confidence; feelings of worthlessness and recurrent thoughts of suicide.

Depression can make it difficult to concentrate, focus on details and absorb new information. It can also interfere with sleep, and sleep deprivation can compound cognitive problems. Research suggests that long-term depression can lead to a loss of neurons in the hippocampus and amygdala, structures that are important for memory.

gut health 

Good Digestion is the key to good health.

Our digestive system performs the function of breaking down food and absorbing nutrients.

Our gut is the fundamental element behind a healthy immune response, with 70% of our immune system found in the digestive tract and approximately 90% of our neurotransmitters for healthy mental state being produced in the gut. 

Our digestive system is the host to trillions of good and bad bacteria forming an ecosystem known as your gut microbiome.  Your microbiome is an essential part of healthy living as without it, we wouldn't survive and without a healthy one, we can't thrive.

Some of the health conditions related to gut health we treat

• Bloating 

• Gas 

• Reflux 

• Ulcerative Colitis 

• Crohn's Disease 

• Heartburn

• Candida

• IBS

• Constipation

• Flatulence 

immune health

Our Immune system can work for us or against us.  An auto-immune disease involves a variety of factors, where the immune system has become imbalanced and in the case of autoimmunity,  triggers our immune system to attack its own tissues.

Natural medicines, including herbal, mineral and nutritional treatments are effective to help dampen the immune response, reduce inflammation and provide symptomatic support, while we take a holistic approach to investigate the underlying cause/s that have led to your dysfunctional immune system, including hormone imbalances, toxin exposure, nutritional deficiencies, pathogens, poor diet, gut health and inflammation.

Examples of Autoimmune diseases:

• Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

• Grave’s Disease

• Scleroderma

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Ankylosing Spondylitis

• Ulcerative Colitis

• Crohn’s Disease

• Coeliac Disease

• Myasthenia Gravis

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Pernicious Anaemia

• Raynaud’s Disease

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Addison’s disease

INSOMNIA, FATIGUE, WEAKNESS, NUMBNESS

Fatigue is not a disease but a sign of dysfunction.  Do you feel unmotivated, flat and feel you are just surviving each day?

A feeling of tiredness can at times be a normal part of life, however when fatigue starts to control your life where you are purely surviving on sugar or coffee to keep up with your fast paced lifestyle or using  stimulants to curb that 2-4pm tiredness to only turn around and feel if not worse the following day even though you may have slept well. 

When fatigue becomes constant and affects our ability to work, perform daily tasks or starts to affect other areas of health and our quality of life then it must be addressed.

We often associate stress as something that only happens when we are rushed, angry or feeling on edge with work or family life, however stress on the body can be anything from infection, Inflammation, sleep deprivation and chemical exposure.

Examples of symptoms:

• Fatigue even after 8 hours of sleep  

• Dizzy or Lightheaded 

• Inability to cope with stress

• Brain Fog 

• Cravings for sugar and Carbohydrates

• Exhaustion

• Disrupted Sleep Cycles

• Lack of interest in daily activities