Plant based medicine has been used by humans for many thousands of years, bound by empirical knowledge and wisdom. Supported and validated by current scientific research methods, medicinal herbs offer a safe method of treating the  ailments of the individual.

As more people discover that herbal medicine is an effective and comparably inexpensive form of health care, they have learnt that it is as useful in preventing disease as it is in removing one’s ailments.

The philosophy of herbal medicine closely follows that of Naturopathy, seeking the cause of one’s condition. I find that a major advantage of using phytotherapeutics is that I can blend many combinations of herbs for a formula that truly is specific for the individual. Changes can be implemented at any stage of recovery, therefore, linking the improvement in health with the Iridology analysis.

It is true that many of today’s pharmaceuticals originated from plant pharmacology. However, it is the complete therapeutics of the whole plant and not a single isolated chemical that is the value of using herbal medicine. The blending of multiple herbs for a formula allows the practitioner to prescribe herbs that assist the systems of the body such as the lymphatic, the digestive or the nervous system with the one formula. This eliminates the need for many different types of medicines that may have been used for the ailments of the person.