What is Naturopathy?

Naturopathy involves the use of safe, natural medicines to target the cause of your health conditions rather than suppressing the symptoms.

Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, naturopathic treatments have no side effects and are safe enough to be used by everyone (from babies to the elderly), for virtually any condition. Treatments are also safe to use alongside prescription medicines (if prescribed by your Naturopath).

The use of herbs is the oldest form of medicine on our planet and is still the front line of treatment for over 75% of the world’s population…. In short – they work 🙂

Many of the pharmaceuticals currently available to physicians have a long history of use as herbal remedies, including opium, aspirin, digitalis and quinine.

White willow bark – This drug has been used to reduce fevers dating back to the 18th century.

Siamese neem tree or Quinine is a malaria drug.

Morphine – Latex from the opium poppy was used with poison hemlock to put people quickly and painlessly to death. Now known as morphine.

Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea commonly known as Foxglove = heart medication.

Some of the conditions we see in our clinic:

PMT, menopause, infertility, PCOS, fibroids, endometriosis & painful periods
Stress, anxiety, depression, palpitations, insomnia, headaches, migraines, mood swings, low energy & fatigue
Allergies and food intolerances
Arthritis, gout, joint stiffness, aches and pains
Recurrent colds, flu and other immune disorders

Asthma, sinusitis, hayfever, post nasal drip
Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s, irritable bowel, reflux, indigestion, bloating, constipation
Pre-conception and post-natal care
High and low blood pressure, high cholesterol, varicose veins
Glue ear, ADHD, behavioural problems and all childhood conditions

Weight balance
Diabetes and blood sugar balancing
Cystitis, thrush and yeast infections
Eczema, psoriasis, acne, boils, rashes, scabies
Thyroid issues – hyper and hypo
Detoxification – liver/bowel and heavy metals and more…

Products formulated for your needs

At Orange Clinic of Natural Medicine, we offer a range of practitioner-only products, which have been researched, formulated and tested by naturopaths to address your needs.

Retail products are typically lower quality, as they are intended for general use.

Why Naturopathy?

Much of today’s illnesses are chronic in nature and build up over a long period of time from multiple causes. Many of the principles of naturopathy involve stripping away these harmful influences and allowing the body to live in true health, creating prevention medicine so the body operates in optimum health.

Naturopathic medicine treats the patient from the preventive stage through to serious, chronic and debilitating disease. Therefore, people can go to Naturopaths for colds, bronchitis, allergies, as well as for heart disease, diabetes, and malignant diseases – Prevention is the best cure.

A Bit of History

Naturopathic Medicine, or Naturopathy, is a system of medicine that uses natural substances to treat the patient. This sort of medicine had been practiced for thousands of years. In the mid and late 1800s in the United States, the standard medical schools taught herbal, homeopathic, and nutritional medicine along with surgery and other more medicines.

Gradually, the pharmaceutical companies isolated components of the herbs creating more potent but more toxic drugs. With the introduction of antibiotics with the quick fixing approach, the slower, more gradual effects of Naturopathic medicine was used less. The current resurgence is due to a recognition of both the accomplishments and the limitations of the current medical system and the efficacy of Naturopathic medicine.

Ayurvedic Medicine has Sanskrit records of Herbal Medicine written more than 5,000 years old
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine dates back more than 2,500 years
Western herbalism medicine goes back to ancient Egypt
The Greeks developed a comprehensive system of Herbal Medicine pioneered by Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine
Indigenous people all over the world have passed on the Herbal Medicinal practices of their healers for thousands of years

Bach Flowers and Homeopathy

At some point in your life you may have come across a bottle of Rescue Remedy. Rescue Remedy is the most famous blend of the whole Bach Flower range and is a homeopathic preparation made from a combination of flower essences. Rescue remedy targets acute stress and anxiety and has a calming effect on the whole nervous system. In the 1920s and 1930s, Dr Edward Bach, an English physician, developed a range of 38 flower essences with the aim to relieve stress, depression and anxiety leading to physical chronic illness. Flower essences are herbal infusions made by placing a flower in water to infuse by exposing the mixture to sunlight or another source of heat. The infusion then holds its own healing ability and vibrational energy unique to the individual flower. Personalised blends can be made based on how you are feeling at any given time, whether you’re feeling nervous about a speech or presentation, going to the dentist or crisis and times of trauma such as bereavement. Bach Flowers are safe for all ages.

We treat the cause - not just the symptoms

Drop in to the clinic to talk further, questions welcomed anytime.