Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine

Naturopathy at A Fine Balance Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, laid down the laws of health, which state:

“Only nature heals, providing it is given the opportunity to do so; Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food; Disease is an expression of purification; All disease is one.”

Naturopathic practitioners work with the understanding that your body is a self healing organism. Naturopathic medicine is a holistic approach to health. In other words, disease affects the whole person - body, mind and spirit, and not simply an isolated organ or system.

In treating the whole person the naturopathic physician searches for causes at many levels, and attempts to treat the fundamental cause of illness, rather than to merely eliminate or suppress symptoms.

A Naturopath looks at what you would like to achieve and then plays detective to find what obstacles exist in areas such as your digestion, stress levels, exercise, sleep, nutritional deficiencies or toxicity levels to establish what is preventing your body from coming back to health.

Nutritional supplements, herbs, homeopathy, nutritional and lifestyle coaching are among the many modalities employed by the Naturopath to restore the client to health and balance.

Naturopathy also aims at educating, motivating, and empowering the patient to make choices to live a long, vital, healthy, and happy life.

Naturopaths gain their qualification through universities or university recognised colleges, are required to update their knowledge on a regular basis and must be insured members of a professional institution/association.

As more scientific evidence comes to light Naturopathy is rapidly becoming accepted throughout the medical world as an essential and bona fide health care model.

Naturopathy is covered by most private health funds.

Naturopathy is a powerful way to make a difference to your health and may be beneficial in addressing the following and many more health concerns: