What is Herbal Medicine?
Herbal medicine is a modality of non-invasive healing of human body using plants in an appropriate preparation. Herbal medicine is effective and completely safe when used in their whole and natural state. A herbalist uses natural herbal preparations to assist the body to heal, cleanse and empower itself.

Today's herbal medicine is a science and herbs can be classified according to their energetic qualities and their photochemical constituents. Pharmacology is a study of the interactions of biologically active constituent within the living system. Plants consist of a wide rage of combinations of active constituents just to mention only few such as: polysaccharides, phenols, glycosides, mucilages, flavonoids, tannins, resins, saponnins, alkaloids, salicins and polyssacharides.

The healing power of herbs is very diverse. Any plant can be broken down into some of the above mentioned complex pharmacological constituents and because of the perfect combination of active constituents the healing power of herbs is unlimited. Also, a herb can have several properties depending on the part used and method of preparation.

How herbal medicine work?
Medicinal plants (herbs) have extremely complex chemical structure, which cannot be copied by human. Nature has created medicinal plants to maintain and restore human health.

The combination of active constituents gives medicinal plants many actions such as: diuretic, chologogue, sedative, purgative, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive or carminative; just to name only few.

One medicinal plant always has several actions. For instance olive leaf extract is diuretic, hypotensive, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-fungal and anti-parasidal. This allows treating several health problems at the same time using only 4-6 herbs in a formula. Some herbs used in combination have synergistic effect, which means that their therapeutic effect is enhanced and is more effective than each individual herb when used along.

What is expected at the consultation
The holistic approach of an alternative medicine is well adopted in my clinic. This means that a herbalist treats the whole person not a disease. Thus the herbalist uses the whole plant and not an isolated constituent. A detailed client case history shall be taken including an assessment of diet, lifestyle and emotional and other factors influencing patient's condition. Subsequently a diagnosis is made. A herbalist is treating not only the symptoms but also the underlying causes. This means, that a herbalist is assisting the patient to remove influencing other factors in order to attempt to restore health and vitality.

According to practitioner's assessment, a herbal formula will be dispensed. It will usually consists of 4-6 herbs given in a liquid form, as liquid is easily absorbed. If patient has difficulties taking liquid extracts tables or capsules can be prescribed. Every patient is prescribed an individual formula which is adjusted at follow-up consultation. If necessary, nutritional supplements are recommended.

Naturopathic testing
When necessary some tests are undertaken at the clinic or patient is referred to specialised analytical laboratories. There are many tests available, just to mention only few:

Zinc status - it will determine a deficiency of zinc in the body as zinc is responsible for assisting more processes in the body than any other mineral.

Live blood analyses - reveals valuable information about the body function, particularly digestive and immune system

Hair mineral analyses - indicate the level of the minerals and toxins in the body.

Intestinal permeability test -assisting in the treatment of food allergies and inflammatory bowel disease

Helicobacter pylori test - common pathogen implicated in gastrointestinal diseases

Vega allergy testing - assisting in allergy treatment by identifying the foods, airborne allergens, toxicity of the body and nutritional deficiencies.

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Aloe Vera
The aloe leaf contains over 75 nutrients and 200 active compounds, including 20 minerals, 18 amino acids, and 12 vitamins.

Aloe Vera juice, extract, drink or concentrate is used by patients with gastritis and irritable bowel with very satisfying results. Aloe Vera juice stimulates your immune system with resulting decrease in allergy symptoms and significant decrease in your respiratory infections. Patients, who suffer from allergy and upper respiratory infections, are more than encouraged to take 1 ounce daily mixed in a favorite drink or straight.

Applied to wounds, Aloe Vera Gel is a mild anesthetic, relieving itching, swelling, and pain: it also is antibacterial and antifungal, increases blood flow to wounded areas, and stimulates fibroblasts, the skin cells responsible for wound healing.