What is Naturopathy?
Naturopathy is a holistic health system based on Traditional medicine and informed by modern scientific evidence. Naturopathy bases its treatment on the traditional understanding that the body has an innate ability to heal. Through working with this belief, Naturopaths remove obstacles and provide the support the body needs to restore balance and vitality.
When the body is in balance and vital, we naturally have enhanced resistance to infections, resilience in illness and disease, and overall optimized health and wellness.
In order to restore balance and vitality, our Naturopaths in Melbourne aim to find the root cause of your symptoms or disease, through an individualized and holistic approach. This means we take a thorough case history, and look at all aspects of your health as an individual, including your physical, mental, emotional, environmental and spiritual wellbeing. We take the time to understand you and your health picture as a whole, so we can best support you on your health journey.
How does a Naturopath Work?
Naturopaths work through a range of natural therapies including but not limited too; Nutrition (both dietary and supplemental), Herbal medicine, Lifestyle interventions, Flower essences and Homeopathy.
The beauty of Naturopathy is that each prescription is custom made for your individual health picture, from individualized dietary interventions, to the custom blended herbal formulas or personalized flower essences. This means there is no generic prescribing, and each prescription can be tailored to suit you and your needs.
Naturopaths also endeavor to create a therapeutic relationship with each of their clients, encouraging you to be an active participant in creating treatment plans and choosing the direction of your health journey. This not only empowers you to take control of your health, but also ensures you are happy and confident to action any changes or treatments chosen.
Our Naturopaths work in cooperation with other health professionals such as medical doctors, psychologists, specialists, massage therapists etc, where indicated with a goal of getting results being our foremost concern.
What Can a Naturopath Help With?
As a Complimentary Medicine, Naturopathy can almost always offer some form of support, whether it’s with a particular chronic condition, or multi-system disorders, for an acute illness, to optimize wellness or as a support alongside other modalities, including modern western medicine.
A Naturopaths toolkit can support all systems of the body, as well as your spiritual, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Some areas which our Naturopaths at Malvern Natural Health Care have special interests in, include (but are not limited too):
- Gut issues
- Mental health – stress, anxiety, low mood
- Hormonal imbalance
- Immune system disorders
- Autoimmune disorders
- Skin complaints
- Fatigue
- Weight management
- SIBO
- Parasitic infections
- Cardiovascular health
- Female reproductive health
- Heavy metal exposure
- Fertility
- Arthritis and Inflammation
- Sleep/insomnia
- Diabetes
Our Malvern Naturopaths are always here to discuss further or help you to see how Naturopathy could be helpful for you.
If you would like to book an appointment or have any questions, please reach out to us.
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