Naturopathy
Naturopathy is dedicated to encouraging our natural healing ability. Its foundation rests upon finding the root cause of an illness and harnessing the innate wisdom of the body to heal itself naturally. For ultimately, we are designed to be well and feel well.
To do this at Possum Hollow all our Naturopaths are trained in holistic treatments. We look at an individual's history, pathology and symptoms, however we pride ourselves on also going further to detect functional, regulatory and energetic disturbances.
In this way, here at Possum Hollow we discuss etiology or cause of a condition or better still aim to prevent a condition from starting in the future. We strive to give you the answers you are needing to improve your wellbeing. We aim to guide you to improve your cellular and systemic health, genetic health, to bring out the best in your genetic potential and hopefully prevent illness.
Our Naturopaths use a multifaceted approach to your treatment. Their aim is to promote vitality through sustainable and supportive treatment programs incorporating-
- Dietary advice and programs
- Naturopathic principles
- Herbal medicine
- Nutritional medicine
- Homeopathy
- Amino acids
- Essences
- Lifestyle counselling
We are happy to work in conjunction with orthodox medicine to help your overall health journey be integrative. We will refer you for further testing/treatments where required. In a truly caring way, we are there for you and we like to empower clients to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.
The six principles of Naturopathy are
- The healing power of nature - Trust in the body's inherent wisdom to heal itself
- Look beyond the symptoms to the underlying causes
- First do no harm - Utilize the most natural, least invasive and least toxic therapies
- Educate - Educate patients in the steps to achieve and maintain health
- Treat the whole person - View the body as an integrated whole in all its physical and spiritual dimensions
- Prevention - Focus on overall health, wellness and disease prevention
Some of the reasons people choose to see Naturopaths include
- They feel and want some answers on how to improve their current condition
- They want to age healthily and have quality of life
- It is amazing how by aiding the biochemistry with the right remedies you can feel more balanced emotionally. Stress is not what is happening, but how you are coping
- Have you got a metabolic disorder and why do you find it hard to lose weight. What is the best eating plan for you for health, allergies, energy and wellbeing.
- Why are you getting sick and what can you do about it?
- Looking at biochemistry in cases of depression, anxiety and mental health
- Learning about memory as we age or post head trauma
- Improving a child's health is a great way to start their lives. Learn how to combat infection without antibiotics. Discover the right treatments for asthma eczema and child obesity
- Preconception care, pregnancy and fertility
- Hormonal - menopause, andropause, premenstrual tension, postnatal depression, libido, endometriosis and polycystic ovaries
- Preparing and aid recovery of vaccinations
- Preparing and aid recovery from surgery
- Working on immunity - post infections or prevention of infections
Practitioners available for this modality are Maedy Colenso, Melanie Humble and Meredith Lacy