Naturopathy

Naturopathic Medicine, a primary healthcare system, treats conditions by utilising the power of nature and the body’s innate ability to heal itself. Naturopaths aid the healing process by incorporating a variety of alternative methods based on the patient’s individual needs – nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathic medicine and bodywork. Diet, lifestyle, work and personal history are all considered when determining treatment protocols.

Often illness is as a result of biomechanical or metabolic imbalances caused by prolonged exposure to stress. Stress can include poor diet, exposure to chemicals, and lack of exercise or high levels of physical or emotional stress. At The Ambaa Tree we will discuss how you can reduce the effects of stress, the most appropriate diet and lifestyle choices for you and select the therapies and treatments that will improve your feeling of wellness.

Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine is the therapeutic use of plants, and is the most ancient form of health care known to humankind. A herb is a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory or aromatic qualities. Herb plants produce and contain a variety of chemical substances that act upon the body. Herbs have been used to treat virtually every disease and condition and are used for both treatment and prevention.
Herbal medicine is still as effective in treating modern disorders as it was in treating diseases of the past. High quality herbal extracts are used to aid the healing process, nourish the body and stimulate the repair of damaged tissues.

Nutrition

When a body becomes ill, nutritional medicine calls for higher, therapeutic doses of basic nutrients to address illnesses and disorders. It is effective in addressing diseases of deficiency that may be caused by poor diet or extreme environmental factors. Because this method uses substances vital to be the body’s well being, nutritional medicine is well received by the body.

Sometimes all you need is some help with your diet or need to make some changes to your lifestyle. Dietary analysis along with other weight management tools is available. All changes, to both dietary and lifestyle, are discussed and agreed with you prior to any program being commenced. Fact sheets are available to assist you with your dietary goals.

Due to the amount of highly processed foods in our diet it is very common to find people are deficient in some key nutrients. These nutrient deficiencies can manifest is many different symptoms such as tiredness, weight problems, irritability, reproductive problems plus many others. We use high quality Practitioner Only products to correct nutrient deficiencies.