Welcome to the Belfast Herbalist Site

I am a herbalist and naturopathic practitioner using an eclectic range of natural therapies to help encourage health and balance, whether you have a common complaint or an ongoing chronic condition; or to prevent such conditions from developing in the first place.

Herbal medicine, or Phytotherapy, is the use of plants and herbal extracts to promote optimum health and vitality based on millennia-old traditions but also encompassing modern scientific thought.

I offer advice on any health condition from a holistic perspective and according to naturopathic principles. Naturopaths use a variety of techniques including herbs, essential oils, fasting and detoxification protocols amongst others as well as offering nutritional and lifestyle advice.

The term Naturopathic medicine was not coined until the 19th century but the theories and practice of naturopathy date back millennia. Many ancient cultures such as the Greek (Hippocratic), Chinese (TCM) and Indian (Ayurvedic) have established effective treatments which are based on the following principles.

1. Primum Non Nocere - First do no harm - naturopaths are committed to the safe and well-established use of natural therapies.

2. Vis Medicatrix Naturae - The healing power of nature - naturopaths accept that the body is capable of healing itself and it is their role to encourage this process.

3. Tolle Causum - identify the cause - naturopaths promote the theory that one should treat the cause of a disease and not just the symptoms.

4. Medicus ut Magister - healer as teacher - naturopaths are teachers who educate and inform, motivate and empower individual responsibility for health.

5. Tracto Universitas Alio - treat the whole person - naturopaths believe that health is a balance between physical, emotional and mental factors.

6. Preoccupo est Melior quam Rememdium - prevention is better than cure - naturopaths have always suggested that proper diet and lifestyle can prevent disease in the first place.

Please feel free to browse the site or get in touch to book an appointment or for more information.