Some Conditions Treated With Medical Herbalism

Herbal medicine can be used to treat a very wide variety of conditions such as arthritis, anxiety, depression, menopausal problems, irritable bowel and other digestive problems, painful periods, migraines, headaches, eczema and other skin problems, urinary infections, infertility and many, many other conditions.

This is because herbs work in more than one way.

Plant medicines can work directly on damaged tissue to relieve inflammation, constriction and dysfunction all of which can cause pain and discomfort. But the multiple compounds in plants also act to make organs like the heart, liver, kidneys, adrenal glands, ovaries etc function more effectively.

Added to this botanical medicines redress balance - they bring hormones, blood counts, cholesterol levels, fluid levels and other clinical indicators, back into normal ranges.

Each plant has more than one action and most prescriptions issued by a qualified medical herbalist will contain more than one herb. As a result herbal medicine can very effectively treat your condition or problem and restore good health.

Infertility

Couple happily view pregnancy test Herbal medicine can help to improve fertility in both men and women

Infertility can cause great stress and fear. But herbal medicine can help improve physical conditions to get pregnant and stay pregnant.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

A woman with constipation Herbal medicine can treat the pain and discomfort of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease

Symptoms such as pain, constipation and diarrhoea are indicators of irritable bowel syndrome and can be inflammatory bowel disease.

Anxiety, depression and stress

Man looking worried Using plant extracts to treat anxiety, stress and depression

Anxiety and depression are not the same thing but can be experienced together. Stress can lead to feelings of anxiety and panic and sometimes a feeling of not being able to cope.

Menopause

Woman using fan to cool hot flush Treating menopausal symptoms with herbal medicine

Many menopausal and peri-menopausal women experience hot flushes, mood swings, poor sleep and sometimes mild depression.

Stomach pain and the development of gastric ulcers

Man with stomach pain Herbal medicine can help treat indigestion and stomach pain

Pain in the stomach, sometimes with indigestion can be a sign that a peptic or duodenal ulcer is developing.

Endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids.

Woman with pain throughout abdomen The herbal treatment of gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids

Endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids can lead to problems with periods and sometimes infertility.

Headaches and migraines

Woman in pain with a headache or a migraine Herbal medicine can treat headaches and migraines

Headaches and migraines can be much more than just a nuisance

Period problems

Woman with painful period problems Heavy, painful periods and PMT can be treated with herbal medicine

Periods can be a source of many problems for women with PMT, pain,heavy bleeding or sometimes scanty and disappearing periods.