Botanical Medicine
Personalised herbal medicine prescriptions made with beautiful, organic and sustainable botanicalsHerbal Medicine
Perth naturopath and herbalist, Madeleine David, creates customised herbal medicine blends, formulated with beautiful, organic and sustainable botanicals to support your health and healing.
Herbal medicine, also known as botanical medicine, is both the art and science of working with plants to support health.
Herbs can help us maintain optimal health, or help us to treat, manage or prevent disease. They are fundamental to many medicine traditions including Western Herbal Medicine, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and more.
Herbs are effective and safe when used correctly, and when good quality herbs are worked with. However, they can interact with pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, and with each other so it is wise to consult with a naturopath or herbalist. Herbal medicine is both gentle and wonderfully powerful!
Herbalists and naturopaths are qualified healthcare professionals who specialise in Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine is the oldest, and most widely used form of medicine globally. All societies and cultures work with botanical medcine. According to the World Health Organisation, it is estimated that about 80% of the world’s population rely on botanicals for their primary healthcare needs. Traditional use of herbal medicine is increasingly being validated by scientific research which seeks to understand the active chemistry of the plants and their mechanisms of action.
Plants produce active constituents, i.e. secondary metabolites, which play a significant role in their capacity to adapt to their environment, helping them overcome conditions of stress such as drought or predators. Because plants and humans have evolved together, it is unsurprising that we are adapted, both physiologically and metabolically to efficiently obtaining nutrients and medicine from plants.
‘In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us”.’
