help me to understand your health needs
Consultations
How herbal medicine could support you
Herbal Medicine is a system of traditional healing
which uses plants to improve health and wellbeing.
Consultations help me to understand your health needs and how herbal medicine could support you.
Read more about how herbal medicine works here
Where I work:
In my beautiful consulting room and herbal apothecary in central Bristol, on the scenic and relaxing harbourside.
Address: Ground Floor, 70 Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QD
How I work:
You can book a free 10-minute telephone consultation to help you decide if herbal medicine is right for you. If you decide it is, this is followed by:
- A first consultation (1hr30)
- An initial course of treatment (usually 1 month)
- A follow up consultation (1hr)
- Option to continue treatment with optional ongoing follow-up consultations
Telephone & Skype/Zoom
Telephone and Skype/Zoom consultations are also available. Home visits may be available on request, with additional travel costs. If possible, it’s preferable that your first consultation is face-to-face.
Taking a detailed medical history
First consultation
Helping me Understand
The first consultation takes 1hr30. I take a detailed medical history, covering not only your current and past complaints and medications, but also your diet and lifestyle. This helps me understand the reasons why you’ve become ill or feel out of balance.
I’ll then formulate a bespoke herbal prescription for you and we’ll also look at what dietary and lifestyle changes you can integrate into your routines, to help get your body and mind back into balance.
A course of treatment lasts around 3 months.
Your treatment
Following the course
Prescriptions are usually a mixture of herbal tinctures combined into one bottle that contains enough medicine for the course of your treatment. The medicine is usually taken as teaspoonful doses in water up to three times per day (children are given smaller doses).
Herb teas, syrups, tablets or ointments may also be prescribed. A course of treatment, on average, lasts around 3 months.
it's usually beneficial for us to talk again
Follow-up consultations
Work Together
After your first consultation it’s usually beneficial for us to talk again after three weeks to see how the medicines are working. Follow-up consultations take 1hr. We’ll talk about out how the herbs have been helping you and what changes have come about.
We can then continue to work together and adapt your ongoing treatment to you as your body begins it’s healing processes. Herbs can take some time to work, however, some people only need one bottle of medicine. Others prefer a long-term approach, in which case it’s advisable to have a follow-up consultation approximately every three months.
Book a free 10 minute chat
See if herbal medicine is right for you.
Consulting room and apothecary
70 Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QD
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 9am-7pm
Sat: 10am-5pm
Contact
helentheherb@gmail.com
07832 223960