Helen Rideout MNIMH - Medical Herbalist
Helping you on your path to better health
An integrated approach to natural healthcare; rooted in the tradition of herbal medicine, combined with contemporary medical knowledge. Treatment is tailored to you; helping to restore physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Whether you’re dealing with an acute short-term illness or living with a chronic condition, herbal medicine has excellent solutions to your health needs. As a medical herbalist, I have 20 years of clinical experience working with clients; over this time, I’ve really seen how effective and life-changing herbal medicine can be for my patients.
I work with people from all walks of life and with a wide range of different conditions, but what I find, is that there is always a place for herbs in everyone’s healing.
Through a consultation process, I build an understanding of your internal and external landscape as a basis for creating a personal healthcare plan - which can encompass herbs, nutrition and lifestyle: using remedies from the natural world as symbiotic, supportive treatment.
You can work with me for as little or long a time as you like. I work in an integrative way, alongside and cooperatively with other health modalities, be that conventional medicine or complementary.
Herbal medicine can be prescribed alone or alongside any pharmaceutical medicine, and will always be safe to take alongside other medication, as I make sure all the possible interactions have been checked.
We all need all the support we can get and I like to help people to understand their conditions and help them make the best choices for themselves.
Many people choose herbal medicine because it’s proven to be safe and effective, and can feel like an antidote to the often fast-moving, disconnected modern world. I believe that herbs can reconnect us to the wider ecology - to the land, seasons and natural environment - and they can also help us reconnect to our own natural selves.
How I work:
You can book a free 10-minute telephone chat with me to help you decide if you’d like to work with me. If so, we’ll book an initial consultation and start you off on a course of treatment, with the option for ongoing consultations and treatment.
Read more about my work, specialisms & pricing…
Where I work:
I hold consultations in-person at my clinic on Bristol harbourside. Consultations are also available over the phone or online. Home visits are sometimes possible for people who cannot leave the house. Please do get in touch if you’d like to discuss your access requirements.
“Helen is an excellent and extremely knowledgeable herbalist. She was empathetic to my problems, and has made such a difference to balancing my conditions. I could not recommend her more highly. Thanks Helen for all your help and support.”
Anna
“Helen is the most intuitive and knowledgeable herbalist I've ever met! I'd definitely recommend her to anyone.”
Raphael
“I came to Helen with insomnia and chronic cystitis and after a month of taking herbs for both conditions I felt like a new person. Thank you Helen for vastly improving the quality of my life.”
Katherine
Herbal blends for health and wellbeing
Brains & Beauty
Medicinal mushroom & adaptogenic powder
Gut Feeling
Herbal tea for the gut brain axis
Hayfever Relief
Herbal tea to help alleviate allergies
Workshops
Learn about herbs, make your own medicine and join the herbal community at a workshop or event near you.
If you’d like to invite me along to deliver a workshop, talk or activity at your venue or event, get in touch.