Homeopathy is based on the natural Law of Similars. It works on the principle that if a substance can produce symptoms in a healthy person it has the ability to cure similar symptoms in a disease. One example of this is coffee. Coffee has the ability to cause insomnia in a healthy person so it can help relieve such similar symptoms in someone with insomnia.

Samuel Hahneman, a German physician, discovered Homoeopathy around 200 years ago. Samuel systematically tested substances on healthy humans and recorded the changes observed. From this, he compiled ‘remedy pictures’, which have been confirmed by many years of clinical experience. Hahneman also observed that only minute doses of the similar medicine are required to stimulate the body’s own healing process to restore health and build up resistance to disease. Medicines are diluted many times to produce a homoeopathic remedy, leaving no trace of the original substance, only the ‘memory’ of it.

Anyone can use Homoeopathy at any age for most physical or emotional problems. Sometimes symptoms are too vague for other systems of medicine to treat, but you know something is not right. Homoeopathy is often used as an alternative to potentially harmful drugs because it is gentle and non-invasive. This is especially appropriate during pregnancy and for children’s health problems such as earaches, asthma, eczema and sleep, emotional or behavioural problems.

It can help arthritis, hypertension, headaches, migraine, hay fever, allergies, menstrual and digestive disorders and more. Emotional states such as grief, anxiety, trauma or depression respond very well to Homoeopathic treatment. Sometimes these states can manifest in physical symptoms and Homoeopathy can help to overcome this.

During the consultation, the necessary time is spent getting to know all about you. You will be asked many questions about yourself, your illness, your lifestyle, your past health and that of your family. All the information is taken in the strictest confidence.

After careful consideration of your case, a remedy is prescribed for you. This is usually in the form of easy to take sugar pills. They are non-toxic ad not habit forming. You will normally be asked to return for a follow -up consultation. This enables your Homoeopath to monitor your progress since taking the remedy, and to prescribe more medicine if necessary.

Our Naturopaths are Cate McRae and Phillip Thornton
Cate and Phillip work with natural remedies and the body's ability to heal itself. They use a variety of therapies, including western herbal medicine, homeopathy, remedial massage, posture advice and exercise, and diet and nutritional advice and protocols.
The aim is to treat the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—focusing on identifying and addressing the root causes of illness, if possible, rather than just alleviating symptoms. They may spend considerable time with you to understand your health history, lifestyle, and stress levels, and create personalized health plans.
Naturopathy can be used to address a wide range of health issues, including
Hormone Health, Microbiome (GUT) Health, Allergies and Intolerances, Environmental Exposure effects on Health, Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition Issues, Mental Health, Genetics and Wellness

Cate and Phillip use a range of diagnostic tools to assist them in evaluating your health and therapy needs when necessary. Traditional tools like iridology as well as full range of 21st century pathology and genetic testing through Nutripath Integrative Pathology Services.

What is Posture and Alignment Retraining?

This is a method eliminating both short term and long term joint and muscle pain, without the use of surgery, drugs, natural supplements or body manipulation therapies.

How Does it Work?

As we age the most common areas of pain are felt in the joints: ankles, knees hips, back, shoulders elbows wrists, toes, fingers, the neck.

So what is this telling us? The most common answers we hear are old age, wear and tear or genetic predisposition.

This is definitely not the case. The bones and joints of our body are moved by the muscles around them. These muscles hold us upright, and allow us to move. Over our lifetime

a lot of painful body conditions can be caused by subtle and at times not so subtle misalignment of the joints due to incorrect movement of the muscles, either overuse by some muscles and underuse by others caused by incorrect posture.

Posture and Alignment Retraining uses a series of different Correction Postures for each painful part of the body. When practiced consistently (EVERY DAY!), the these postures will change the way the muscles move the joints, allowing the body to return to normal posture and become free of pain.

What Happens in a Consultation?

Your current posture will be assessed using a visual examination and some palpitation to find the causal location of the offending body misalignment. Then you will be taken through a series of correction postures for the part of the body that is causing your pain. You will be taught how to do the correction postures, precisely, so you can continue them daily at home

Home Work?

This therapy will not work unless you do the postures daily. You should be free of pain after a short time, but the pain will return if you stop doing the correction postures too early. The correction postures are easy to do, relaxing and not time consuming. It is an easy program to follow. If you are unable to move much without pain you will still be able do these postures.