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10 Tips for Better Sleep
Why we need better sleep We all know how bad we feel in the morning after a sleepless night. You feel groggy, more irritable and basically don’t want to deal with the world and all its problems… at least until a coffee or 2. Sleep is so important for our overall health. Whilst we sleep,…
Stress vs Anxiety
Stress and anxiety manifest in similar ways but are defined differently. Both are emotional responses, but stress is typically caused by an external trigger. The trigger can be short-term, such as a work deadline, or long-term, such as chronic illness. People under stress commonly experience both mental and physical symptoms. These include irritability, fatigue, muscle…
Functional Pathology Gut Tests
Digestive Health It’s not just what you eat, it’s what you digest, absorb and eliminate. Digestive health has always been recognised in Naturopathic medicine as the foundation of overall health and now research is finally catching up! Evidence supports that digestive health and the gut microbiome affects just about every body system directly or indirectly…
Saffron – the sunshine spice for balanced mood
Vis medicatrix naturae- ’The Healing Power of Nature’ This naturopathic principle refers to the body’s innate ability to heal itself beginning at a cellular level, where the body undergoes continuous processes of regeneration and repair. Naturopathic therapies support and enhance the healing power of the body through medicinal constituents of plant derivatives. Saffron (Crocus stavis)…
Acupuncture for posture, pain and movement
How acupuncture may help with posture, pain and movement? Muscles should be limber or flaccid when not active and should only tense up when activated. If this doesn’t happen then you can consider it as some form of muscular dysfunction. When different areas start to tighten up it can cause dysfunctional movement of the areas…