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Meet your natural Health Practioners:  
​Maxine, Rachelle, Sarah & Bobby-Jo

What is Naturopathy?

Naturopathic medicine is a science-based tradition that promotes wellness by identifying the unique aspects of each patient and then employing non-toxic natural therapies to restore his or her physiological, psychological, and structural balance.

Naturopathic physicians are often successful at treating chronic conditions that don't respond to conventional medicine. This includes, but is not limited to: fatigue, pain sleep disturbance, and digestive disorders.  They are able to respond to the individual needs of patients and develop a treatment plan that includes nutritional supplements, botanical medicine, and diet therapy.
Naturopathic Medicine

​Naturopathic medicine follows a number of key principles:
  • The healing power of nature: The body has an inherent ability to maintain and restore health. Naturopathic physicians facilitate this healing process by removing obstacles to cure and identifying treatments to enhance healing.
  • Identify and treat the cause: Naturopathic physicians treat the underlying causes of illness rather than just the symptoms of disease. Symptoms are an external manifestation of an internal imbalance due to any combination of physical, mental, or emotional causes. Symptom management may be important, but it is more important not to disregard the underlying cause of disease.
  • First do no harm: A naturopathic treatment plan uses therapies that are gentle, non-invasive, effective, and do not have adverse side effects. A conscious effort is made to use methods that do not suppress symptoms.
  • Doctor as teacher: The Latin root of doctor is docere, which means "to teach." The primary role of naturopathic physicians is educating, empowering, and motivating patients to assume more personal responsibility for their health by adopting a healthy attitude, lifestyle and diet. Thomas Edison once said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest patients in the maintenance of the human frame, in diet, and in the prevention of disease." It is more effective to teach than treat patients.
  • Treat the whole person: Naturopathic physicians identify specific weaknesses or dysfunctions in their patients and tailor treatment based upon the patient's individual presentation. It is the patient that is in need of treatment, not the disease state or symptom. Naturopathic physicians are interested in finding and treating characteristic symptoms that define the patient rather than common symptoms that define the disease. William Osler, MD, once said, "It is more important to know what sort of patient has a disease rather than what sort of disease a patient has."
  • Prevention: It is far easier and cheaper to prevent a disease than to treat a disease. Naturopathic physicians evaluate both subjective and objective information necessary to uncover potential susceptibilities to future disease states in their patients. They can discuss specific lifestyle strategies or nutritional supplementation as a means for disease prevention

Links & syncs

  • Complementary Medicine Australia
  • National Herbalists Association of Australia
  • National Institute of Complementary Medicine
  • World Health Organisation on Traditional Medicine
  • Lyme Disease Association of Australia

Interesting Articles

  • Research Priorities in Complementary Medicine
  • WHO Traditional Health Strategy 2020
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Clinical determinants of Lyme borreliosis, babesiosis, bartonellosis, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis in an Australian cohort

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What our customers have to say


"A warm inviting space to seek solutions to healthcare"   
Amy... NZ 2014
"The girls are great with young children, its a fun and positive environment"
Cianne...... Sydney 2018
The teas that Bobby-Jo & Maxine blend are effective, gentle and so delicious....... Suzie ........ NSW  2019
"Full of positive energy; great products and happy feelings"
Liz Park ..... 2015
The Healthy Heights Health Food Shop is such a great community asset..... the girls are all qualified and easy to talk to!  Fiona...... Sydney 2017
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