What people come to see me about
Symptoms rarely stay in one system. Fatigue turns out to be digestion. Skin turns out to be stress. A cycle problem turns out to be thyroid. So rather than a list of conditions, start with your own body, then read the cases underneath it. Naturopathy works alongside your medical care: nothing here replaces a diagnosis or a treating doctor, it sits next to them, looking at the drivers underneath the symptoms.
Where your symptoms sit, system by system
Ten body systems, head to toe. Work down from the top, or go straight to wherever your own symptoms live. Each one shows what people actually describe to me, and what I look at first.
Tap a marker, or step through all ten.
Nervous system
Brain, spinal cord and nerves
What people describe
- Sleep that will not come, or comes and does not restore
- Brain fog, poor concentration, words that go missing
- Wired at night and flat by mid-morning
- Tension headaches, jaw clenching, a short fuse
What I look at
Sleep timing and what sits either side of it, caffeine and blood-sugar swings through the day, nutrients involved in nervous-system function, and how much genuine downtime a week actually holds. If a psychologist or your GP is the right next call, I say so.
This is how I think through a case, not a diagnosis. Symptoms overlap between systems constantly, which is the whole reason a first consultation takes an hour. Anything outside my scope gets referred.
The pictures that walk through the door most often
Whole cases rather than single systems, because this is usually how they arrive: several things at once, with one driver underneath. Open any of them to see what I take in, and what a plan looks like.
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Autoimmune conditions Hashimoto’s, coeliac, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus
These are the cases I see most, and they are rarely about one thing. An autoimmune picture usually has a history behind it, a gut that has not been right for years, a stretch of heavy stress, an infection it never quite recovered from. I look at that history alongside whatever your specialist is already managing.
What people arrive with
- A recent diagnosis and no idea what to change day to day
- Flares that come and go without an obvious trigger
- Fatigue, joint pain or skin changes between specialist reviews
- Bloods that keep shifting and nobody explaining them in plain words
What a consultation looks at
- Your diagnosis, medications and specialist plan
- Digestive function and food triggers
- Immune and thyroid markers you already have
- Sleep, stress and training load
What a plan may include
- Herbal medicine chosen around your picture
- Nutritional compounding where levels warrant it
- Food changes introduced in a sequence you can hold
- Regular reviews so the plan moves with the flares
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Gut and digestive health Bloating, reflux, IBS-type patterns, constipation, food reactions
Digestion is usually where a case starts, because so much else reads differently once it settles. Most people arrive having already cut foods out on their own and not felt better for it.
What people arrive with
- Bloating that arrives by the afternoon whatever you eat
- Reflux, or a gut that swings between constipation and loose stools
- An IBS label and a list of foods you now avoid
- Reactions to more and more things over time
What a consultation looks at
- A full symptom timeline, when it started and what changed around it
- What you actually eat in an ordinary week, not an ideal one
- Previous testing, and whether more would tell us anything
- Medications and supplements that affect digestion
What a plan may include
- Herbal support for digestive function
- A staged food plan rather than a long exclusion list
- Functional testing only where it would change what we do
- Nutrient support where absorption has been poor for a while
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Stress, sleep and anxiety Wired at night, flat in the morning, a mind that will not stop
I look at what is driving the pattern rather than only quietening the symptom, and I am clear about when a psychologist or your GP is the right next call. Often it is both, alongside what I do.
What people arrive with
- Tired all day, then awake at 2am
- A short fuse, or feeling flat without knowing why
- Waking unrefreshed no matter how long you were in bed
- Wanting to try something before, or alongside, medication
What a consultation looks at
- Sleep pattern, caffeine, screens and shift work
- Nutrients involved in mood and nervous-system function
- Blood sugar and meal timing across the day
- Whether referral to a GP or psychologist is the appropriate step
What a plan may include
- Nervous-system support through herbal medicine
- Practical sleep and routine adjustments, a couple at a time
- Nutritional support where testing or history points to it
- Honest timeframes, this one is rarely quick
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Women’s hormonal health Cycles, PMS, PCOS and endometriosis pictures, preconception, perimenopause
Cycle charting tells us far more than a single snapshot, so we usually start there. A month of notes changes what the same set of bloods means.
What people arrive with
- Painful, heavy or unpredictable cycles
- A PCOS or endometriosis diagnosis and a plan that stopped at the pill
- Preparing for pregnancy, or recovering after birth
- Perimenopausal changes to sleep, mood and temperature
What a consultation looks at
- Cycle history and symptom mapping across the month
- Thyroid, iron and vitamin D status
- Hormonal contraception or medication you are on
- Food, training and stress in relation to the cycle
What a plan may include
- Herbal medicine timed to phases of the cycle
- Iron, vitamin D and other nutrients where levels warrant it
- Food and training adjustments that respect the cycle
- Referral for imaging or a specialist opinion when indicated
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Men’s health and hormones Energy, body composition, libido, prostate and urinary concerns, recovery
Most men I see have put it off for a while, and they want a straight answer when they come in. Most of what I see here is training, sleep and food pulling against each other rather than any single culprit.
What people arrive with
- Energy and drive not what they were
- Training hard and recovering badly
- Weight that will not shift despite the effort
- Prostate or urinary changes you would rather not ignore
What a consultation looks at
- Training, recovery and sleep as one picture
- Testosterone, iron studies, lipids and glucose where they exist
- Alcohol, caffeine and shift patterns
- What is realistic to change first
What a plan may include
- Herbal and nutritional support matched to the picture
- Food built around your training week
- Bloods requested through your GP where they are missing
- Clear referral where a urologist or GP review is the right call
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Babies and young children Reflux and colic, constipation, fussy eating, recurrent coughs and colds, skin, sleep
Plans for children are gentle and conservative, doses are age-appropriate, and I keep your GP or paediatrician in the loop. Much of the first appointment is spent with the parent, because that is where the history lives.
What people arrive with
- A baby with reflux, colic or difficulty settling
- Constipation or nappy changes that worry you
- A child who catches everything going around
- Fussy eating, eczema, or broken sleep wearing the household down
What a consultation looks at
- Feeding, growth and developmental history
- Sleep and settling patterns
- Family history and household exposures
- Anything that needs a GP or paediatrician first, said plainly
What a plan may include
- Homoeopathy, individualised and gentle
- Age-appropriate nutritional support
- Practical feeding and routine adjustments for the parent
- Short reviews rather than long plans
Not on the list? Still worth a call.
The roadmap call is free, and part of what it is for is working out whether I am the right practitioner for what you are dealing with. If I am not, I will tell you straight and point you to someone who is.
Where something needs a GP, a specialist, imaging or a psychologist, that is what I will say. Nothing here is a diagnosis, and nothing I do replaces prescribed medication or the care of your doctor.
What a plan may include
- Herbal medicine, prescribed to your picture rather than off a shelf
- Nutritional compounding, the nutrients you need in the doses you need, in one formula
- Homoeopathy, individualised and gentle enough for pregnancy and young children
- Food as medicine, personalised nutrition built around your week, not an ideal one
- Functional testing through accredited laboratories, only where it would change the plan
- Hijama, where it suits what you have come in for
When it all seems connected
The questions people ask once they have found themselves on this list.
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I already have a diagnosis. What does seeing you add?
Your diagnosis stays with your doctor, and so does the treatment for it. What I look at is everything sitting underneath and around it, digestion, sleep, stress load, nutrient status, how you are eating in a real week. Those are often what decides whether a condition sits quietly or flares, and they are rarely what a ten-minute appointment has time for.
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My symptoms cross several of these systems. Where do we start?
That is the normal case, not the unusual one. Gut, hormones, energy and mood run into each other constantly. In the first consultation we work out which thread is driving the most, start there, and let the rest settle behind it rather than trying to fix six things at once.
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All my tests came back normal but I still feel unwell. Is that something you work with?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons people come in. Reference ranges are wide, and sitting just inside one is not the same as feeling well. I read results alongside your actual symptoms and history rather than on their own, and where something genuinely needs a doctor to look again, I will tell you.
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How long before I notice a change?
It depends on what we are working on. Digestive symptoms and energy often shift within two to four weeks. Hormonal patterns usually need two or three cycles, and autoimmune or long-standing conditions are measured in months. I will give you an honest timeframe at the first visit rather than an optimistic one.
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Do I need a diagnosis before I book?
No, and no referral either. Plenty of people come in with a list of symptoms and no label for them. Bring whatever results and history you have, and if what is going on needs a medical diagnosis first, I will point you back to your GP for it.
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Can naturopathy cure my condition?
I do not promise cures, and you should be careful with anyone who does. What this work can do is address the drivers we can actually change and support your body while your medical care does its part. For some people that means symptoms largely resolve, for others it means fewer flares and better function.