Children’s Health
Online Consultations FAQ
Online Consultations FAQ Before booking an online consultation, there can certainly be a lot of questions you may have about the health care you will be receiving and how it will be delivered. When to consider an Online Consultation? Perfect for remote people. To access the best of Naturopathic and Functional Medicine, all you need…
Read MoreAsthma in Children – The Three R’s of Treatment
Asthma, is one of the 4As of early childhood health– Allergies, Asthma, Autism & ADHD. Combined, these represent a cluster of health conditions that are exploding in our children. Asthma particularly is the most common childhood condition in Australia, and the most common cause of childhood visits to the hospital and even missed school days.…
Read MoreTop Ten Tips to Get Kids to Eat Their Vegetables
We all know what it’s like don’t we. You’ve spent hours preparing dinner, slaving over the proverbial hot stove and your lovely four year old has just decided his not going to eat his vegetables. While sending them to bed hungry make work in the short term; it is not going to help cultivate that…
Read MoreAutism – Why A Naturopath Might Be The Answer
Autism, along with any other condition on the autism spectrum, can be one of the most complex conditions for parents to deal with. Where do you turn? Who can help? Chances are that if your child has been diagnosed with autism you have been sent to see a speech pathologist, behavioural therapist or psychologist, all…
Read MoreNatural Solutions to Childhood Allergies
While some may view childhood allergies as one of those parts of growing up, or even just a fact of life, it is important to treat these seriously. The presence of allergies during childhood is increasingly seen as an indicator of possible health concerns such as diabetes, hypertension and COPD in later life. It’s important…
Read MoreNatural Herbal Remedies for Children
Are you looking for safe, natural, and toxin free treatment options for common childhood health conditions? Maybe you’re concerned about the continual use of antibiotics every time your child gets a sniffle, infection, or a bout of diarrhoea? Herbal medicine provides many affective treatment options for common childhood complaints. You may not think it, but…
Read MoreAsthma….. Nothing To Be Sneezed At
Asthma, as one of many common childhood conditions, is a subject that I am exceptionally passionate about. My husband was diagnosed with asthma as a child and spent many years regularly taking preventative inhalers and the occasional use of emergency inhalers (Ventolin). The constant, regular exposure to the preservatives and other chemicals in these doing…
Read MoreBuilding Foundations, The Importance of Children’s Nutrition
Childhood is an important and exciting time of life. It is quite well accepted that it is during childhood that the habits and beliefs that are going to follow us throughout the rest of our lifetime are formed. It is also increasingly being recognised that during childhood is when we lay the nutritional foundation that…
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