Herbalist | Natural Health Care

Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine

Sharlene Ellis
Naturopath & Medical Herbalist
Bachelor of Health Sciences (Complementary Medicine)
Advanced Diploma in Herbal Medicine
Advanced Certificate in Fertility and Reproductive Care
Member of the NZ Association of Medical Herbalists

Phone (09) 580-4028
Mobile: (021)180-4927
Sharlene@StBenedictsHealthCare.com
www.RemedyNaturalHealthClinic.co.nz

Herbal Medicine
The use of plants to aid healing is perhaps the oldest of the healing arts with medicinal herbs being found in the personal effects of the "ice man", whose body was frozen in the Swiss Alps for more than 5,300 years.

Couple this with the fact that naturally occuring substances are metabolized by well-established metabolic processes as opposed to man made pharmaceuticals which have toxic side effects. This leads us to conclude that Herbal Medicine is not only well established but much safer.

Naturopathy
Naturopathy focuses on natural remedies and the bodies ability to heal and maintain itself with a correct lifestyle. The essential factors required for a healthy life are:

· daily gentle exercise to maintain circulation (walking, taiji, yoga)
· eating a wide variety of food to ensure adequate nutrients (natural, as mother earth made it)
· a good nights sleep
· a relaxed attitude towards life (generate positive emotions)

Sharlene Ellis
Sharlene qualified in 2002 with a BHSc (comp med) from Charles Sturt University (Australia) and an Adv Dip in Herbal Medicine from the South Pacific College of Natural Therapeutics. She has been practicing for the past 7 years in various environments including working in a busy Herbal Dispensary and clinic in Hamilton to running her own clinic - Remedy Natural Health Clinic - in Ellerslie. She has continued her education attending various up-to-date seminars on stress, inflammation, digestive problems to name a few and in 2008 completed a course in Fertility and Reproductive Care under Yvonne Gattung in Hamilton.