Consultations take place at Botanica Health, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells. I will send you a detailed questionnaire to fill in before I meet you, which will allow me to focus on particularly significant areas during the consultation. A first full consultation lasts up to 1 hour 30 minutes for herbal medicine, and 1 hour for Buteyko, and a follow-up 45 minutes to 1 hour. During the consultation we will go through your case history together, and explore in depth any physical, mental or emotional problems that you are experiencing, or that you have experienced in the course of your life. All this will allow me to produce a ‘timeline’ that reveals connections between apparently random or disparate symptoms, and to relate these to underlying imbalances in your ‘terrain’. As part of this process I will also carry out a physical examination, and will usually recommend certain blood tests, including those for a Biology of Functions. The timing and frequency of follow-up consultations will depend on the nature and the severity of the disorder.

It is also possible for patients to book a modestly priced 15-minute Zoom ‘mini-consultation’ for common health problems, such as winter coughs and colds; ear, nose and throat problems; digestive issues; PMT; painful periods; insomnia; and stress problems. They will then be prescribed one of the formulations that I have created to address these problems (enough for 2 weeks’ adult dose). There is of course no obligation to purchase the prescription after the consultation. And please note that this in no way replaces a full consultation, which is essential for tackling difficult, chronic conditions.