Lotus Holistic Medicine

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Heidi has a special interest in the fields of paediatrics, lactation and plant based nutrition. All of these interest have stemmed from her own personal experiences which have deepened her understanding and knowledge around the use of naturopathic medicines in these areas. She is a mother of two and a long time vegetarian and now vegan.

The Conscious Nutrition classes and consultations combine her passion for vegan food with her knowledge of natural health to create an opportunity to reconnect with food as it relates to nutrition, medicine, spiritual growth, environmentalism, creativity and the joy of living.

Visit her website for further details: www.consciousnutrition.com.au

Consultations

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Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a system of medicine that recognises your bodies inherent ability to heal itself when the right conditions are provided. Naturopathy utilises the healing power of nature to restore your health and increase your strength, stamina and vitality. Heidi adopts a holistic approach to health and healing by treating both your presenting symptoms and the underlying causes of your illness. She uses a variety of healing modalities such as diet and lifestyle information, herbs, homoeopathy, nutritional supplements and flower essences. Heidi also uses a variety of diagnostic techniques. These include a detailed case history and iris assessment (iridology) and then may include hair analysis, functional analysis of metabolic pathways such as hormonal assessments and liver function tests, blood sugar analysis, pH testing and referral for medical tests and assessments.

Naturopathy can be used for both acute and chronic complaints, is safe for all ages and stages of life and works effectively when used in conjunction with standad medical treatments. Naturopathy aims to empower you with the information, understanding and support you need to take control of your health and wellbeing and to build a lifestyle that nurtures and nourishes the health of you and your family.

Nutrition
Heidi has an in depth understanding of the functional, philosophical and spiritual aspects of nutrition. She believes our food choices are the cornerstone of our health and that the single most significant thing we can do for our health is to eat healthy food. She aims to provide information to empower you to achieve optimum health and well being as it relates to your individual body type and lifestyle. She recognises the way different people respond to the same foods and respects the fact that people have a variety of deeply held beliefs around food choices. By helping you understand your unique physiology and the food choices that are best suited to you, you are empowered to take control of your eating habits and discover how an optimal diet can help you resolve health complaints and improve your overall quality of life.

Heidi promotes a diet rich in fresh, organic, whole foods, with raw foods, warmed or lightly cooked foods which contain the most nutrition and vitality being central components.

Heidi can provide information for people wanting advice on vegan/vegetarian diets, diets for pregnancy, lactation and weaning, issues of childhood nutrition such as poor eating, nutritional deficiencies, food allergies and intolerances. By helping your child to develop a healthy relationship to nutritious food you are providing them with a foundation of health and healing that will nourish them for the rest of their life.

While Heidi prefers to limit the use of supplements in favour of whole foods where possible, she does prescribe supplements where functional or overt pathology and nutritional deficiencies are present or where nutrients are at risk of becoming deficient, such as B12 for vegans and omega 3 (DHA) during pregnancy and lactation. Heidi uses only supplements that are free from animal products.

Herbs
The use of herbal medicine goes as far back as the roots of our civilisation and even today it is still the most widely used system of medicine in the world. In modern times scientific studies have isolated active ingredients and compounds and conducted clinical trials to validate their medicinal efficacy. Herbal compounds form the basis of many common pharmaceutical drugs, however when herbs are used in their whole form they tend to have fewer side effects and additional synergistic effects with other substances in the plant which makes it useful for treating more than one specific condition. Herbs can be used in the from of tinctures (liquids), tablets, teas or eaten fresh.

Homoeopathy
Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which originated 200 years ago and is now practiced around the world and is recognised by the World Health Organisation. It is based on the principal of 'like cures like' thus something which causes particular symptoms in a healthy person, if given in minute (or energetic) doses will cure those symptoms in a sick person. For example if a healthy person touches poison ivy they will get a red, itchy, stinging rash. If a person presents with this kind of rash (either from poison ivy or any other cause) Rhus tox (the homoepathic preperation of poision ivy) can be given to threat those symptoms.

Homoeopathy can be used acutely to treat minor complaints based on physical symptoms alone or it can be used for more chronic complaints that affect the whole person, in which case physical, mental and emotional factors are also considered when prescribing. Homoeopathy is extremely safe and can be used on newborn babies, people on many medications and the very elderly. It is particularly effective in children and they love taking it!

Flower Essences
Flower essences work on an energetic level to bring about changes in mental and emotional states. Each essence has an affinity for a particular mental or emotional state which it helps to shift by providing the energetic qualities that are needed to assist healing in that area. They can be taken alone or in a mix that has been created for your specific needs.

What Heidi can help you with

• Vegan/vegetarian Diets
• Diabetes
• Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar)
• Pregnancy/lactation & weaning advice
• Breastfeeding problems
• Childhood illnesses
• Childhood nutrition
• Allergies
• Digestive problems
• Menstrual and hormonal problems

Location
Lotus Holistic Medicine

16/102 Burnett St
Buderim QLD 4556

Ph (07) 5352 3468 or email client support.

Our fax number is (07) 5302 6468

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