Your Immune Boosting Meal Plan

1 May, 2016
Recipes
This time of year, when the weather gets a little colder outside it’s a good idea to make a conscious effort to up your intake of fresh fruit and vegetables that help nourish your immue system and give your body…

Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease Naturally

2 May, 2015
Acupuncture, Naturopathy
Inflammatory bowel disease, most commonly manifesting as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, affects approximately 1 million Australians. It is one of over a hundred autoimmune Illnesses, in which the body’s defense forces (immune system) mistakenly attacks the body—in this case…

Treating Psoriasis and Eczema Naturally

2 May, 2015
Acupuncture, Naturopathy
Both eczema and psoriasis involve skin inflammation which can be fairly noticeable. Because of this, many people tend to confuse the two skin conditions, but in reality they are completely different. In acupuncture, we tend to view conditions on the…

Natural Treatments For Lupus

2 May, 2015
Acupuncture, Naturopathy
Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years.…

Treating Arthritis Naturally

2 May, 2015
Acupuncture, Naturopathy
Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto-immune disorder and one of the most common immune conditions we have success with managing. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that causes pain and inflammation of the joints causing them to become painful, hot and swollen…

IMMUNE BOOSTING RECIPE: Spicy Coconut Chicken Soup

1 May, 2014
Recipes
This is one of our all time favourite winter warming soups! It is packed with immune building herbs and spices such as ginger, turmeric, chilli and garlic. Once you’ve made up the spice paste it is a quick process, and…

Your Winter Medicine Cabinet

1 Jun, 2013
Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy
by Tracey Loiterton, Naturopath. With winter upon us it is often a time when we can succumb to opportunistic illness. It is important time to support and nurture the immune system with essential immune boosting nutrients and plant based medicines.…

Your Child’s Gut

28 May, 2013
Naturopathy
In the many children we treat for immune problems such as allergies, recurrent infections and skin conditions including eczema, the gut is the number one place we start assessing and this is why. A Healthy Gut For Healthy Immune Over…