“Herbs act on different levels: they nourish us as food, they physiologically influence particular body systems, they balance our body energetically and they offer support for our emotional health.”
— Lucy Jones, A working herbal dispensary
Herbal consultations
Herbal medicine is a holisitc approach that treats the whole person (including diet and lifestyle) in order to relieve symptoms. I work alongside you to enable you to take back control of your own health and wellbeing. Herbal medicine can treat any condition that you might normally consult a GP for.
Initial appointment: We spend spend 1-1.5 hours in the initial appointment to delve into your medical history, family history, your current lifestyle, emotional wellbeing and any other symptoms that are occurring. This enables me to take a holistic approach. Ultimately, the herbs only provide one prong of a treatment plan, with changes to diet and lifestyle also being foundational blocks we’ll work on together.
Follow-ups: Usually 1-3 follow-up appointments are needed, but this depends on the person and the nature of the condition.
Herbal remedies: In most cases, I will prescribe herbal remedies to be taken interanlly. I use whole plants (not a standardised extract, like a pharmaceutical drug) that are made into tincutures, teas, capsules or topical applications. I make the majority of the herbal remedies myself from herbs that I either grow or forage. Where herbs are not available locally, I buy them in from sustainable sources.
New Clients
Please contact me to book an appointment. I see patients at Stricklandgate House in Kendal, or online.
Current Clients
If you are a current patient wanting to book a follow-up, please email me: herbsgrowinghealth@gmail.com. Follow-ups will be at Stricklandgate House or online.
Contact, booking & prices
Contact details
Email: herbsgrowinghealth@gmail.com
Telephone: +44(0)7983 484839
Pricing: please see this page for prices.
Herbal tea consultations
These consultations are desinged to give you a taste of herbal medicine, especially if it’s something new to you. They can provide supprt for acute conditions such as hay fever, digestive problems, stress, sleep issue. These sessions do not provide the time to go into the detail needed to tackle the root casues of the symptoms, for this, you would need a full herbal consultation (see below).
On booking, I take some details from you (e.g. allergies, medications you are taking, details of GP) so that we csn spend the 15 minutes focused on the reason for your tea. I will then formulate a tea, primarily based on herbs that I have grown or foraged, and post it out to you.
I believe in keeping things simple, so the loose leaf tea is posted out in a compostable brown paper bag, you will need to pop it in a jar when you recieve it and you will need a tea infuser/pot to make the tea.
The cost for the consultation, 35g herbal tea and postage is £25, this is charged at boooking.
Only availble for postage within the UK.
If you would like a refill of your tea, please click here.
Suzi Richer 