Who can benefit from Herbal Medicine?

Herbal medicine is for everyone, including children, elderly people and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers.

Many pharmaceutical drugs are derived from plant sources, and herbal medicine can be taken alongside medication prescribed by your GP, or alongside other alternative medicine. The medical herbalist selects plants which are compatible with other current treatments.

You may choose herbal medicine because it is safe and gentle, but powerful and efficient. There might be no pharmaceutical treatment for your condition, or the side effects of your treatment are affecting your quality of life.

You may also wish to use a sustainable and natural treatment which works on the whole person, addressing many processes to achieve balance and well-being.

Plant extracts as medicine...

In herbal preparations, the botanical constituents are clearly present, and often highly concentrated (unlike in homeopathic preparations for example).

Herbal medicine can be dispensed as high strength tinctures, glycerites, infusions, decoctions, oils, vinegars, salves, creams, aromatic waters, capsules, tablets... and it is prepared according to the treatment needed.

The medical herbalist at The Meadow selects the most appropriate plants suited to their patient's constitution and condition and blends them together to prepare the treatment needed.

Herbal medicines dispensed by The Meadow are made using the best quality ingredients available, produced by reputable manufacturers to the highest standards and subject to proper quality controls. Wherever possible, plant materials are grown organically, and sourced sustainably. Products which involve harvesting endangered plant species from the wild have no place in The Meadow Herbal Medicine's apothecary.