Common Questions People Ask a Naturopath

Regardless of what country you are in, there are certain questions that many prospective clients ask about Naturopathy is, how it can help and is it a valid approach to health and healing.

How Long Does a Naturopathic Consultation Take?

If you are planning to visit a professional Naturopath in Australia (on site or skype appointment) you need to allow about an hour for your initial consultation. If you have a more ‘simple and straightforward’ condition, then 30 mins is usually enough. Follow up appointments can range form 30 to 60 mins, again depending on the complexity of the condition. You see, Naturopathy is a holistic form of treatment and so more time is need to fully understand your health and devise a treatment specifically for you.

Can I Continue Taking My Prescription Medicines or Should They Be Stopped?

Many clients that come to see a Naturopath want to reduce or come off their pharmaceutical drugs because they are not addressing the actual cause of the condition of the side effects become undesirable.

Naturopath treatment is all about taking care of your health and addressing the issues from a holistic perspective. A reputable Naturopath will never tell you to come of pharmaceutical medication – that is the job of your medical practitioners. What can happen though is natural medicines can be used in place of pharmaceuticals and also, as you become more healthy, the need for pharmaceuticals can lessen. This will be done in conjunction with your medical practitioners.

How Long Will a Treatment Take to Show Effects?

There are no hard and fast rules about this. It depends upon several factors, including severity and the nature of the condition you are facing. It also depends on how long you have had the problem. While in some cases, the signs of improvements start very quickly (in acute conditions), in other cases, it may take weeks and even months to see major changes.

What is important to remember is, a Naturopathy consultant in Australia will be carefully monitoring your health along the way and will be on the lookout for things that indicate you are on the right track and that healing is taking place. You don’t always need to wait months because there will be signs of healing.

Just remember if you have something for 10 years it is going to take longer to treat compared to something you have had for 2 months.

Will the Remedies Be a Lifelong Process?

Naturopathy is a holistic system of medicine which address the short term as well as ongoing health pursuits. It can act very quickly or it can take time to see major changes. Of course you want to get relief from your condition as soon as possible and your practitioner will be working towards that for you.

A Naturopath is also helping you to enjoy a strong sense of wellbeing – physically, mentally and emotionally. They will help you to achieve your health goals through education, medicines and lifestyle tweaking.

Once a particular condition has been treated your medicine will be reassessed and either no further medicine will be prescribed or new medicines my be recommended for your ongoing health and wellbeing. There are always medicines and herbal tonics that can contribute to your health and many health-conscious people will take advantage of theses from time to time throughout their life. This can be an import part of ‘disease-prevention’ – maximising your health so that you may try to minimise the onset of illness and disease.