Luzia Barclay

Being trained in Western Traditional Herbal Medicine, Luzia mainly uses indigenous herbs in the form of tinctures, but also herbs like Echinacea from North America.

Luzia buys most of the tinctures from the Organic Herb Trading Company in Somerset, which uses only organic and fresh herbs. For some tinctures she uses organic herbs from her own garden, or from the walled garden belonging to the Long Crichel Bakery.

Luzia has been practising herbal medicine in the beautiful village of Turnworth, about six miles from Blandford. Medicinal herbs literally grow on her doorstep, as they do in everybody's garden. Sadly though many are considered ‘weeds,’ as in the case of dandelion or nettles.

Consultations

An initial consultation costs £30 to £45 and lasts between an hour and an hour and half. The prescribed medicine costs on average £5 for one week’s supply. Unfortunately, public transport to the village of Turnworth is a bit sparse!

If a patient is unable to drive to the practice Luzia is happy to arrange home visits.

To make an appointment or to talk about any issues, please call 01258 456223 or email, or send a message using this form.

Herbal Medicine

The key principle of the discipline is to treat a patient holistically. To do this a Herbalist is required to consider all the different symptoms in a patient; any conventional treatment they are taking, their diet, lifestyle and past history, with the aim of finding the cause of the illness.

The emphasis is always on the importance of reaching the correct diagnosis. The search for the cause of an illness is often like detective work.

As a result three different patients with seemingly identical symptoms might be given three completely different herbal prescriptions depending on the individual cause of their condition.

For more information, please call 01258 456223 or email, or send a message using this form.