Children's Naturopathy

Naturopathic Medicine

Taking into account your entire lifestyle, health history and diet, Naturopathy uses a ‘whole person’ approach to treat the underlying cause, and not just provide symptomatic relief using drugs.

A Naturopathic consultation at Natural Body Lab can offer a combination of Biomedical or Functional testing, along with the more traditional Naturopathic protocols that are well and truly time tested.

Your treatment plan might include:

Nutritional and Lifestyle advice
Naturopathic Supplements or Herbal Medicine
Functional Pathology enquiry for ongoing monitoring of a condition

If in doubt, take it back to the way Nature intended!

If you can change the health of a child, you can potentially change the course of an entire lifetime.

You can also relieve some of the stressors placed on parents and carers of our children. We can offer special dietary advice and naturopathic guidance for a variety of complaints that are relevant from birth right through to the later teen years. Our treatment methods are as non invasive as possible, and where relevant we can employ Functional Medicine Testing, using samples such as hair, urine, saliva and stool. All of the testing we do is scientifically proven and evidence based. We believe in accuracy when dealing with our precious children.

Functional Testing

With several non-invasive options for children, Functional Testing can be like a looking glass into what’s really going on underneath it all.

By gaining insight into the processes of the body, and not just a snapshot of the symptoms, often this sort of testing can shorten the overall treatment time, by removing any of the initial ‘guesswork’.

Non Invasive testing options

Here at Natural Body Lab you have the option of a wide array of Functional Pathology tests as part of your Naturopathic journey.

They can be offered as an option to speed up treatment plans, but are always used in conjunction with full case history and thorough understanding of the person and relevant factors. It is important that the results are interpreted correctly, and a case history is taken into consideration when forming a treatment plan.

Testing is simple, even during Virtual Consultations. A referral and test kit can be sent out to you. All pathology samples can be collected in your home, except for blood, which is done at your local Melbourne Pathology lab, or another pre-arranged one.

Some of the tests available

Saliva Hormone Profiles (Adrenal hormones, Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone and more)
ENDOMAP comprehensive Hormone Panel
Extensive Thyroid Panel
Complete Microbiome Map
Vaginal Microbiome swab (for recurring thrush/ UTIs)
Hair Mineral Analysis
Food Allergy Panels
Pyrroles and Neuroendocrine Testing
C4a (Biotoxin markers)
Nutrigenomic – Nutritional Gene Profiles
Plus all of the regular bloodwork options