NATURE’S PHARMACY
The world is beginning to wake up to the fact that drugs are not able to provide all that is needed to heal our sickness. Many would go further and say that
many drugs can often be positively harmful.
It is not always possible to gage the level of harm which can be caused by over prescribing, particularly when a number of patients are taking multiple drugs over a long period of time.
It is now common knowledge that anti-biotics , poor food quality, environmental toxins and certain ‘vaccines’ can have a devastating effect on the innate immune system.
Whilst some drugs will continue to play a prominent role in health care , we believe that the plant world is overflowing with natural remedies, many of which have not been investigated due to lack of research funding.
Although we recommend that patients should follow the advice of their doctors , we also encourage them to understand that food, herbs, spices and essential oils can be an essential part of their recovery - if they wish to remain healthy.
We have seen many patients restored to health by simply following the basic principles of Nature Cure , as outlined by many doctors and healers from all disciplines.
HIppocrates said ‘Let food be your medicine and medicine your food’ By this he was referring to the common food groups - including the traditional herbs which have been part of healing in every culture in the world. This did not include ‘junk food’.
With the growing dangers of pesticides ,weed killers and some fertilisers , we recommend organic growing methods in horticulture and agriculture.
Hippocrates also wrote as part of the oath for doctors
“Do no harm’ .
We have the greatest respect for these tenets of that
great teacher.
David Broom
Dip Bot Th MIRCH
(Registered Medical Herbalist)
David qualified as a Medical Herbalist 30 years ago, after having spent some years working in Naturopathic Clinics.
He joined ‘Enton Hall’ in Surrey where he was employed by Dr Atkinson Ridell as an administrator .
He then moved on to Tyringham Clinic in Bucks where he qualified as a remedial physiotherapist.
On moving back to Dorset he worked as an organic gardener on an estate in Wimborne. and took up further training as a Medical Herbalist with the Faculty of Herbal Medicine , a British school of traditional herbal medicine.
After some years in his own practice he was offered the position of Executive Director at a Charity Clinic in Bournemouth, where he remained for several years . David worked alongside 14 other therapists , including Acupuncturists, Homeopathic Doctors, Aromatherapists and skilled Healers.
He was privileged to work with Dr Marianne Harling, the first medical doctor in Britain to be trained at the London School of Homeopathy and Dr Hatfield, a surgeon who had trained in alternative medicine and practised at the clinic till the age of 101,
David then started his own practice with his wife Judy and together they formed
HURN FOREST CLINIC
During his practice years David has lectured widely on Natural Therapies , Chaired the Dorset Association of Complementary Therapies and worked with various governing bodies,including the Faculty of Herbal Medicine and the EHTPA, instigated to debate the future of herbal medicine in Europe.
He is a full member of the International Register of Consultant Herbalists
