Resources
Practical guides and information from Elder Roots
A growing collection of patient guides, explanations and practical resources about medical herbalism, consultations and understanding health more broadly.
Preparing for Your First Herbal Consultation
A practical guide to what happens before, during and after an Elder Roots consultation, what information is useful to have ready, and how to prepare.
Choose your Elder Roots email updates
I’ve created a new email-update service for anyone who would like to keep in touch with Elder Roots without relying on Facebook to decide what appears in their feed.
Can I Take Herbal Medicine Alongside Prescription Medicines?
Taking prescription medicines does not rule out herbal care, but safe use depends on the person, the medicines and the herbs being considered. This guide explains how interactions are assessed and when extra caution is needed.
What happens when you bring a complicated health history to a herbal consultation?
When several conditions, treatments and everyday pressures overlap, it can be hard to know where to begin. In this article, I explain how I listen to the whole story, bring medical findings together with traditional herbal and energetic assessment, and work with you to find a safe, manageable first step.
Questions between appointments? This guide explains how to contact me, what information helps, response times, and when a brief question needs a clinical review or follow-up consultation.
Getting in Touch Between Consultations
November 2026: Dandelion. Myths, magic, marriage divination and St Bride: explore the stories surrounding Taraxacum officinale in my latest free video. You can also revisit elder in the growing Herb of the Month archive.