Sara - Herbal Medicine

• MSc Western Herbal Medicine

• Integrative approach (Western, Ayurveda, mind-body)

• Women’s health & healthy ageing

• Chronic & complex conditions

• Stress-related health issues

• Functional blood test analysis

• Endobiogenic Medicine practitioner

• Personalised nutrition & lifestyle guidance

• Root-cause focused care

• Member of NIMH & EMS

Sara is the Lead Medical Herbalist and Head of Clinic at Zen Maitri, a Natural Health Apothecary based in West London where she has worked for the past 8 years, supporting hundreds of patients from all over the world.  She recently relocated back to Scotland where she now also works in Napiers in Edinburgh, alongside her mentor, Dee Atkinson (FNIMH), Senior Medical Herbalist, in a busy general medicine clinic, with a special interest in women’s health, managing ageing, chronic and complex health conditions, long COVID, Lyme Disease and patients living with Cancer.

Sara has always had an interest in health and wellbeing and dedicated herself to the profession of Herbal Medicine after the healing power of plants helped to resolve her own complex health condition. ​ After extensive travel in South India learning about Yoga and Ayurveda and completing qualifications as a Yoga teacher (Classical Yoga School), and Ayurvedic therapist, Sara started an MSc. in Western Herbal Medicine at Middlesex University. Her background as a Yoga teacher, Ayurvedic Therapist and Diet and Lifestyle consultant is reflected in her holistic approach to herbal treatment, which often includes individualised dietary and lifestyle advice and mind-body practices which work to address imbalances in the mental and emotional aspects of health, as well as the physical. 

Sara also trained in Endobiogenic medicine, which was developed by French medical doctors, Christian Duraffourd and Jean-Claude Lapraz, over the course of their 40 years of clinical experience. Endobiogenic medicine, in a similar way to Functional Medicine, relies on evidence based scientific research in physiology and pathology and uses nutritional supplements and plant-based medicine to correct underlying imbalances in the functioning of a person's neuroendocrine system.  It also makes use of a unique Biology of Functions blood test which is designed to evaluate the functioning capabilities of the neuroendocrine system and provides a valuable tool to gain a deeper insight into the underlying root cause of complex and chronic health conditions. 

Sara is a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) and Endobiogenic Medicine Society (EMS), and is former President of Middlesex University’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine Academic Society (CAMAS).