This guide offers a step-by-step, practical, person-centred approach to care for someone with fibromyalgia.
Written from a clinical herbalist's perspective, it combines current evidence, clinical experience, and patients’ lived experience into an actionable guide and workbook.
It covers:
An explanation of the known underlying mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and current state of research.
Care strategies organised by priority and energy cost, starting with managing symptom flare ups and progressing to a strategy aiming for long-term remission.
An explanation of herbal support options for self-management and what kinds of support require practitioner guidance.
Supplements worth considering and their rationale, evidence, limitations, dosage ranges, and safety notes.
Guidance on navigating life changes, practitioner support, and the UK healthcare system.
Distinctive Features:
Anti-purity thinking approach
Person-centred and context sensitive
Scientific research contextualised with real-life experience
Centres rationale explanations and education
Useful for:
Anyone who suspects they have FMS or is newly diagnosed and wants clarity navigating the healthcare landscape.
Long-term FMS patients who want to refine their self-management toolkit.
Friends, family, or caregivers of anyone with FMS who want to understand it better.
Practitioners looking to understand a western clinical herbalists approach, perspective, and experience in supporting FMS patients.
Format:
Digital PDF for instant download
Print friendly, single sided, ideal for annotating and storing in a health binder
Reference ready especially if you print it and add tabs to sections
This guide offers a step-by-step, practical, person-centred approach to care for someone with fibromyalgia.
Written from a clinical herbalist's perspective, it combines current evidence, clinical experience, and patients’ lived experience into an actionable guide and workbook.
It covers:
An explanation of the known underlying mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and current state of research.
Care strategies organised by priority and energy cost, starting with managing symptom flare ups and progressing to a strategy aiming for long-term remission.
An explanation of herbal support options for self-management and what kinds of support require practitioner guidance.
Supplements worth considering and their rationale, evidence, limitations, dosage ranges, and safety notes.
Guidance on navigating life changes, practitioner support, and the UK healthcare system.
Distinctive Features:
Anti-purity thinking approach
Person-centred and context sensitive
Scientific research contextualised with real-life experience
Centres rationale explanations and education
Useful for:
Anyone who suspects they have FMS or is newly diagnosed and wants clarity navigating the healthcare landscape.
Long-term FMS patients who want to refine their self-management toolkit.
Friends, family, or caregivers of anyone with FMS who want to understand it better.
Practitioners looking to understand a western clinical herbalists approach, perspective, and experience in supporting FMS patients.
Format:
Digital PDF for instant download
Print friendly, single sided, ideal for annotating and storing in a health binder
Reference ready especially if you print it and add tabs to sections