No. This is a Natural Medicine practice and not a health shop which acoording to AHPCSA regulations do not allow for any medication to be dispensed without consultation with a practitioner in the practice.

Yes, The Drs at our practice are all registered with the AHPCSA council which allows for them to issue medical certificates to their patients under the CODE OF ETHICS IN TERMS OF SECTION 54(9) OF REGULATIONS NO.R.127 OF 12 FEBRUARY 2001 TO THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT, ACT 63 OF 1982) which states: CERTIFICATES AND REPORTS [SECTION 23 OF THE BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT, 1977 (ACT 75 OF 1977)]: THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES ONLY PERMISSIBLE TO THE PROFESSIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE, AYURVEDA, CHINESE MEDICINE, CHIROPRACTIC, HOMEOPATHY, NATUROPATHY, OSTEOPATHY, PHYTOTHERAPY OR UNANI-TIBB

This is a cash practice but if you need to claim from medical aid the practitioner who is seeing you will need to issue you with a statment for your to to be reembursed by your medical aid provider. It is essential that you check with your medical aid provider if they cover Natural Medicine services before consultations. Please discuss this with your practitioner to confirm.

Each therapy is tailored to the individual and their specific needs. Your practitioner will be able to tell you which therapies you could benefit from based on your full medical history and presenting symptoms. In some cases more than one therapy would be recommended while in some you may only need one such as massage therapy, cupping therapy or herbal medicine.

No, cupping therapy is not painful but you may experience tightness in the area where cups are cupping due to the vaccum suction of the skin. The suction can be adjusted to what is comfrotable for you. In wet cupping therapy, light incisions are made which may feel like"scratches" but should not be too deep to cause any pain.

This is a form of cupping therapy where light incisions are made with a sterile blade onto the cupping points followed by application of disposable cups to allow for blood fragments and other substances in the tissue to be removed thereby allowing for removal of toxins, promotion of blood flow and assisting the natural healing process of the body. Hijama is an Arabic term for cupping. In some belief systems, wet cupping is recomended for health maintenance and treatment of disease. Speicific health protocol is followed to ensure the safety of treatment of the patient and the patient is medically evaluated before treatment to ensure all safety precautions are in place and possible contraindications are confirmed.

Yes, Natural Medicine is able to address these chronic disease of lifestyle due to a holistic approach and advising of diet, exercise and other forms of treatment to compliment treatment aiming at long term maintenance of heath and prevention of further complications.

Yes, our doctors are trained to manage these conditions from a natural medicine treatment approach which often resolves and has less side effects than common over the counter meds. However, if the patient's condition requires further medical attention or hospitalisation (e.g. severe dehydration, breathing problems), the doctor can issue a referral letter to the facility required.