{"id":2,"date":"2014-10-16T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-03-28T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:10:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In over 20 years of clinical experience I have seen that my clients who achieve optimum health and vitality use all of these approaches:<\/h2>\n<h3>Herbal medicine and supplements<\/h3>\n<p>These make good any nutritional deficiencies. I offer to create a unique herbal formula for each person who comes to see me.<\/p>\n<h3>Acupuncture<\/h3>\n<p>I use this to balance the \u201cqi\u201d, or \u201cvital force\u201d of each client.\u00a0 Blockages in this system can cause a whole range of illness.<\/p>\n<h3>Optimum nutrition<\/h3>\n<p>You are what you eat. I draw on a wide range of approaches to help each person find the best approach for them. We must also ensure that gut absorption is working.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercise<\/h3>\n<p>The optimum kind depends very much on the person. Some people need slow and gentle, while others need something more vigorous.<\/p>\n<h3>Detoxification<\/h3>\n<p>In our society people are exposed to a wide range of toxins, through air, water and food.\u00a0 These place a burden on the liver, and must be removed to allow the body to heal.\u00a0 I use a range of diets, fasting, and detoxification protocols.<\/p>\n<h3>Emotional and spiritual practices<\/h3>\n<p>Man is not a machine, but is made in the image of God.\u00a0 We must all cultivate this aspect of our selves in order to be fully alive.<\/p>\n<h2>I work according to the following principles:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Health is not just the absence of disease: it is abundant vitality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Each person is unique, and needs an individualised treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Each person can be empowered to take responsibility for her own health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Restore the vital force, and the person will heal himself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Address the root cause, not just the symptoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treat the person, not the disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Me<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been In practice since 1996<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I hold diplomas in Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Naturopathy (12 years training)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I have taught acupuncture since 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I was the Acupuncture Course Director for the College of Naturopathic Medicine (2002 \u2013 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I am the author of three books and numerous articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I hold Masters degrees in Economics (1991) and Theology (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I specialise in working with people who have serious chronic diseases, such as cancer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In over 20 years of clinical experience I have seen that my clients who achieve optimum health and vitality use all of these approaches: Herbal medicine and supplements These make good any nutritional deficiencies. I offer to create a unique&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}