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The Herbal Collective is run by Tamara Welsh, a herbal medicine practitioner on the Nth Beaches

Tamara treats men, women and children of all ages with a special interest in treating women and their children during the childbearing years. Herbal medicine is the oldest and still the most widely used form of medicine practiced today. Western herbal medicine practitioners draw from ancient knowledge paired with the latest scientific research to create herbal formulas to help support and improve

all systems in the body. Herbalism aims to stimulate a return to health by strengthening the body’s organ systems. It is a holistic form of medicine which aims to not only address symptoms but also address the underlying causes of a condition or disease.

13/06/2025

Maybe you’ve heard the term ‘leaky gut’, but what does it actually mean?

There’s a thin layer of cells that separates the inside of your body from the outside within in the gut. These cells have a huge job to do in an extremely tumultuous environment. When this gut lining is compromised, these cells start to struggle to keep things out of the body aka “leaky gut”. Then your immune system starts to overreact. The result?
🔥 Inflammation
🥛 Food intolerances
🤧 Histamine issues
🧠 Brain fog, fatigue, skin flare-ups
🤦‍♀️Autoimmune symptoms

Often the answer isn’t just cutting more foods out or taking a gut healing powder.
It’s correcting the function of these cells and repairing the gut-immune interface.

This is my focus as a clinical herbalist with a love of nutrigenomics (the science that explores the relationship between human nutrition and our genetic makeup)

If you’re ready to improve food tolerances and calm your immune system, I’d love to help.

📍Book a consult (in-person or telehealth) via the link in bio or send me a DM to get started.

10/06/2025

Sure, there are some people who need to avoid certain foods (such as individuals with coeliac disease or those with anaphylactic allergies) but in general, most people should be able to tolerate all good quality whole foods.

Many people come to me in the clinic on restrictive diets because they find they are reacting to foods, even healthy whole foods such as FODMAP containing foods, histamine containing foods, sulfur rich foods and the list goes on. If you or your children are reacting to normal whole foods, the food isn’t the issue. You’re not allergic to garlic or onions or blueberries or kombucha. There are ways we can restore the gut-immune interface to lower this reactivity and correct the imbalance that is happening in the gut.

If you’d like more info on this, comment below and I’ll DM you or feel free to book in a free discovery call and we can chat further.

02/06/2025

Following on from my last post about antihistamines, here’s a list of some of the strange symptoms of too much histamine. I’ve purposely avoided using the term “histamine intolerance” as histamine is needed and necessary for good health. It’s a Goldilocks scenario where we want enough histamine but not too much.

Do you struggle with any of these symptoms? Your histamine bucket might be too full!

27/05/2025

Did you know I have a free resource on my website about Burn out (aka HPA axis dysfunction)?

If you’re feeling tired, foggy, flat lined, unmotivated or struggling to concentrate, you may be experiencing some level of adrenal dysfunction. Head to the Free Resources link in my bio and download the ebook to read more and figure out what stage you’re in. It is possible to heal and enjoy good energy again!
Need guidance? Book a free discovery call and I’ll chat you through it 💚

26/05/2025

Unexplained fatigue can be frustrating, especially when you feel you’re getting enough sleep.
Low energy isn’t something that we just need to ‘deal with’. It’s not who we are. We can fix it.

Dealing with the underlying causes is key. Investigating hormonal imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, blood sugar handling and the health of your thyroid is important. Then we can look at lifestyle factors such as sunlight exposure, sleep quality, stress management and nervous system regulation.

Importantly, it’s all fixable! Don’t let low energy be your state of being. Book a free disocvery call with me and let’s get started improving your energy.

20/05/2025

Angry outbursts are often age appropriate responses to an overstimulated nervous system. Our kids need to ‘borrow’ our nervous system for many years while they learn how to deal with all those big emotions.

Angry outbursts can be tough for all involved but the good news is there’s much that can be done to support our little ones (and ourselves) as they go through this tricky period.

We can support our children through:
💚 Connection and regulation techniques
💚 Nutrition for the nervous system
💚 Herbal helpers for emotional balance
💚 Focusing on the gut brain access where neurotransmitters are made!

To read my latest blog comment Angry and I’ll send it to you 🤗

01/05/2025

Herbal helpers for eczema 🌿

Herbal medicine can be a game changer when it comes to curbing the itch of eczema and dampening down the inflammation involved in this condition.
Furthermore, herbs like Baical skullcap, Albizia and Nettle leaf can help with the allergic response and Sulforaphane is key to dealing with the gut-immune interface.

Want more info? Comment eczema and I’ll send you a link to my blog on this subject 🙂

17/04/2025

A lovely client and friend said this to me yesterday. She notices the difference when her children are taking Echinacea to help support their immune system.

Herbal medicine really is an easy and effective way to support your families health 🤗

25/03/2025

I’m seeing a lot of burnt-out peeps in the clinic at the moment. The start of this year seems to have been full on for many in so many ways. But burn out isn’t just a figure of speech, it’s a real physical change that is happening in the body.

Technically speaking the terms ‘burn out’ or ‘adrenal fatigue’ are referring to HPA axis dysfunction. This is a functional dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis caused by chronic stress. Anyone chronically stressed out there?

A LOT of people fit in this box because of the way we modern humans are trying to live our lives.

The HPA axis is responsible for regulating the body’s response to stress, and when it’s overactivated for extended periods, it can lead to hormonal imbalances, low energy, mood disturbances, and poor resilience to stress.

HPA axis dysfunction is especially common in mothers of small childern and during the transition to menopause for women and midlife for men.

If you’d like some more info on how you can come back from burn out check out the Burnt Out ebook on my website under free resources.

13/03/2025

Some lovely feedback from a client who came to see me for burn out and high stress/anxiety. Herbs can be really helpful here.

The more clients I see, the more I realise the importance of treating the nervous system despite the reason they came in. If we are in a constant state of stress or anxiety, healing simply cannot occur.

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06/03/2025

My online course ‘Supporting your Child’s Immunity’ starts soon and to celebrate I’m giving you the chance to win a spot on the course for you and a friend. The program is a short self-paced online course designed to equip you with info and tips using natural medicine, diet and lifestyle changes all to support your child’s immune system. Follow the steps below to enter:

- Follow me and like this post
- Tag some friends who you think would enjoy this course
- Share to your stories (optional but much appreciated)

That’s it! For more info about the course head to the link in my bio or comment ‘immunity’ and I’ll send you the details.

05/03/2025

Custom creams!

This is a herbal cream made to support a client with a nasty fungal skin infection. The powerhouse in this cream? Calendula flowers and extract along with some fungal fighting tea tree and clove bud essential oil.

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Address

Newport, NSW

Website

http://www.tamarawelsh.com.au/

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