Emma Wilson is a degree qualified naturopath providing a naturopathic health care service for the whole family.
She employs herbal medicine, nutrition, nutritional supplementation, & remedial massage to treat a wide range of health conditions. Emma Wilson is a degree qualified naturopath offering a naturopathic health care service in Ulladulla on the south coast of NSW.
04/06/2025
Growing interest, awareness, and understanding around perimenopause is so positive and helpful for women, myself included!
Perimenopause is a profound stage of hormonal transition for women, and has been described as a time of great hormonal instability & vulnerability.
It is often referred to as ‘the second puberty’, and in previous generations may have been mistaken for a ‘nervous breakdown’!
Perimenopause refers to the hormonal & physiological shifts that happen leading up to menopause. These changes can span about 10 years for most individuals, but can also begin in a woman’s late 30’s.
Early, subtle shifts in s*x hormones can have a profound impact on de-stabilising hormonal, neurological, and mental health, and contribute to symptoms such as heavy periods, flooding, fibroid growth, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. These changes can come on quickly and unexpectedly.
Here I explain 4 key changes that can occur, to a greater or lesser degree. I often explain these to patients, and it can be very relieving & helpful to understand what is driving some of their symptoms.
08/05/2025
A recent case of mild shingles affecting the right thorax resolved promptly with naturopathic treatment.
Shingles is a reactivation of the chickenpox virus (varicella zoster) and involves a painful rash, usually on one side of the body. This rash initially started as a couple of very itchy spots around the right shoulder blade, that slowly became small clusters of painful vesicles. It spread to the right shoulder, underarm, and chest.
Naturopathic treatment included immune enhancing herbs like echinacea root & andrographis , and key anti-viral herbs. Topical antiviral herbs were applied to the rash in a compounded cream, which provided immediate relief from the itch.
No other paracetamol or anti viral medication was needed.
Key anti viral herbs used were-
* St johns wort- A key action of St Johns Wort is antiviral, and it is indicated internally for enveloped viruses like herpes zoster & herpes simplex (cold sore virus). It is traditionally used for neuralgia (nerve pain), so perfectly designed for shingles.
* Thuja- Anti viral, both internally and for external application for viral and fungal skin infection.
* Lemon Balm- indicated topically for herpes infections.
07/05/2025
As some of you may know, private health insurance rebates for naturopathy will soon be reinstated!
I am delighted by this historic update! The decision was announced on the 14th April by the Minister for Health after the formal acceptance of outcomes from the Natural Therapies Review Expert Advisory Panel report.
A number of years ago, after clients had benefited for many years from private health cover for Naturopathy, it was then determined as not having adequate scientific evidence to support its inclusion in private health insurance products. As such, the government banned it, effectively removing people’s choice & ability to use their private health insurance cover for naturopathic healthcare.
Natural therapy associations will now work closely with health funds & governments agencies to begin the process of implementing these changes to enable inclusion of Naturopathy cover with individual private health insurers.
I will keep all clients updated as these changes occur.
06/05/2025
A recent visit to a local, organic medicinal herbal plot on the south coast. Withania, elderflower & marshmellow root growing vibrantly! A recent harvest of elderflower was then manufactured into an alcoholic tincture. Loving locally grown medicinal herbs- so sustainable!
07/03/2025
Iron deficiency is one of the most common & debilitating nutritional deficiencies for women that I see almost on a weekly basis.
It is defined as a decrease in the total content of iron in the body, and reflected by low serum ferritin & often low serum iron on a blood test. Iron deficiency leaves women feeling exhausted, flat, & depleted. Dizziness & breathlessness can also occur.
Common reasons for iron deficiency include-
* Insufficient daily intake of protein & iron rich foods, especially muscle meats (beef, lamb, chicken), which contain highly bioavailable iron with 20-25% absorption.
* Inadequate gut absorption of iron, especially due to loose stools or diarrhoea.
* Long term intake of PPI’s or antacids, as they reduce hydrochloric acid secretion in the stomach required for conversion of dietary iron into a form suitable for absorption in the small intestine.
* Pregnancy- especially in the second & third trimester, due to increase in mums blood volume & demands of the developing baby
* Increased requirements in teenage girls (& children)
* Loss of blood - especially heavy menstrual loss (menorrhagia) which commonly happens in women with fibroids & in peri menopause, where periods get heavier because of the effect of un-opposed oestrogen on the endometrial lining.
Assessing dietary intake of iron & reviewing iron studies is a routine part of my health check for women.
Women often require low iron supplementation for a period of time to replenish iron stores and feel better. I feel that it’s important to diagnose & treat iron deficiency with diet & supplementation early, before the development of iron deficiency anaemia but also before the need for an iron infusion. That way you can build iron status & stores gently & work with the natural mechanisms of the body which tightly regulate iron absorption.
26/02/2025
Slow cooker chicken shawarma
This chicken curry is so beautiful & so easy to make. I have found freshly ground cumin seeds (blitz in a blender to a powder) elevates this curry to a whole new level of flavour. I also serve it with organic greek yoghurt mixed with freshly ground cumin seed.
Great for busy mums & families- prep, set, forget! But also excellent for older women cooking for one as it yields a few meals from one batch, and is a good source of protein & heme iron, the intake of which is often low for many women of all ages that I see in practice.
I use organic or free range/ antibiotic free chicken thigh fillets for this recipe which are higher in heme iron than chicken breast.
Cumin spiced yoghurt
2 tblspns greek yoghurt ( or sheep yoghurt/ coconut greek yoghurt)
2 heaped tspns freshly ground cumin seeds (the flavour is amazing!).
METHOD
Heat slow cooker to High.
Trim off excess fat & cut each thigh into thirds. Pop into bowl of slow cooker.
Heat olive oil in frying pan on high heat. Cook onion & garlic until soft & golden.
Add spices & cook for a minute until fragrant.
Add 2 tblspns water, stir, & remove any stuck-on bits. Remove from heat.
Stir through yoghurt (or coconut cream/ oat cream) & lemon.
Add sauce to slow cooker bowl & coat chicken thighs.
Cover & cook for 3-4 hours, stirring once throughout.
Serve with brown rice, steamed veggies, coriander & cumin spiced yoghurt.
14/02/2025
I hope all clients enjoyed a refreshing break & were able to spend some time in nature along our beautiful south coast.
Usual practice hours have now resumed!
I have some beautiful organic loose leaf herbal tea blends that Ive made for you to enjoy at your next naturopathic appointment, sourced on our family’s annual pilgrimage to beautiful Bermagui!
Once again, please call or sms me on 0490 255 792, or email me at ulladullafnp@gmail.com to arrange an appointment time for you or your baby/ child, or simply to touch base with a naturopathic query. I’d love to hear from you!
23/12/2024
It has been a busy end to the year in naturopathic practice!
Last month I hosted another naturopathic university student, Jade Mudge, with her Work Integrated Learning hours for her Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) at Torrens University Australia. It was a great pleasure & encouragement to facilitate this face to face learning opportunity for Jade.
I would like to wish all clients a safe and restful Christmas and New Year break. It has been a privilege to provide a wholistic healthcare service to our community & to help you and your family to navigate your health needs with naturopathic medicine. I look forward to continuing to offer this service to you in the coming new year.
Normal practice hours will resume on Tuesday 11th of February 2025.
25/09/2024
Welcome packs for new clients!
Includes practice info, a gorgeous Low Tox Living guide by Orthoplex & a special offer voucher!
25/09/2024
Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common type of period pain experienced by women.
It occurs when uterine contractions are too strong & occur too frequently, preventing the uterus from relaxing properly and reducing the amount of blood flow through the uterine muscle, causing pain.
This is driven by pro inflammatory & pro spasmolytic prostaglandins like PGE2 & PGF2alpha, and hormonal imbalances.
Naturopathic tools honour the innate healing capacity of the body, and help to relieve pain, dial down inflammation, and helps women to reduce & replace NSAIDs and analgesic use.
04/09/2024
Do you need to consider a more natural & effective approach to your menstrual or reproductive pain?
As a naturopath with two daughters, natural pain solutions for menstrual & reproductive health have become top priority for me, both in family life & in clinical practice.
I recently attended a Metagenics seminar ‘Exploring Complexities of Women’s Pain’ in dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, and migraines at UTS in Sydney.
Research shows that 40% of all women are affected by pain relating to their reproductive & hormonal health, and that 86% of women don’t consult a health care provider seeking help for their period pain. They suffer through it or rely on synthetic analgesia to get relief.
As women we are more susceptible to pain because of our female physiology- we have more nerves, hormonal fluctuations, more innate, adaptive, and inflammatory immune responses, more pelvic immunity - all designed to facilitate pregnancy & the growth of another human being. We are wonderfully made!
Current research now suggests that chronic or recurrent pain requires aggressive & early treatment to avoid pain being hardwired neurologically which leads to poor psychosocial outcomes. Naturopaths are well placed to offer effective natural tools in helping to prevent & break the cycle of chronic & recurrent female pain.
01/08/2024
Naturopathic management of chickenpox
Our family recently experienced an outbreak of chickenpox! I do apologise for the very un-glamorous photos, but it does help to give you an idea of what the lesions look like. Although once considered a common infectious childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, and in my humble opinion, an important childhood infection, it is rare for children to get chickenpox nowadays. The illness is often more severe in adults compared to children, & adults often require hospitalisation.
Interestingly my husband did have chickenpox as a child, and he was the only one who miraculously did not get it. A chickenpox infection gives an individual life long, naturally acquired immunity, and it is very rare to get the disease a second time! This has profound benefits. If a breastfeeding mother has had chickenpox as a child, then some of the chickenpox antibodies will be passed through the breastmilk to baby. However if the mother has not had chicken pox, the baby will not receive this protection. In contrast, protection from vaccine acquired immunity wanes over time.
Naturopathic medicine offered some unique benefits for treatment of chickenpox:
🌿 Lymphadenopathy- I experienced very swollen, enlarged, and tender lymph glands under my jaw & behind my ears (as shown in the photo). Poke root & Baptisia were taken internally, as they are lymphatic & immune enhancing, and are indicated for acute infection involving enlarged, swollen lymph glands.
🌿 Infected lesions- secondary bacterial infection of some lesions can occurs as a complication of varicella. Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common bacteria involved, and can lead to the need for antibiotics. Swollen, red, pus filled lesions were successfully treated with a topical antiseptic tincture of Golden seal, Calendula, and Myrrh. An internal antiseptic mix was also used in addition to the topical for internal antimicrobial action for family members with severe cases.
All members recovered well, and there was no need for antibiotics.
A good result plus bonus life long immunity.
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Emma is a caring and knowledgable degree qualified naturopath with over 17 years of experience. She completed a Bachelor of Naturopathy at Southern Cross University in Lismore, and worked in clinical practise at two busy allied healthcare clinics in Sydney before moving to the south coast. She has been practising at Milton Osteopathic Clinic for the past four years.
Emma offers natural healthcare solutions for the whole family to treat a wide variety of acute and chronic symptoms and disease. She assists patients to prevent chronic illness and to support optimal body function and health for the long term.
Emma works within a holistic framework of health, and the naturopathic consultation is structured to assess many areas of health that may be involved with your presenting complaint. A 24 hour dietary recall or three day diet diary may be used to assess your dietary and nutritional intake. Emma is trained in physical examination and will use these techniques in your health assessment, including your cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. She can assist patients with referrals for further investigations such as standard and functional pathology testing, and will collaborate with your GP where necessary.
Emma employs herbal medicine, dietary modification, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle recommendations, and remedial massage.
She has extensive experience working with gastrointestinal health conditions and improving gut ecology, women’s reproductive health conditions and naturally supporting hormonal balance. Emma enjoys working with families, and is passionate about using naturopathic treatment for optimising children’s and teen’s growth, development, gut and immune health, getting children off the antibiotic cycle, resolving acute infections naturally, and strengthening immune and gastrointestinal function. She also works with allergies, stress support, mood disorders, weight loss, and cardio metabolic health conditions.
Emma is a current member of the Australian Natural Therapist Association and regularly undertakes continuing professional education in naturopathy. She is keen to see the acceptance and integration of natural medicine into the mainstream healthcare system, to improve health outcomes for patients.
She lives in Mollymook with her husband Tony and their four children. She enjoys early morning walks, surfing, the raw natural environment of the south coast, family life, encouraging others and being an active part of her local church.
