The Natural Health Clinic:Charmaine Carter

The Natural Health Clinic:Charmaine Carter Charmaine Carter. Naturopath, Medical Herbalist, Nutritionist. Contact details
Charmaine Carter
M: 022 187 3459
E: naturopath.cc@xtra.co.nz

Charmaine Carter BHSc (comp med)
Dip Nat
Dip Herb Med
Clinical Naturopath, Medical Herbalist and Nutritionist. The Natural Health Clinic aims to provide safe and effective natural healthcare solutions for all your health and wellbeing conditions. At the clinic I use an evidence based approach alongside proven traditional medicines and methods to provide individual treatment options for each client. Treatment plans focus on identifying the cause of illness and provide each client with the support and information to help take control of their health. Disclaimer:
Information provided on this site is not intended to treat or diagnose individual conditions, nor is it intended to replace personalised advice from a healthcare professional. Clinic Hours
The Natural Health Clinic is currently open flexible hours,
contact me at any time to arrange an appointment or for any enquiries.

Pterostylis trullifoliaWinter floweringTrowel leaved greenhood orchids.
18/08/2025

Pterostylis trullifolia
Winter flowering
Trowel leaved greenhood orchids.

A quick loop around Waiorongomai last month.
18/08/2025

A quick loop around Waiorongomai last month.

Did you know that you can book in to see a Naturopath for them to do a supplement review for you?A qualified and experie...
18/08/2025

Did you know that you can book in to see a Naturopath for them to do a supplement review for you?
A qualified and experienced review.

This is a great way to see if you are on the right track with any supplements you are using or if tweaks can be made to streamline, simplify or improve things for you.

Result = saving you time, effort, confusion, and your precious $$$.

I see so much money spent on unnecessary, under delivering, overhyped products.

Remember, not all supplements are created equally, and it's very easy to fall into the honeypot of pretty packaging, slick marketing, or influencer hawked supplements.

Magnificent.Exact age, unknown, but my word, what a beauty.PōhutukawaMetrosideros excelsa
14/08/2025

Magnificent.
Exact age, unknown, but my word, what a beauty.

Pōhutukawa
Metrosideros excelsa


Life bombards us with quick and instant gratification. Screens, scrolling, apps, bells and whistles, 24 hour accessibili...
14/08/2025

Life bombards us with quick and instant gratification.
Screens, scrolling, apps, bells and whistles, 24 hour accessibility.

See it
Want it
Get it

A quick burst of dopamine and then on to the next.

These rapid releases of dopamine reset the brain's anticipatory and reward systems.
Resulting in more and more *xyz* needed to achieve that dopamine burst and its effects.

That means that routine experiences or experiences with a known or expected outcome no longer provide the dopamine that we look for.
Which can lead to little or no motivation for known tasks or experiences, and previous experiences start to feel mundane and boring.

To support resetting your anticipatory and reward system, you need to slow it down.
I talk a lot in clinic about cultivating or chasing slow dopamine experiences.

A good start is putting screens down, maybe go outside.
Look for the new or unknown.
An experience that exceeds your expectations.
Take up a hobby.
Read a book.
Cultivate a garden.
Learn something new.
Start noticing the small things.

Find your joy.

If this all sounds horribly dull to you, then you possibly need it the most 🤷‍♀️






Little trip to the seaside ⚓️
04/08/2025

Little trip to the seaside
⚓️



Fifty two 31.07.73A lovely day spent with Mum
02/08/2025

Fifty two

31.07.73

A lovely day spent with Mum



Quick scoot up the hill last week to visit my emotional support tree.She's magnificent.PūririVitex lucens
02/08/2025

Quick scoot up the hill last week to visit my emotional support tree.

She's magnificent.

Pūriri
Vitex lucens

If I had a dollar for every iron panel test result that I saw each month, that was within an optimal range, I would lite...
28/07/2025

If I had a dollar for every iron panel test result that I saw each month, that was within an optimal range, I would literally have one dollar.

Consistently, for the last 15 years of clients.
It is abnormal for me to look over iron results that are at optimal.

Now, if I had a dollar for every iron panel test result that I saw each month that falls within the lab reference range, that is a different story.
I would have many, many dollars.

Having your tests interpreted at a functional/optimal range or within a lab's reference range is quite different.

If you've had your iron tested and are told that your levels are normal or fine or within range, it almost always pays to have those levels looked at by someone reading them through the lens of optimal.

Normal, fine and within range levels will, more often than not, not have you feeling or functioning your best.

Walking thingsFeaturing the very bad but very pretty Prunus campanulata (Taiwan Cherry).
28/07/2025

Walking things

Featuring the very bad but very pretty Prunus campanulata (Taiwan Cherry).

Rainy weekend scamper along the creek of my childhood.
17/07/2025

Rainy weekend scamper along the creek of my childhood.




I see a lot of 45+ year old females in clinic, and a lot of those clients are using an oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and...
09/07/2025

I see a lot of 45+ year old females in clinic, and a lot of those clients are using an oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and have done for years.
While using an OCP they take the sugar pills monthly, which causes a monthly bleed.

It is always important to remember that this monthly bleed is in response to taking the sugar pills and the hormone level changes caused by this.
It is a OCP drug withdrawal bleed.

It is not a menstrual period.

This can then make some of these clients feel like they must not be perimenopausal yet because their 'periods' haven't changed.
So naturally, they don't automatically link other changes or symptoms to the perimenopausal transition.

Important notes

If you are 45+ and using an OCP but decide to stop using it, you can still become pregnant during perimenopause.

If you are 45+ and using an OCP but decide to stop using it, you may want to seek advice on hormonal support while you discover what your intrinsic hormone levels are up to after OCP cessation.

Jumping into no measured daily dose of OCP hormones and the probability of fluctuating perimenopausal levels or low post menopausal levels is definitely not advised.

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Charmaine Carter BHSc (comp med) Dip Nat Dip Herb Med MNZSN Qualified and Registered Clinical Naturopath, Medical Herbalist and Nutritionist. The Natural Health Clinic aims to provide safe and effective natural healthcare solutions for all your health and wellbeing conditions. At the clinic I use an evidence based approach alongside proven traditional medicines and methods to provide individual treatment options for each client. Treatment plans focus on identifying the cause of illness and provide each client with the support and information to help take control of their health. Disclaimer: Information provided on this site is not intended to treat or diagnose individual conditions, nor is it intended to replace personalised advice from a healthcare professional. Clinic Hours The Natural Health Clinic is currently open flexible hours, contact me at any time to arrange an appointment or for any enquiries. Contact details Charmaine Carter M: 022 187 3459 E: naturopath.cc@xtra.co.nz