General practitioner trained in herbal medicine Clinically, Dr Jean-Christophe Charrié uses natural medicine whenever possible: “The doctor’s primary role is not to write you a prescription. Always ask yourself why he is prescribing this medicine for you and what his strategy is. “As a first-line treatment, he uses natural medicine in particular as a preventive measure, for example to support the organism during the changes of the season, to rebalance the regulatory systems … But depending on the patient’s condition and the intensity of the symptoms (for example). example at the start of infection), it also uses a curative action. Finally, it also happens to opt for natural medicine as a basic treatment, to allow the body to gain in performance of fight and self-repair over the weeks. The most frequent daily ailments that he treats with the help of herbal medicine,aromatherapy… are for example:
Seasonal fatigue: at the end of winter, he often relies on cinnamon, eleutherococcus or ginseng cures to strengthen organs sensitized to seasonal changes (thyroid, adrenal glands, etc.) and natural vitamin C , anti-fatigue par excellence.
Insomnia: before prescribing any sleeping pill, he prefers to test the mother tincture of odorous woodruff, very effective against sleeping troubles, or poppy, which promotes sleep.
Hay fever: here again, before resorting to an antihistamine, he first applies the gentle method, inhalations of essential oil of mint for irritated noses, herbal tea of poppy flowers for the itchy throat, floral water of cornflower to calm itchy eyes.
