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The Mother’s Herbalist
Herbal medicine for women in the season of motherhood
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A clinical approach that holds the whole picture
Rachael draws on three lenses in every consultation — because your body deserves to be understood from more than one angle.
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Background
Clinical Herbalist — Doctor of Chinese Medicine — 8 Years Clinical Practice — Evidence-Based & Traditional — Naturopathic Herbal Medicine (in training) - Ear Acupuncture Protocols for relaxation
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Who this is for
Women at every stage of the motherhood journey.
Women trying to conceive. Pregnant Women. New Mothers. Women years into motherhood whose health has slipped. Women with hormonal concerns. Perimenopausal women. Women needing gynaecological support.
If you feel like something isn’t right, you’ve arrived at a good place to start.
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Chinese Herbal Medicine
A centuries-refined system of extraordinary precision. Rachael reads your constitution, maps your symptoms to organ theory, and finds the root driver of what’s happening — not just the surface presentation.
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Evidence-Based Herbalism
Botanical medicine and medicinal mushrooms prescribed with a functional understanding of your hormones, menstrual cycle, and the physiology of fertility, pregnancy and postpartum recovery. Nature’s pharmacy, understood through modern science.
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The Whole Woman
Your emotional life, your nervous system, the spiritual and psychological unfolding that comes through becoming a mother — all of it is clinical information here and maps to your body. Nothing arrives without relevance.
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The Medicine Itself
There is something that happens when a woman opens her parcel of herbs for the first time — the colours, the scent, the care in how they are made. Something that goes beyond the clinical. Women have cried. Not from sadness, but from recognition. From feeling, perhaps for the first time in a long while, that something beautiful was made precisely for them.
This is part of what Rachael offers. Not just prescription, but a reconnection — to the natural world, to the rhythms and cycles that govern a woman’s body, to the intelligence of plants and fungi that have supported women through fertility, birth and motherhood for thousands of years.
Botanical medicine is an invitation back to nature. And nature, it turns out, is exactly what many mothers have been quietly longing for.
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On the Quality of the Medicine
The botanical medicines Rachael prescribes are medicinal grade — a standard far above what is available over the counter. Ethically sourced, organic where possible, and chosen for their potency and purity. This is why they work, and why they cost what they cost.
A herbal formula from the high street and a formula made by a clinical herbalist from medicinal-grade botanicals are not the same thing. The difference is in the quality of the plant, the precision of the dose, and the knowledge behind the prescription.
All formulations are prescribed with care and are safe for use during pregnancy and breastfeeding where relevant — Rachael always takes your individual circumstances into account.
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Ethical Medicine Considerations
The natural | botanical | mushroom medicines that Rachael works with do not contain animal products and are tested for heavy metals and other quality issues.
Her trusted suppliers are carefully selected for the integrity of their sourcing - native British herbs grown and harvested with care, traditional Chinese botanicals from trusted growers with transparent supply chains, and global plant medicines chosen for their sustainability and purity.
Chinese Medicine has a complex history. Rachael is committed to practising in a way that honours tradition and the planet - using only the finest ethically sourced botanical and fungal medicines available.
Meet Rachael
Rachael Faust
Doctor of Chinese Medicine & Medical Herbalist
8 years experience support women through fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the years of motherhood.
Her practice blends Chinese Herbal Medicine with evidence-based holistic wellness and ancestral nutritional care. Holding the clinical and the deeply personal in equal measure.
Women trust Rachael because she takes the time to truly understand what’s happening in their body - and prescribes effective and safe herbal medicine suitable for women at any life stage, including pregnancy and breastfeeding, or alongside medications, or HRT.
The Herbal Wellbeing Consultation
Single Session
A consultation with Rachael is unhurried. You’ll have space to share what’s been happening - in your body, in your life- and she’ll listen carefully. Drawing on Chinese Medicine and evidence-based herbalism, Rachael builds a wide clinical picture to understand what’s been driving your symptoms.
You’ll leave with a written protocol explaining her clinical findings and a clear sense of a path forwards. Whatever has brought you here, this is where it gets proper attention.
THE MOTHER ROOT PROGRAM
3 - month signature program
£495
Some things need more than one session to shift.
Three months gives your herbs time to work at depth; and gives Rachael time to understand how your body is responding and adjust accordingly. She’ll be tracking your energy, hormones, your sleep, your symptoms - and refining your formula as you change.
This is for the woman want who wants consistent support, guidance and natural medicine to make a real and lasting shift in how her body feels.
£495 - includes three months of bespoke botanical pharmacy | herbal medicine | medicinal mushroom support.
Once you’ve booked, Rachael will be in touch in 24 hours to arrange your first session.
Payment plans available - just ask.

