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: [email protected]

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 cli

ent. 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.

The rail trail lately
21/06/2026

The rail trail lately

Back in May.Gathered a few Octogenarians and got on a train.Highly recommend.
21/06/2026

Back in May.
Gathered a few Octogenarians and got on a train.

Highly recommend.

Once again a slight wander off track (sorry Grandad) rewarded me with two more old girls to add to my collection of favo...
28/05/2026

Once again a slight wander off track (sorry Grandad) rewarded me with two more old girls to add to my collection of favourite trees.
Not picking favourites but 80% of this collection = Pūriri/Vitex lucens.
How old would these ones be, I wonder?

Fermented foods...but maybe not with high histamine Vitamin D3...but maybe not if you have sarcoidosisIodine...but maybe...
28/05/2026

Fermented foods...but maybe not with high histamine

Vitamin D3...but maybe not if you have sarcoidosis

Iodine...but maybe not if you have Hashimoto's

Probiotics...but maybe not certain strains if you have IBD

B12...but maybe don't waste your time with 50mcg standard dosing

Health and wellness information is everywhere, accessible 24 hours a day, from multiple sources of wildly varied credibility and accuracy.
Which is why so many clients arrive in clinic feeling overwhelmed and confused.

As a naturopath, the magic stuff is not just the information, it's the ability to apply that information to each client, so as individuals they can understand, achieve and maintain their long-term health objectives.

Last FridayHopes were high for more sightings of were-were kōkako up on the highest level of the Waiorongomai loop.Alas ...
28/05/2026

Last Friday

Hopes were high for more sightings of were-were kōkako up on the highest level of the Waiorongomai loop.
Alas there were none.

A visit from a sweet little toutouwai was a nice consolation though.

Joy, Joybells, Mum.80 years old today.Happy Birthday, Mum x
20/05/2026

Joy, Joybells, Mum.

80 years old today.
Happy Birthday, Mum x

Werewere-kōkako (Entoloma hochstetteri)Spotting these will never get old.Their colour is so gloriously out of place.This...
04/05/2026

Werewere-kōkako (Entoloma hochstetteri)

Spotting these will never get old.
Their colour is so gloriously out of place.

This is my third year of heading up to where I first accidentally stumbled upon them.
A most serendipitous occasion indeed.

Find them in the cool of autumn, maybe after some rain, amongst fallen leaves and moss.
They like to grow underneath podocarps, so get familiar with the likes of
rimu, kauri, kahikatea, mataī, miro, tōtara or beech.

A couple of Thursdays agoWaiorongomai That time again, the annual crawl back up to Buck Rock on my werewere-kōkako (Ento...
04/05/2026

A couple of Thursdays ago
Waiorongomai

That time again, the annual crawl back up to Buck Rock on my werewere-kōkako (Entoloma hochstetteri) pilgrimage.

Highlights

Werewere-kōkako (Entoloma hochstetteri)
Snacks up on top of the big rock
A trio of tūī flying in formation above me and my twix up on that rock
No falls, no stumbles, no injuries

Lowlights

A cheeky little mustelid sighting

Overdue catch ups 🥰
18/04/2026

Overdue catch ups
🥰

A person with a ferritin level of 100ug/L is going to feel different than a person with a ferritin level of 60ug/L.A per...
18/04/2026

A person with a ferritin level of 100ug/L is going to feel different than a person with a ferritin level of 60ug/L.

A person with a ferritin level of 60ug/L is going to feel different than a person with a ferritin level of 30ug/L.

Yet all are within the reference range and all have been told that their levels are normal.

Normal is not optimal, within range is not necessarily optimal.

Did you know that reference ranges are developed based on the results of a sample population?
From that sample population of 100 people, the 95% in the middle is deemed normal, while the 2.5% at either end, is not.

Did you also know that the range is there to flag disease.
But as we know, there is more to the matter than disease or no disease.

I recommend getting your results looked over by someone who uses functional ranges when looking at your results, especially if you continue to be told everything is normal when you feel anything but.

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