Ellie Holly

I am a fully qualified medical herbalist with 10 years experience of practising. I am also an aromatherapist, and I teach herbal medicine, diet and nutrition, and holistic massage.

Herbal medicine

I completed a full time four-year degree course leading to a B.Sc (Hons.) in Herbal Medicine at Middlesex University. I have been trained in the same diagnostic skills as orthodox doctors, but I take a more holistic approach to illness.

The degree course included extensive training to a high standard in the medical sciences: pathology, diagnostic skills, pharmacology and pharmacy, as well as botany, herbal therapeutics, nutrition and clinical skills.

I have also had two years of clinical training at the Archway Clinic of Herbal Medicine in the Whittington Hospital, North London.

As a member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy, I am bound by a strict code of ethics. The Institute is the second largest body of herbal practitioners in Britain, and was founded in 1864.

Aromatherapy massage

I have completed the I.T.E.C. training in body massage and aromatherapy as well as further courses in specific massage techniques including deep tissue massage, acupressure and advanced massage techniques. I practise and teach aromatherapy and body massage.