"Integrated medicine encourages patient empowerment and responsibility, engendering the motivation and will within patients and the knowledge to help them get better themselves."

Dr. Edward Thomson is a General Practitioner with expertise in Integrated Medicine. He believes in approaching all types of medicine, healing, and treatment with compassion and an open mindset, placing the patient and their symptoms firmly in the center. He graduated from Leicester Medical School (MB ChB) in 2007 and completed his GP training in 2012. He is a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP). He originally graduated from St Andrews University with an Arts Degree (MA) in 1990 and then studied Homeopathy at the College of Homeopathy (LCH) from 1990 -1993. He studied Herbal Medicine completing the East West Course in Herbal Medicine (EWCH) in 1994. He also completed the Ayurvedic Medicine Studies Program at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque USA in 1994. He’s studied Chinese Herbal Medicine with the Renshu College of Chinese Medicine (Dip CHM) qualifying in 2000, as well as Acupuncture at The Southwest College of Oriental Medicine (Dip. Ac.) qualifying in 1998.

Edward talks on:

• The snowball effect of curiosity led him on a path to studying different forms of medicine.
• The NHS terrain and limitations in offering an integrated approach.
• Opportunities where herbalism could help serve society 
• Safety and side-effects of herbal and conventional medicines.
• Avoiding over medicalisation with a balanced approach.
• The fundamental difference between Western and herbal medicine - strengths and limitations.
• The principles and complexities of vitalism.
• How therapeutic healing works in clinic. 
• His hopes for the future of integrated medicine.

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