The sign outside May’s home–based consultancy suggests she is a medical herbalist, naturopath and homeopath when, in fact, she also works in the fields of colonic irrigation, iridology, live blood analysis, emotional therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, children’s health and offers a far–infra red sauna to her clients.
With more than 30 years’ combined experience her business, Advanced Remedial Therapies, combines an old-age wisdom with modern techniques to help improve the health and vitality of those who consult with her.
May says true wholistic practitioners utilise a range of modalities to treat you as an individual, whilst simultaneously taking into account any diagnosed diseases.
Born in Sydney, May moved to Oak Flats and has been in the Barrack Point area for 20 years.
After a range of jobs and activities May’s interest in health led her towards her current profession. She has various diplomas covering medicine, massage, bodywork and emotional therapy.
May also says that recent government statistics suggest that as many as 60 per cent of people are now turning to the services she and many others are offering.
Most of her clients come through word–of–mouth recommendations from friends, family and other healthcare professionals who have either experienced for themselves or seen the improvements gained in the health of mind, body and spirit by those prepared to follow the professional advice and to use the safe, tried and tested natural techniques and medicines prescribed uniquely for them.
She is regarded as the Illawarra’s most highly qualified and experienced colonic hydrotherapist and says the system used offers client comfort, safety and ensures results.
Colonic hydrotherapy can be effective for a wide variety of health problems including but not limited to constipation, diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome, female reproductive disorders and skin ailments.
Another of her talents embraces the process of live blood analysis which enables a client to see for themselves the health of their blood during a consultation.
By using just a drop of a client’s blood, May can look for nutrient deficiencies and any immune system dysfunction.
A love for children
May freely admits a love for children and says her clinic is renowned for its work in this area.
Her clinic offers advanced natural strategies for many common childhood disorders, especially skin ailments, immune deficiencies and digestive complaints.
“The sooner you can see children, study them and set a course of future action the better their lives will be,” she says.
May suggests that re–education of her clients about their body’s functions is very much a key to her work.
She also says that the work is hard, particularly when it comes to making the clients understand they must help themselves, and it’s certainly not just a matter of handing out pills.
May says her profession is not always appreciated in the wider medical field, but its successes are well documented and more and more people are seeking advice and help from the experts in natural medicine. | 
