We are a traditional herbal apothecary in Bristol providing easily accessible professional Herbal Medicine to the public.
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Welcome to Urban Fringe DispensaryWe are a traditional herbal apothecary in Bristol providing easily accessible professional Herbal Medicine to the public. Urban Fringe Dispensary offers free expert over-the-counter advice, private consultations, and very high quality bespoke herbal medicines, many of which are made from locally grown herbs.
There are also three lovely treatment rooms which offer a range of other complementary therapies and treatments.
Treatments and Therapies
- Herbal Medicine
- Acupuncture
- Therapeutic Massage
- Swedish Massage
- Reflexology
- Craniosacral Therapy
- Shiatsu
- Personal Consultancy
About UsWhat is the Urban Fringe?
This is all the wild and cultivated green spaces in and around the city. This is what we use to help city people form a more satisfying relationship with the natural world. By learning about herbal medicine in a modern context we can start to free our minds from the over-stimulation of consumerism, and engage more directly with living processes that have created and sustain us all. And if that’s not enough, we can show you the incredible healing properties of some common weeds growing around and about, that you’ve probably never really paid much attention to. We reckon this knowledge is important.
It makes sense to grow medicinal plants here in the UK, to build up community resilience in the face of near future changes in legislation and the availability of resources. We want to spread the knowledge and skills required to use native and local plants and medicinal preparations, empowering folk to take responsibility for their health and the health of the community. We want there to be a herbalist on every street.
A Herbal Dispensary
The Urban Fringe Dispensary is about herbal medicine in the context of urban transition culture. It has been set up by Bristol Herbalist, Max Drake, with the aim of providing a shared knowledge base and use of local resources, including wild and cultivated herbs for medicines.
You will find us at our shop, dispensary and clinic on Colston Street in Bristol. You can come in here and get free impartial information on health and how a holistic approach might be able to help you.
Our practice extends out from herbal medicine to include acupuncture, therapeutic massage, reflexology, shiatsu and craniosacral massage. Our practitioners all subscribe to our holistic principles, which is in effect our clinic manifesto.
What We Do
We do walks, talks, workshops, and run courses all connected to herbs and how to use them. These are designed for a whole range of individuals and interest groups, from absolute beginners to practising herbalists.
We are also engaged in cultivating medicinal herbs and mapping the local area for herbs that can be foraged sustainably for professional and domestic use. At the risk of stating the obvious, we believe that an essential part of learning herbal medicine is about getting to know the herbs. This includes what they look like, how they grow, and generally having a direct perceptual experience of them in their prime, whilst they are still in the soil. This is a factor that is largely missing from contemporary herbal medicine courses. Also, in the spirit of transition awareness, it makes sense to grow medicinal plants locally, to build up community resilience in the face of near future changes in legislation and availability of resources (such as the resources that are required for the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical medicines). It makes equal sense to spread the knowledge and skills required to use native and local plants and medicinal preparations, empowering folk to take responsibility for their health and the health of the community.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
BSc (hons) Health Science and Herbal Medicine
MNIMH
Service Categories
Acupuncture, Herbalists, Holistic Massage, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Sports Injury Therapy, Sports Massage, Swedish Relaxation Massage
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