The Green Clinic
Posted: Thursday, September 29th 2011
Some say that their career is a calling, something that they are destined to do. This is true for Abrah Arneson, clinical herbal therapist and owner of The Green Clinic, located on the second floor offices of the Scott Block on Gaetz Avenue downtown. Abrah began her business in 2006 after a four year intensive academic training program. Throughout her life, Abrah has always had a keen eye on the exploration of plants and herbal medicine. After traveling Europe and Asia, attending many retreats to learn about great medicine, and being hospitalized, Abrah decided to become an herbal therapist.
Moving The Green Clinic to downtown in November 2010, Abrah mentions that there are many great things about the downtown that attracted her. “I like that there are people walking on the street. It is very eclectic and different. There is a sense of community. There is an entrepreneurial and creative spirit that you can only find in the downtown.” Abrah also notes the abundance coffee shops in the downtown which are excellent as coffee serves as one of her favourite herbs.
Abrah’s clients range in age from 3 months to 89 years and they come from all walks of life and with a variety of issues. Her clients are proof that herbs can cure many health problems without requiring pharmaceuticals. “I was treating a 3 month old who had a wheeze,” says Abrah of one experience. “I mixed up a simple two herb remedy and two days later, the baby had no wheeze.”
Abrah is the only herbal therapist in Red Deer who does a full assessment of the issue and then makes an individualized treatment. “I always treat the root of the problem, not the symptom. I don’t give generalized, patented treatments.”
When she is not treating patients, Abrah is either teaching herbal medicine or teaching meditation at the Amaryllis Centre. She also continues to write her column “Herbs for Life” for the Red Deer Advocate and Central Alberta Life. Newest to her resume, is a book that Abrah is in the process of writing. The Herbal Apprenticeship: Plant Medicine in the Human Body explores the ecological point of view of the interdependence between plants and the human body. For more information about Abrah and her work, visit http://abraherbalist.com/index.html.
