Our Story
Dr. Dílis Clare
Dílis Clare, BSc, MB, BCh, DRCOG, BSc (Herbal Medicine) trained in Medicine at University College Dublin Medical School, Ireland, and in Herbal Medicine at Middlesex University, UK.
She is a leading authority on Herbal Medicine in Europe and has worked in Collaborative Medical Care since 1999, integrating the best of both pharmaceutical and herbal medicine. Alongside clinical work, she established what is now Dr Clare Apothecary in Galway at this time that has been a trusted supplier of herbal products ever since.
She is an Honorary Clinical Fellow at the University College Medical School, Galway, Ireland, and has served on the accreditation board of the National Institute of Herbal Medicine (NIMH, UK). Her current commitments include teaching integrated clinical skills for the NIMH-accredited Heartwood Professional Herbal Medicine course.
Tim Morrissey
Tim was awarded a PhD in Geology from University College Dublin in 2003. Since then he has had a varied career with stints in banking, music, energy research, project management, editing, and writing. His wife Lara Jonasdottir introduced him to the world of herbal medicine two decades ago and he has been fascinated ever since.
Despite its widespread use and demonstrated effectiveness today, herbal medicine is not part of mainstream medicine. How did this situation arise? Is it justified in light of the available evidence? Uprooted Medicine attempts to answer these questions by providing a comprehensive look into the history of medicine from ancient times right up to the 2020s. In the process, many aspects of medicine are looked at in a fresh light, including how progress in medicine has faltered across numerous areas in recent years.
The positive message for those patients who are currently struggling in the system is that there are more options available to them than they might realise. However, awareness of, and confidence in, a wider health approach that encompasses herbal medicine is generally lacking. Much heavy lifting is done in this book to address this gap as the reader is taken on an extended journey across the medical landscape where the primary focus is always on patient outcomes.
The resultant narrative strongly supports the notion of ‘collaborative medicine’. This translates as identifying the best of both worlds in terms of modern medical advances and proven nature-based healing approaches. This reflects the career of Dr. Dilis Clare who has successfully combined the roles of doctor and herbalist for the benefit of her patients since the mid-1990s.
It is hoped that the book will empower patients and the general public to expand their horizons, prompt those operating within the system to study the results of their efforts, and provide reassurance to a range of proficient health practitioners outside the system that they are providing much necessary benefit.