The initial herbal consultation actually starts before we meet for the first time.  Upon confirming your appointment, I will send you a Zoom appointment link and a comprehensive intake form, which will take between 30-40 minutes to complete.  Returning the completed form to me prior to the appointment will allow me to adequately prepare for our meeting.  During the appointment, we will talk for 45-60 minutes.  I will ask about a number of aspects of your life and your health, driven by your primary reason for coming to see me as well as the responses on your intake form.  My goal is to get a complete picture of how you are doing overall, and where you need some support. After the initial discussion, I will formulate a treatment strategy, either before the end of the consultation or within 24 hours.  This will include custom herbal blends in your preferred format (tea, powder, tincture).  I will also offer some suggestions for supporting diet and lifestyle modifications (for example, add ‘one more’ vegetable to your daily routine, meditate for 5 minutes before bed).  Together we will select the suggestions that you are most comfortable with, and that you believe will be most helpful (and achievable).  It’s important to me that the proposed strategy is a joint venture; I very much want you to be in charge of your health.  The first appointment typically takes about 90 minutes.  Follow-ups generally take about 60 minutes.  You may purchase your custom-blended herbs in the compounding facility at Maryland University of Integrative Health in Laurel, MD, to pick up or have them mailed to you. Visit my Herbal Consultations page for greater detail on the experience.