Allopathic therapist Cara J. Marino, of Green Enchantments, believes that Western medicine systems and herbal medicine lack awareness and insight of one another, but if combined as an integrated and collaborative system, there is a positive benefit in functional performance, vitality and quality of life to reduce the symptomology or overall risk for illness/disease.

She notes that occupational therapy and herbalism can be a beneficial collaborative holistic approach for clients ages 18 and up, secondary to a similar approach of improving functional performance of not only the body, but the mind and spiritual being. “Both practices are focused on promoting, adapting and modifying an individual’s daily routine in order to increase one’s level of independence; from pain management due to arthritis or fibromyalgia to increasing vitality, due to the impact of depression or Hashimoto’s disease.”

Occupational therapy and herbalism integrate the importance of viewing an individual as a wholistic being, not merely the symptoms or diagnosis. Green Enchantments offers both online remedies for the general public and individualized consultations.