Melatonin/Sleeping

It is produced by the pineal gland (near the brain). It is a neurotransmitter hormone that regulates circadian rhythms-or, your patters of sleep. Research has shown that the cells of the body rejuvenate and repair during the deeper stages of sleep. Deeper stages of IV sleep help produce natural "CD4" killer cells-which are important to a strong immune function. Deep sleep also helps energize the body and improve mood. Melatonin has powerful antioxidant effects-which also helps disease prevention, hypersensitivity and premature aging. Studies also link it to inhibiting breast cancer cell proliferation.

Herbal Dispensary

Our Herbal Dispensary offers you the ability to create individualized botanical formulas using our extensive stock of herbal extracts and essential oils.

Everybody is unique with specific issues and concerns. Now you can create herbal formulas that match your own needs. Herb extracts may be purchased as a single extract or in the blended formula of your own choosing (up to 10 extracts per formula.)

Compounded has a qualified herbalist on board to answer your questions and formulate a product suitable for your needs. We use only tried and tested remedies with great results.

We can formulate herbal creams, tinctures, syrups and nasal sprays for all conditions

Salivary Hormone Testing

Saliva testing is the most reliable way to measure free, “bioavailable” hormone activity at a cellular level. This differs from most blood tests which do not measure “bioavailable” hormone levels.

Free steroid hormones passively traverse into the cells in the salivary gland and flow with the fluid that passively accompanies Na+ that is pumped by the sodium/potassium ATPase mechanism. Thus, there is no change in hormone concentration with change in flow rate. Bound steroids are too large to diffuse freely through the salivary cells into the salivary gland lumen as they have a large molecular weight. Total blood hormone levels are not comparable to saliva levels and can only be loosely compared using the approximate ratio (1- 10%) of free to bound hormones.

Saliva testing can help identify hormonal imbalances that may be causing chronic health problems. Testing can be used to monitor the effects of bioidentical/ natural hormone replacement therapy.

• Testing measures free, bio-available hormones levels
• Baseline hormone levels can be assessed and hormone replacement therapy can be easily monitored and adjusted
• Painless, non-invasive and economical and can be done at home
• Specimens are sent directly to the laboratory without special handling
• Multiple saliva collections can be taken in a single day or over a number of weeks to evaluate levels
• Hormones are stable in saliva at room temperature
• Transport of saliva to laboratory by overnight courier from anywhere within Australia

Conditions/Symptoms Associated with Hormone Imbalance