How can phytotherapy help me? Phytotherapy can treat most medical conditions, from short term ailments to long term illness, and under the supervision of a qualified phytotherapist plant medicines may safely be used alongside orthodox treatment and medication. Phytotherapy is a holistic therapy, which aims to discover and treat the underlying causes of an individual's illness, looking at the patient as a 'whole person' while at the same time aiming to relieve more immediate symptoms. Practitioners are trained to recognise when a condition requires referral to a doctor or other healthcare professional