Conditions
Lyme Disease & Tick-Borne Illness
Amina is one of Australia's most experienced Lyme-literate naturopaths and the author of Lyme Natural. She supports patients living with Lyme Borreliosis, its co-infections and the chronic symptoms that so often come with them.
Book a ConsultationLyme disease, or Lyme Borreliosis, is one of the most misunderstood illnesses in Australia. Many people spend years searching for answers, often after travelling overseas, a tick bite they may not even remember, or a slow slide into chronic ill-health that their standard test results do not explain.
Amina Eastham-Hillier has worked with Lyme and tick-borne illness for much of her career. She is the author of Lyme Natural, a handbook used by naturopaths, GPs and patients, and she presents internationally on complex stealth infections. Her work here is naturopathic support that sits alongside your medical care.
Why Lyme is so often missed
Lyme Borreliosis can affect every system in the body, and its symptoms overlap with dozens of other conditions. Bloods can look "normal" while a person feels profoundly unwell. The picture is often complicated further by co-infections and by mould illness, which frequently travels with chronic infection.
This is exactly the kind of complex, multi-layered case Amina focuses on: piecing together history, timeline and testing to understand what is actually driving your symptoms.
How Amina supports Lyme patients
Rather than chasing symptoms one by one, Amina works to support the terrain, the body's resilience, so it is better able to cope. A typical approach considers:
- Immune and nervous-system support through herbal medicine and nutrition
- Gut health, since so much of immunity and resilience begins there
- Detoxification and drainage pathways, supported gently and in the right order
- Co-infections and mould, assessed and factored into the plan
- Pacing and lifestyle, because recovery from chronic illness is rarely linear
Every plan is individualised. Herbs and nutrients are chosen for you, never from a template, and adjusted as you progress.
Working together
Most patients begin with a thorough initial consultation, online, by phone or in-clinic. Where it adds clarity, Amina may suggest functional or genetic testing. From there, you will have a clear, considered plan and ongoing review.
If you have been told everything is "normal" but you know something isn't right, you are in the right place.
Common questions
Good to know
No. Diagnosis is a medical matter, and many patients come to Amina already diagnosed, or with specialised laboratory testing, often arranged through their doctor or an overseas lab. Amina's role is naturopathic support that works alongside your medical care, not a diagnosis or a replacement for it.
Naturopathic and herbal medicine can support the body's resilience, immune function, gut health and detoxification pathways while you navigate a complex, chronic illness. Outcomes vary from person to person, and Amina works within what the evidence and her professional association allow. She does not promise cures.
No. Most Lyme and stealth-infection patients consult with Amina online or by phone, from across Australia and internationally. In-clinic appointments in Pomona are available by arrangement.
Lyme rarely travels alone. Amina routinely considers co-infections (such as Bartonella and Babesia) and overlapping mould illness, which is why a thorough history and, where useful, functional testing matter so much.
Ready to find some answers?
Book an initial consultation with Amina, online, by phone or in-clinic on the Sunshine Coast.