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Dr. Rachel Worth-Cappell

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Dr. Rachel Worth-Cappell

Naturopathic Doctor in Victoria, BC offering natural options to optimize diet and lifestyle, hormones, mental health, sexual health.

11/18/2025

If the shape of the year was a rollercoaster (and wow was it ever one), we are well into the downward arc of the ride. In the 24-point solar calendar of Chinese medicine, this is Beginning of Winter, lì dōng. We are in the descent now.

See you in the spring, flowers 🌺

Try your best to treat yourself like the tender little mammal that you are - stay warm, protect against the cold, nourish your fire, and guard your stores. The Kidneys - Adrenals - Bladder are working hard for us these months and it’s no surprise that we take care of them through rest and sleep this season. Notice how the Land knows how to rest.

Consider ways to nourish the kidneys, adrenals and bladder through food and herbs:
✨substitute raw vegetables and cold foods with soups, stews and bone broths
✨enjoy warming and sweet foods like oats, roasted nuts, ✨steamed winter greens and root veggies
✨add in (reasonably) salty flavours, like miso and soy sauce

my go to herbs are tossed into a pot of water for herbal chai during the cold season:
✨cinnamon sticks
✨cloves
✨ginger
✨black pepper
✨digestive aids like fennel seeds and cardamom
✨a touch of reishi for tonifying the immune system

‘Tis the season of the Sleeptytime Bear 🐻

10/13/2025

Today I am grateful for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Even in this small relief, I know this is only the beginning as P@lestinians in G@za are still trying to survive. I have very few good words, except to express my responsibility to point to, and dismantle, systems, powers and people that allow for the horrors of white supremacist colonial capitalism to occur.

There is no pride in gen0cide — here, there or anywhere.

These are both/and times. Both grief and praise exist in the same world. In the midst of immense pain, the flowers bloom, the sun shines and Beings — here, there and everywhere — create beautiful things and in doing so, make a world worth fighting for.

Free P@lestine, free C0ngo, free Sud@n, Land Back.

09/28/2025

Let’s talk periooods!

and I recently did our first AMA on menstruation this past week and we did the recon for you. Here are some takeaways:

⏰ Cycle length

What’s normal?
Consistent cycles that range from 21-35 days.

When should I talk to my doctor?
Anything shorter than 21 or longer than 35 days, or sustained shifts of >7 days of your cycles.

🩸 Menstrual flow

What’s normal?
Flow that ranges from 3-7 days and less than 80 ml/cycle — consider that a light tampon/pad holds 3 mls, a regular holds 6 mls, and a super holds 10-12 mls.

When should I talk to my doctor?
Flow longer than a week, or frequent spotting throughout the month, or more than 80 ml of bleeding each cycle.

😓 Pain

What’s normal?
Mild cramping is common because of the inflammatory signals that are released during this the premenstrual and menstrual phase. This kind of cramping should be able to be managed with anti-inflammatories (at worst).

When should I talk to my doctor?
When your pain is debilitating, causes you to miss work or school several days each month, or if anti-inflammatories don’t cut it.

💩 GI symptoms

What’s normal?
Looser stool and bloating are common in the premenstrual and early days of me**es because of those inflammatory signals.

When should I talk to my doctor?
When you have bowel incontinence, blood or mucus in your stool (at any time of the month).

📣 MOST IMPORTANTLY, talk to other people who menstruate! All those “cringey” details are actually essential for yours and others’ healthcare. When we hear each other’s stories, we start to understand what is normal and not normal with our cycles and can help us, and those around us, make empowered choices to pursue help when we need it.

09/25/2025

✨Hi, hello, hey!✨

I’m Rachel/Dr. Rachel. I’m a Naturopathic Doctor and human living uncomfortably at the intersection of Land, medicine, justice, and spirituality.

In my small corner of the world, I do my best to push back against intersecting systems of oppression, and as I enter my middle years I try (with varying success) to do so at the pace of my nervous system.

I am grateful for the many activists, mentors, healthcare providers, philosophers and ancestors who have shaped me. At the core, the Land was my first, and will always be, my best teacher.

As a naturopath at Sacred Grove Naturopathic, I lovingly weave traditional medicine, functional medicine, and a pinch of trauma-informed magic to support people coming home to themselves.

This is a profound privilege.

Those who benefit from working with me resonate with the following:

🌸Community + systemic care > individual care
🌸You can be evidence-based AND witchy
🌸Plants are people too
🌸There is no such thing as a magic wand/pill
🌸Colonial capitalist cis-heteropatriatchy SUCKS
🌸Fascism, racism, ableism SUCKS
🌸You do not need to tenderly accept other’s bu****it

Welcome to my little slice of the internet. So much gratitude to those who have been here along the way🤍

📸: (stole this from a Geddes’ Girls photoshoot🌚)

09/11/2025

Join myself and Dr. Taylor Brohm, ND for an AMA to dispel myths and ask your curious, embarrassing, “TMI” and cringey questions about periods.

Wanna know what the heck is happening to your hormones? We got you, no question too silly. AMA is a loose framework to ask…anything. If you’re shy, we have options for you to ask anonymously.

Not sure you have a question? No problem. We guarantee you’ll still learn something. This event is for bleeders and non-bleeders alike, who include past, present and future bleeders and the never-have-never-wills.

Come for the info, stay for the laughs. Bonus: we’ll do it while sipping on herbal mocktails.

Can’t drive to Pembroke? No problem, we’ll send out a zoom link for those who want to join virtually.

Registration $5. Link in the bio ☝🏻

09/10/2025

The season of earthly delights🌞

May you find yourself outside, with friends, with plants, with plants who are friends, singing at the top of your lungs, making beauty, sharing gifts.

You are cringe and you are free🫶🏻

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1864 Oak Bay Avenue
Victoria, BC

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 5:15pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	10:45am - 5:15pm

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http://www.sacredgrovenaturopathic.com/

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