Jan de Vries

A regular bi-monthly clinic is held by Jan de Vries at our centre, please contact for further details or to make an appointment.

Jan de Vries is a name that has been synonymous with expert complementary healthcare for over 40 years, both here in the UK and abroad.

 

Born in Holland in 1937, Jan de Vries graduated in the field of pharmacy before going on two years later, to meet Dr Alfred Vogel, the man who was to have a profound influence on the rest of his life.

 Dr Alfred Vogel, the famous Swiss naturopath, introduced Jan to what is now referred to as ‘complementary medicine’. Jan was so impressed by this man and what he told him that he left pharmacy to study first homœopathy, then later on the areas of osteopathy, naturopathy and acupuncture. In 1960, Jan de Vries and Dr Alfred Vogel started the very first naturopathic clinic in Holland.

 

In 1970, Jan set up his first UK clinic in Troon, Scotland and he still practices there today, albeit at a new location, ‘Auchenkyle’. Jan now has a total of four complementary healthcare clinics, three affiliated clinics plus a number of health and diet shops across the UK and Ireland.

Jan’s clinics offer a range of his disciplines from Osteopathy and Naturopathy to Herbal Medicine, Homœopathy plus much more. A keen author, Jan has written over 30 books on a host of health problems and is also a regular feature writer in many newspapers and magazines across the country. He also broadcasts regularly on radio and television and is in constant demand as a popular and insightful lecturer.

 

As well as receiving many awards over the years, Jan de Vries has most recently been made an Honorary Professor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University College. His future aims and objectives are to develop the philosophies and education of complementary therapies with the students of the University, while establishing a leading complementary healthcare library of international importance.