About Vital Health and Natural Medicine
Vital Health and Natural Medicine is a functional medicine naturopath clinic in Melbourne's northwest. We don't manage symptoms. We investigate what's driving them.
Book Your Free 20-Minute Call →The Clinic
Vital Health and Natural Medicine is a single-practitioner naturopathic clinic in Kealba, Melbourne's northwest. Founded and led by Domenic Pisanelli — a naturopath with over 25 years of clinical experience, a Bachelor of Health Science in Naturopathy, and ATMS registration.
The clinic exists for one reason: most patients with chronic, unresolved health conditions have already been told their results are normal. They've done the rounds — GP appointments, specialist referrals, standard blood panels — and still have no answers.
Vital Health was built for those patients.
Our Approach
We use NutriPath functional pathology — including GI microbiome mapping, salivary hormone testing, and organic acids panels — to identify the actual drivers of your symptoms, not just their labels.
Every treatment plan is built from your results. Not from a template. Not from a list of standard supplements. From your data, your history, and your clinical picture.
See How a Consultation Works →Meet Domenic
Hear directly from Domenic about the ROOT Method™, why he built Vital Health, and what a functional medicine approach actually looks like in practice.
Book Your Free 20-Minute Call →What Makes This Clinic Different
Every patient at Vital Health goes through a detailed clinical investigation before a single recommendation is made. Functional pathology reveals the specific imbalance that has been missed — not a broad sweep, but targeted testing selected for your clinical presentation.
Domenic has spent 25 years working with patients whose conditions conventional medicine couldn't fully resolve — chronic fatigue, gut disorders, hormonal imbalance, autoimmune conditions, and metabolic dysfunction. That clinical depth shapes every consultation.
You see Domenic at every appointment. There is no rotation of practitioners, no handoffs, and no loss of context between visits. Every consultation builds on the last, tracked against your biomarker data.
Clinical Framework
Developed over 25 years of clinical practice. Four structured stages that every patient moves through — from first consultation to measurable results.
A complete review of your symptom timeline, everything previously tested, every treatment tried and its outcome. Nothing is assumed. Everything is relevant.
Not a blanket screen. Testing selected specifically for your clinical presentation — GI microbiome, salivary hormones, organic acids, and more where indicated.
Results interpreted in full clinical context, not just against a lab reference range. A result that sits within "normal" can still be clinically significant.
A protocol built directly from your findings. Clinical nutrition, herbal medicine, targeted supplementation, and lifestyle modifications with measurable checkpoints.
What We Treat
Standard care manages the label. Functional medicine finds the driver. These are the conditions we see most often — and where advanced testing consistently reveals what standard pathology misses.
IBS, SIBO, leaky gut, bloating, microbiome dysfunction, and food intolerances that expand over time.
PCOS, perimenopause, thyroid disorders, endometriosis, and hormonal imbalances not fully explained by standard serum testing.
Post-viral fatigue, adrenal burnout, and persistent low energy — investigated at the mitochondrial and adrenal level.
Hashimoto's, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease — naturopathic support alongside medical management.
Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and unexplained weight gain — functional testing identifies drivers beyond caloric intake.
Gut-brain connection, adrenal health, and the biochemical drivers behind anxiety — addressed at the physiological root.
Why Patients Choose Vital Health
"In one consultation, Domenic found the issue. Two weeks later I was back to the version of myself I had missed for almost a year — full of vitality and energy again."
— Lia L., Chronic Fatigue Patient | View All Google Reviews →
The Practitioner
Domenic Pisanelli is the founder and sole practitioner at Vital Health and Natural Medicine. He holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Naturopathy and is registered with the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (ATMS).
With over 25 years of clinical practice, he has built this clinic specifically around complex, chronic cases that haven't responded to conventional approaches. Most patients who come to Domenic have already spent years being told their results are normal.
His clinical approach is grounded in functional pathology, root-cause investigation, and the ROOT Method™ — a framework developed from decades of working with patients whose standard results came back normal, but who were anything but well.
Existing Patients
If you're an existing patient and ready to book your next initial or follow-up consultation, you can do that directly below. Appointments are available in-clinic at Kealba or via telehealth anywhere in Australia.
New patient? Book a free 20-minute discovery call first →
The free 20-minute discovery call is where it starts. No referral needed. No commitment. You talk through your situation — Domenic tells you whether functional testing is likely to give you the answers you've been missing.
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