Stress – Stress is a normal part of life – we are designed to be able to cope with stress and the mechanisms with which we are designed to cope with stress are maintained by ‘Stress hormones’. These hormones alter body chemistry so that we can deal with stress...
The Vaccine When the pandemic started back in February 2020 I was fascinated – a whole new disease to learn about and already so much conjecture h ad begun about it. Was it leaked from a lab, what does the disease do to the body, who does it attack, what sort of...
Symptoms such as runny nose, itchy nose & eyes, especially on windy days & from season to season are a giveaway that you have seasonal allergies. What are seasonal allergies & what has this got to do with our immune system? How can we use foods, plants...
A research paper by Susan Arentz, et al titled ‘Combined Lifestyle and Herbal Medicine in Overweight Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): A Randomized Controlled Trial’ has shown promise when using multiple therapies in a clinic setting as well as...
How to make your own fabric softener using essential oils. This simple and easy recipe involves 1 ingredient and some essential oils to make your washing smell divine. Place it in the fabric softener compartment of your machine so it goes through the wash on its final...
6 years later & mid-way through a Covid-19 pandemic, I reflected on 6 years in business and how sharing our herbal remedies with the locals of Chirstchurch has been. I always say you learn the most from your customers and clients. You are the ones who tell us what...
With cases now in New Zealand we have had a lot of requests for cold and flu remedies a lot earlier this season! So is there any evidence for Herbal Remedies treating Coronavirus? We like to keep a traditional and up-to-date evidence based approach here at the...
We are serious about bridging the gap between shopping locally & sustainably so we have partnered up with local business and taken the plunge to make refilling a viable option for you – our favourite customers. We aim to have lots more things available for...
Iodine deficiency is something of the past and the ‘goitre’ which is an enlarged thyrdoid no longer exists. We set out to eradicate this largely preventable health issue by adding iodine (potassium iodate) to table salt. Since this introduction, goitre...
With the climate crisis well and truly upon us, individual actions to bring about change are just as important as government level, business & system change. Some major adaptations will need to take place. The world we live in now will look very different in 20...
Hell on earth – yes that’s what climate change above 4 degrees will be. I know it’s a bit doomsday and some people don’t even want to acknowledge that it’s even true but deep-breath. Leave them to their conspiracies and complacency. Closer to the year 2100 we...
We know what it’s like. You bought that supplement thinking it was going to solve your (insert XYZ problem here) and it didn’t work, or you thought it wasn’t helping, so you stopped it & its now sitting in the cupbard taking up room. But what if...
