We may all come into contact with Covid at some point in the next year or so, so we wanted to find some evidence based tips for helping manage Covid 19 at home. Check out our 10 self isolation tips for managing Covid at home. Please note – always follow medical...
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...
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...
Echinacea root has such an interesting and varied use as an immune tonic. Native Americans valued the remedy for wound healing, when there was no antibiotics, herbs were used to support the body’s immune response. Echinacea was highly valued for this and for...
Probiotics form part of the Microbiome – the vast array of beneficial bacteria, yeasts and fungi that live inside us – and off us – without harming us. In fact, these bacteria form beneficial arrangement with us ~ These are our friends with benefits....
This is a question I often ponder to myself. Why don’t pharmaceutic preparations use herbs anymore? Is it that they have forgotten about their efficacy? Is it that they find the cost too prohibitive? Is it because they believe that their compounded chemical...
Tooth decay is largely preventable. Here are 12 tips to help you prevent tooth decay. If you follow these rules you should have better dental health and less decay. Tooth decay is like rotting wood. Once it starts it becomes contagious. Treat early for the very best...
UTI’s. Nobody likes them. They are a pain, quite literally in the urethra! The immune system gets compromised from the very fact that it hasn’t been able to clear the infection, and the only orthodox treatment that work are Antibiotics. These antibiotics...
Why are nutrients so important for the immune system? When you listen to a Medical Herbalist, Naturopath or Nutritionist talk about the immune system, inevitably the topic of nutrients comes up. White blood cells are the main fighters in the immune army. To make these...
