Chamomile
Chamomile is presenty flowering on my back lawn. I will harvest these flowers and dry them then use them as a herbal tea. This tea is used calm the nervous system and improve digestion.
Food Feast: Warragul Greens/New Zealand Spinach aka Tetragonia tetragonoides. Easy nutritious green to grow in your garden (likes moisture) and you can find it along the Aussie shorelines (tastes a bit saltier). High in Vit C, magnesium, phytonutrients and fibre, this food has been a favourite of Australian indigenous peoples and early European colonists and had a resurgence of interest as a Bush Tucker option easy to grow in our own gardens. The leaf is mild to the taste and soft to the palate so easily incorporated into pies, pestos, salads and salsas. It contains some oxalic acid so those with kidney issues consult with a Practitioner first if you are concerned.
The rate of change in the world has put big demands on people – demands to do more, work harder and “soldier on” in the face of illness. Before there was a pharmaceutical industry – with it’s “wonder drugs” that prevented and treated disease – healing was the result of a process, not a tablet…
I’ve been impressed by the wealth of insight patients get when they do an Omega-3 index test. It’s a simple finger prick test. I haven’t used it as much as I would like – until now – because I’ve had to send clients off to a 3rd party laboratory. It tells you useful information about…
Early research supporting the memory-boosting powers of essential oils like rosemary, lavender, citrus and eucalyptus – which are in my Skin Magik moisturiser.
The story of how my original Skin Magik moisturiser came to be – and how it treats dry and irritated skin. (And also soothes your mind.)
Research on chronic pain has shown that massage can be as useful for pain management as paracetamol and Nurofen (and you don’t have to worry about constipation and other side effects). I’m running a 1/2 day Massage for Couples workshop on the afternoon of Sunday February 16th, 2020. Come along and you can learn…