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.
Garlic and horseradish have been known to reduce hayfever symptoms since time immemorial. More recently, orange peel has been identified as another (and sweeter) effective treatment. Orange peel contains natural chemicals similar to anti-histamines that can help you deal better with allergies and hayfever. It’s a good idea to use organic fruit that hasn’t been…
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…
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.
I’ve been working in CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) for many years, and one powerful healing modality I use is massage. I find that teaching massage is enormous fun as just a little know-how and technique delivers a whole new experience. I’ve been running various Massage classes since 1992, and Massage for Couples (mostly at…
Travel tips to keep you alert and flexible to get to your destination with minimum stress and fatigue
To procrastinate is to be human (if animals do, we haven’t worked out how to tell yet). But we know a lot more about how procrastination works, thanks to Dr Piers Steel, author of the book “The Procrastination Equation”. Thanks to Dr Steel, we can pull apart the behaviour we call procrastination and work out…