Winter tips

Are you winter ready?

We’re into the coldest and darkest days of the year, and we start to feel like hibernating. So now is a good time to prepare for the season by making sure we’re stocked up on some winter necessities, so we can hunker down if we need to. In the kitchen Some winter supplies: Check yourContinue reading “Are you winter ready?”

More Winter Self-care

The Body as an Electrical Battery Pack As well as considering our chemistry and biology, what if we were also electrical? Some schools of thought suggest this and that, like batteries, if we don’t have the right polarity and are not sufficiently charged this can lead to cancer and chronic inflammatory conditions. Are there someContinue reading “More Winter Self-care”

Managing Respiratory Symptoms

So you’ve read our article on staying healthy over winter, but you got sick anyway. That’s life – we do our best to look after ourselves, but sometimes our bodies need a bit extra. Maybe they’re telling us to slow down and rest, or maybe we need to have a clean out. Treat early Stop.Continue reading “Managing Respiratory Symptoms”

Steam for Nasal Congestion

There is some debate about whether it is safe to do steam inhalations for temporary relief of nasal congestion. They have been used for many decades and our practitioners have seen good results. But they do use very hot water, so you need to be very careful, especially with children. We don’t recommend using thisContinue reading “Steam for Nasal Congestion”

Winter Tonics

Winter is a time we need extra TLC, and supporting ourselves with the right tonic or two can help. But they can also be helpful at other times of the year. Citrus Tonic This is very beneficial in the winter months. It’s important to use organic produce for this, as you will be extracting allContinue reading “Winter Tonics”

Winter Soups

Soups are a great food for winter. Many cultures have sayings similar to “Chicken broth cures all ills”. Broth has many healing properties, so is the base for many winter soups. The first two also both include coconut as a good fat to make the soup more sustaining. So the soups are dairy free butContinue reading “Winter Soups”

Case study – Whooping cough

This client didn’t go to a doctor for a diagnosis, but the symptoms were consistent with whooping cough or 100 day cough. This what he did to treat his symptoms. Lifestyle Plenty of rest Propped up on a wedge as much as possible Kept hydrated Vitamins Other Nutritional Essential oils Energy healing Results There areContinue reading “Case study – Whooping cough”

Staying Healthy Through Winter

A couple of our recent articles covered some ways to maintain health year round. A March article was all about good dental health. Our February article Back to School or Work Health Tips covered: As winter approaches, adding in some other good habits can help build immunity, reducing the chance of a respiratory illness, orContinue reading “Staying Healthy Through Winter”