Royal Babies
Hurrah! Kate and Wills will welcome their third child to the House of Windsor to join bonny Prince George and cute-as-a-button Princess Charlotte. Expected in the early months of 2018, […]
Author Archives: Helen @ Herbal Health Waiheke
Harvesting Hiccups
There are many cures for hiccups. Drink a glass of water through a straw with you ears plugged without taking a breath. Eat a spoonful of peanut butter whilst upside […]
Ring a Ring a Rosie
Here’s our latest blog connecting herbal medicine folklore with today’s more pharmaceutical slant on herbal medicine. What’s old is new and what’s new is old. Enjoy!
Star Wars
Social media isn’t always about trying to create the illusion of a perfect life (though it often is). Sometimes, it allows people to open up to the public in a […]
Happy New Year
If your New Year’s day dawned among the champagne corks, streamers and overflowing ashtrays of the previous night’s celebrations, you will already know that resolutions from the night before can […]
Pain Relief
Amsterdam in Holland was referred to for the first time on paper in 1275 as the settlement of “Aemstelredamme” meaning ‘dam in the river of Amstel’. Amsterdam has a long […]
Healthy Halloween
Straddling the line between fall and winter (or here in Aotearoa the line between spring and summer), Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have […]
Crafty Cleavers
Our gardens contain many plants with may seem run-of-the-mill, even what we call weeds, but these plants may also contain nutritional, medicinal and culinary benefits to help keep you and […]
Blue September
It’s that time of the year again. People are turning blue to raise awareness of prostate cancer. With more than 500 fathers, sons, brothers and grandfathers succumbing to prostate cancer […]
Beach Remedies
Swept up on most New Zealand beaches after a high tide or storm surge, seaweed has been gathered by Kiwi gardeners to keep the soil in their veggie gardens chock […]
