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Articles of interest, recent research and how best to use herbs in our lives.

Insomnia - Lack of sleep can lead to weight gain, diabetes.

Do you sleep well each night. Do you get your 8 hours and awake feeling refreshed...ready to take on the challenges of the day?

If you answered no to these questions then you are far from alone.

Oats - research shows Oats are fantastic for sooting the skin

Anti-itch, anti-inflammatory compound found in Oats

Research has told us that Oats (Avena sativa) is one of the super foods of this century. It not only helps to lower cholesterol but it also is a great glucose leveller (its great food for those with glucose intolerance and diabetes), its a fantastic source of fibre and is especially useful in combating the risk of colo-rectal cancer and disease.

Finally science has been able to prove what herbalists and natural therapists have long known that oats is one of natures best skin soothers.
Researchers have identified the substance within oats that not only soothes the skin, is anti-inflammatory but is also anti-itch as well!

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Calendula - The Herb that Heals

Using herbs for health is a huge topic but I want to talk today about a particular skin healing herb and how we use it in our Universal Herbal Ointment.

Our Universal Herbal Ointment combines twelve herbs and 8 essential oils to produce a truly healing salve for broken and distressed skin. We have clients use this ointment on everything from broken skin, cuts, grazes and ulcers to cold sores, scabies, shingles, chicken pox and even mosquito bites.

They have even had great success using it in conjunction with our Chickweed & Plantain Salve on eczema, psoriaris and dermatitis.

So why is this so?

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Native Lemon Grass as Effective as Asprin

This article was recently broadcast on the ABC news... its so very exciting to see more investigations into our native plants!

Native Lemongrass (Cymbopogon ambiguus), a type of grass native to Central Australia, has recently been scientifically proven to be as effective as Aspirin in the treatment of migraines, headaches, muscular pains and inflammation.

Calendula for Leg Ulcers

We recently had a surprising phone call from an elderly gent who wanted a jar of our Universal Herbal Ointment ...apparently his leg ulcer was now healing after only two applications whereas for the past 12 months he had been fighting a losing battle with the ulcer and had been in danger of losing his leg.

We knew that 'Universal' was pretty amazing so we decided to look to the scientific community to see what they had to say. We had chosen Calendula as one of the major healing herbs in our ointment so we did a Pub Med search. A 2005 clinical study found that the herb Calendula was more effective in treating leg ulcers than the currently accepted treatment methods.

Aloe Vera

Summer is finally here and this is the time of year where the humble aloe vera plant comes into its own. We can use aloe vera products to help with the effects of minor burns - including sunburn - and assist in the healing of minor skin injuries.

Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis) is a fleshy cactus like plant originally from Africa but now is cultivated world wide. The fleshy gel inside each and every leaf constains several substances which promote epidermal (skin) healing and helps with inflammation.

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