Goodman Holistic Therapies

17/11/2025

What is rosacea?

Rosacea is a skin condition. It’s recognised as reddened skin, usually occurring on the cheeks and nose. It particularly affects those with fair skin, and it becomes more common with age.
The redness can spread to your forehead, back, chest, ears, and even eyelids in severe cases or if triggered.
Fortunately, there are many ways to treat rosacea naturally. Some of these treatments are readily available and can be applied at home.
Natural treatments
Always talk with your doctor about changes to your skin. While rosacea is typically fairly benign, skin changes may indicate a more serious underlying condition that needs medical treatment.
If you’re diagnosed with rosacea without more serious underlying causes, you have options. Before you seek prescription medication — and if your rosacea isn’t too extreme — you may want to try some of the following:

Aloe vera
Gel from the inner leaf of the aloe vera plant is emollient and moisturizing. It can be successful as a topical remedy for rosacea.
Many moisturisers contain aloe. You can use these and follow package directions. Or, harvest a leaf from a live aloe plant and apply inner gel directly to your skin. It’s possible to be sensitive or allergic to aloe vera, so do a patch test before you apply it to larger areas.

Burdock
Burdock is available as a supplement, extract, or food.
As an edible remedy, burdock root can purify your liver and clear up skin conditions such as acne. Burdock plant extract can be an effective treatment for rosacea.

Chamomile
Like aloe, chamomile is common in moisturising skin products. It’s often used topically in herbal treatment for inflamed skin.
Many studies support it as a successful remedy. Purchase a moisturising product containing natural chamomile and use it by following label directions.
Chamomile essential oil can be diluted in a carrier oil and applied, too. You can also make chamomile tea, wait for it to cool, and apply as a skin wash or compress.

Coconut Oil
Moisturisers like coconut oil are popular for all sorts of inflammatory skin conditions, including rosacea.
There aren’t recent studies showing coconut oil to be effective for rosacea, but it could help as it’s a known anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and moisturiser.
Apply a small amount of high quality coconut oil to your skin. You can also use it as a carrier oil for appropriate essential oils if desired.

Comfrey
Comfrey is a plant that produces a compound called allantoin. This compound has drawn attention for alleviating skin reactions.
A 2017 study on a product containing allantoin found it improved symptoms with virtually no side effects. It also reduced redness and appearance.
Find products such as creams, lotions, or salves that contain natural comfrey or allantoin and follow label directions.

Feverfew
Feverfew is another plant frequently named as a natural rosacea remedy.
Feverfew has antioxidant qualities. It’s also known to protect against UV exposure, somewhat like a mild sunscreen.
UV exposure is sometimes known to worsen rosacea.
Be sure to use topical feverfew products that are parthenolide-free. Parthenolides may increase skin sensitivity.

Green tea
Green tea is very rich in antioxidants and is available as a tea and herbal supplement. Research has shown it can be effective in the treatment of rosacea.
Antioxidants are helpful for inflammation, including skin conditions. As such, green tea may be a popular ingredient in skin products and creams for rosacea. Applying topical products with green tea is the best method for treating rosacea.
Cooled green tea may also be used as a compress and you can drink the tea for numerous health benefits, too.

Lavender essential oil
Different essential oils may be used topically to improve rosacea. Of all these, lavender is the most-studied and easiest to obtain.
Dilute lavender essential oil in a carrier oil and apply to your skin. Or, mix some drops in your favorite moisturiser. Use about five drops per ounce of product.

Niacinamide
Niacinamide is a B vitamin found in foods. It’s not to be confused with niacin or vitamin B3.
It’s extracted into creams and lotions for topical skin conditions. Niacinamide is especially good for preventing and relieving skin flushing, which happens with rosacea.
Purchase creams containing niacinamide from reliable companies and follow label directions.

Oatmeal
Oatmeal is a long-time home remedy for rosacea. It’s thought to strengthen skin and reduce water loss, which can worsen the condition. Oatmeal may also help itching.
Some skin products, like face masks, include oatmeal as an ingredient — these are great options.
You can also mix a couple tablespoons of oatmeal with water and apply directly to your skin.

Raw honey
Some types of honey, especially raw honey, may be effective and easily-obtained relief for rosacea.
This may be because honey helps skin retain moisture and dryness worsens rosacea. In a 2015 study, a type of honey called kanuka (not to be confused with manuka) honey was shown to be very effective against rosacea.
Purchase a high quality, raw honey.
Kanuka, (or if you cannot source kanuka honey, try using manuka honey) is recommended. Apply a small amount directly to your skin.

Tea tree essential oil
Tea tree oil is useful for all sorts of skin conditions because of its anti-inflammatory properties. It can also help itching.
There aren’t many studies on tea tree oil for rosacea specifically. Nevertheless, its evidence for helping similar skin conditions makes it a great contender.
Tea tree essential oil can be diluted in a carrier oil and applied directly to your skin.

Turmeric
Turmeric is a famous herbal anti-inflammatory. It may be recommended for painful and inflamed rosacea symptoms. You can also eat the herb or use it in cooking for its numerous health benefits.
Try applying turmeric essential oil diluted in a carrier oil. Some creams and lotions contain turmeric. You can also mix turmeric powder with water and apply it to your skin as a poultice.

Lifestyle changes for rosacea
In addition to home remedies, certain lifestyle changes can be effective for managing your rosacea and avoiding rosacea’s most common triggers.
* Create a routine to manage stress and anxiety which can trigger rosacea flare-ups.
* Keep a food diary to determine and remove allergens or trigger foods from your diet.
* Eat more anti-inflammatory foods such as kale, ginger, and avocados, which are high in antioxidants and B vitamins such as niacinamide.
* Wear sunscreen regularly, or whenever you go outside, to prevent rosacea flare-ups from sun exposure and UV rays.
* Avoid certain medications, such as topical steroids, vasodilators, and beta-blockers, that could worsen rosacea or cause flushing.
Talk with your doctor before stopping any prescribed medication and ask about alternatives.
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15/11/2025

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10/11/2025

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10/11/2025

The Mind Medicine Room - using the power of your mind to heal yourself.

This should be taught in schools from an early age!
Feel free to pass on.
You could record yourself and play it back. Make sure you speak in a calm, measured manner, keeping your vocal tone low and soothing.
Turn off your phone and make sure you’re warm and comfortable, and unlikely to be disturbed.

From the late medium and healer Betty Shine's book "Mind Magic".

These are mostly Betty's words, but I have added bits and embellished.
The important thing is to practice regularly, use all the senses to create a powerful experience and not to worry if it doesn't come easily at first. It will. And just 'knowing' is enough, without the 'seeing'; that comes with the practice!

Sit down or lie down and close your eyes. Breathe deeply a few times.
Imagine a corridor. Walk along it until you see a door. There is a brass plaque on it, with your name on it. See it clearly. In the lock is a key. Imagine the key: it can be simple or very big and ornate. Unlock the door, go in and lock the door from the inside.
Look around you. This is your mind space, your mental pharmacy, clinic, recovery room, and you are going to mentally decorate it however you want it.
It can be as big or as small as you like. It can have windows overlooking a park, or a beach. Are there curtains or blinds? It can have a massage/therapy couch, a chaise longue, or a four-poster bed, or multi-coloured cushions on the floor. There may be an easy chair.
What is the floor covering? What are the colours of the walls? Are there paintings, mirrors?
What lighting is there? Is it adjustable, with a dimmer switch? Is it lit by gentle candlelight?
Add some cupboards and shelving. Add jars, flasks, vials and bottles with stoppers.
See a pile of blank labels and a pen. Imagine the colour of the labels - perhaps multicoloured and see the colour of the ink.
This is your pharmacy and your task from now on is to stock it with whatever you need at any given time. Do you get migraines or suffer from arthritis? Are you diabetic and need insulin each day? Do you take antidepressants or medication for anxiety or stress?
Whatever it is, you will now take the first step towards curing it.
Let us assume you are suffering from a headache. Visit your room, lock the door and sit. Mentally take one of the jars and a label and write "Headache pills" or "Headache water" if you prefer it to be a liquid healing agent - give this a colour. Let your imagination run wild. The pills could be purple and the liquid gold! Enjoy the process.
Now look inside the jar. By the simple act of labelling, headache pills will have magically appeared in it; enough to last you forever. So help yourself to 2 or 3 of them and suck or swallow them. Imagine a flavour- perhaps orange or strawberry. Perhaps they smell of lemons and fizz on your tongue like a sherbet lemon! Let your Inner Child create your own version of Hogwart’s Potions class and its magic!
Use ALL your senses to create as strong an image as possible.
Replace the jar on the shelf and sit or lie quietly in your room and the headache will go.

Impossible? Not so. But what have you actually done?
By projecting your mind toward the problem and knowing, without any doubt, you are going to be cured, you are releasing your own natural painkillers - endorphins. Your mind is controlling the actions of the body.

Visit your Mind Medicine Room every day, whether you are ill or not. Add something every time you enter it. Write more labels to put on empty jars. It is so much better to be prepared for every eventuality. One day it may be a matter of great urgency, but you will be prepared.
There is no end to the list of things you can add: cotton wool, slimming pills, hormone pills, ice packs, thyroid medication, painkillers, anti-inflammatories, energy pills or syringes of insulin, morphine etc etc. The possibilities are endless.
Even he**in, because addicts can use this method to kick their addictions. They would get the same stimulation without the physical harm to their bodies.

Whatever you believe to be in the jars, bottles, vials, flasks, so it will be.
Everything is energy, including our thoughts, so they are as real as the car you drive, the food you eat and the money in your pocket. Everything is energy: the wind, an ant, a rock, your words, your thoughts. Our thoughts and words NOW, create our FUTURE reality.
Think of where you are now in your life and examine your past beliefs, thoughts and words.
They invariably match up. So start thinking, believing and saying positive things today.

Many people find a spirit doctor or an angel of healing waiting for them when they enter their room. If this happens, just sit or lie down in your room and allow the healing or the psychic surgery to take place.

Visit your healing room every day for at least 5 minutes, whether you are ill or not.
Over the months and years you may change things in it. Maybe you'll want prettier bottles or some dramatic potions. Maybe a change of view or a bigger room or a change of furniture.
Time spent in your room will sp*ed up the cure when you are ill.
With this exercise, you are building energy, which is power. Its results will change your life.

(Betty says about cancer:)
Fortunately there is something more powerful than cancer, and that is the mind. With your mind you can reverse the workings of your body and reduce any tumour to the condition of a trembling jelly! Feeling angry that your body has turned on you? You can knock it for six with your aggression. Let the tumour feel the full force of your anger in return. Attack the tumour, or the white blood cells, with aggression. Don't give in, fight every inch of the way, and if you have to neglect your home, your family and friends in order to do so, then so be it. Don't deal with negative people; have no truck with negative thoughts. Keep the positivity coming.

To deal with a tumour, malignant or benign, the following visualisation exercise can be helpful.
First, allow yourself about 10 minutes of complete peace to prepare yourself for the fight ahead.
Now sit down, make yourself comfortable, close your eyes and breathe deeply 3 times.
Imagine yourself in a garden. You are standing in the middle of the lawn and you're wearing very loose clothes and sandals. The sun is coming up and you can feel the warmth of the sun penetrating the whole of your body, relaxing every muscle.
Now walk to the bottom of the lawn where you will find 10 steps going down to a terrace. Descend the steps slowly and count them as you go: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10.
You reach the terrace and look out towards a landscape of mountains, forests and rivers. This is your MInd Space. It belongs only to you. It is safe and secure. Remember this. Now, once more, breathe deeply 3 times.
Then turn right and walk down the terrace until you find 6 steps leading down to a smaller terrace. Count the steps as you go.
To the right of the terrace is a pool. Remove your clothes and walk into it; sink down into the warm relaxing water, which is no ordinary water, but also a powerful energy source. You can give it a colour or colours. (Mine is always a rich purple with gold swirls!) The colours may change of their own accord: this is your Higher Self giving you what you most need as each colour has its own healing properties. Just go with it.
As you relax, you will feel your body absorbing the energy and you will begin to feel rejuvenated but still peaceful. Enjoy the pool until you feel ready to leave it, then climb out of it, dry yourself off on a towel by the side of the pool, and dress yourself again.
Walk back up the 6 steps, counting as you go. Walk along the terrace and up the 10 higher steps, counting again, and return to the spot on the lawn from where your journey began.

Now you are rejuvenated. Your energy fields have opened up. It is the moment to launch your attack. Make yourself comfortable, close your eyes and visualise your tumour(s). You will find a small quantity of pellets in your hand. Insert them into the tumours and when you have done so, watch the tumours explode and vanish.
Do this exercise as many times a day as you like.
You mind is your most powerful ally you have. MENTAL ENERGY WORKS!
Perhaps you can think up even more aggressive things to do: sending in an army, or Pac Man to chomp it up. Perhaps imagine your ally is a Great White shark, hunting down the tumour and eating it up. Perhaps imagine a vacuum cleaner traveling through your body hoovering up all the cancerous and malignant cells and utterly destroying them. Or think up a substance that you can inject into yourself to destroy the cancerous cells. Vary the weapons according to your own ideas but on no account despair if you cannot actually 'see' what you are doing; just to know is enough. With practice all sorts of images will start to appear. Anything can happen, once you apply the power of your mind.
Anything you can do, do it. Your tumour won't know what's hit it!
Don't give up. Ever.

When you have finished your exercise, breathe deeply and imagine a blue healing liquid being poured into the top of your head. As it flows through your body it will take all the debris with it. You will then feel peaceful.
Repeat these exercises every day, as many times as you wish. You are at war and there is no way you are going to retreat.
Your body is going to do what you want it to do.

As you become more proficient in self-healing you will find that you have more confidence, you will be less likely to panic, because a visit to your Mind Medicine Room or Garden will calm you before fear has a chance to take over. By strengthening your mind with these exercises you will find it easier to control your physical body.

Jane (and Betty) xx

03/11/2025

Did you know that colds and other illnesses that you catch, or have to deal with, near a full moon tend to improve more quickly than those you catch at a new moon – those linger for weeks.
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But to give yourself the best possible chance of riding yourself of colds, flu, chills, and coughs - and even avoiding them altogether - dose yourself up with the following:

Take plenty of Vitamin C (you can’t overdose as it’s water soluble and you’d p*e out what the body doesn’t need. You may develop loose bowels so just reduce the dosage to find your tolerance level). I regularly take 6g spread throughout the day, and up to 10g if I am poorly.
Vit C also helps to relax stressed adrenal glands, which can disrupt sleep and cause fat to gather around the middle of the body.

Take Zinc 50 mg.
Zinc is also a fantastic skin healer.

Also Vit D minimum 10,000 ius.
(Yes! 10,000 ius. The RDA is far too low for those of us living in the Northern hemisphere in the winter, and exposed to so little sunlight.)
Vitamin D3 is the best bio-available form of Vitamin D and it’s best paired with Vitamin K2 to protect your calcium levels and bones. You can buy them already blended in the correct ratio, in tablet form.
Vitamin D is best taken before bed.

Probiotics are KEY to physical, mental and emotional health. Over 80% of our immune cells are in our gut, and the brain is massively affected by our gut because of the gut-brain link.
Choose a probiotic capsule that contains as many different strains of beneficial bacteria as possible, and BILLIONS of bacteria per dose, rather than millions. Dosage is important too. Basically the more ill you are, the more you need; cut back once you feel better.

Lastly, take 2 teaspoons of elderberry syrup a day (children 3-12 years 1 teaspoon). Elderberry cordial, syrup (also wine) was traditionally made to keep winter bugs at bay, and given to the whole family.
It contains Vitamin C and zinc and is rich in flavonoids, which boost immunity.
Research also shows it can lower cholesterol and improve heart health by reducing uric acid levels, which then reduces high blood pressure.
It can control diabetes, aid weight loss, improve bone health, ease constipation, and enhance the skin! Nature’s bounty indeed.

Next Autumn, look for its berries and perhaps try making your own; there are lots of recipes online.
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27/10/2025

Do you suffer with insomnia? If so, read on.....

Your ability to sleep and stay asleep depends largely on the health of your liver.

If your liver loses its ability to produce and store glycogen (as in hypothyroidism) it can seriously affect your ability to get a restful night's sleep.

Glycogen is a form of sugar your body relies on, especially at night when you don’t eat for a long period of time, to prevent your blood sugar from crashing.

And because you don’t store glycogen and don’t eat anything while you sleep, this makes you prone to low blood sugar during the night.

This drop in blood sugar triggers the activation of your stress response, which can result in surges of adrenaline.

And it’s these surges of adrenaline that wake you up and prevent you from going back to sleep.

Adrenaline also naturally rises at night, peaking around about 2 am or 3 am.

This natural rise in adrenaline coupled with the low blood sugar can induce a very dramatic adrenaline spike, which may cause accelerated heart beat, palpitations, breathlessness and panic attacks.

Think you’re going to roll over and get right back to sleep?!

Biologist and Nutritionist Dr. Raymond Peat recommends this simple tip to lower your adrenaline and help restore your sleep pattern:

Before going to bed, simply mix 1/8 tsp. (0.6 ml) of (uniodized) seasalt into 3 to 4 ounces (90 to 120 ml) of orange juice.
Sip on one ounce (30 ml) before going to sleep and keep the rest by your bed.

If you find yourself waking in the middle of night, sip another ounce (30 ml) of the salted orange to help you get back to sleep.

Research shows (contrary to popular belief), both sugar and salt help to suppress and regulate your body’s stress response.

In other words, salted orange juice may help you sleep better and longer, and if you do wake in the middle of the night it can help you to get back to sleep faster and easier.

I have also recently found that taking my zinc supplements before bed instead of in the morning, has had me sleeping the best sleep in years! I sleep so deeply now, and through the night, that I no longer wake fatigued before the day even starts!
Sometimes it’s a small change that has the biggest effect.

I'd be very interested to hear how you get on with this, so if you do try it, why not give me your feedback?
Sweet dreams! 😊 💤💤💤

19/10/2025

As Autumn heads into Winter in the Northern hemisphere, the sound of coughing becomes common! (And sometimes in the Spring/Summer, due to pollen.)

Here are 3 things you can do to help yourself and banish that cough at any time of year......

1)
In TCM terms the energy of the Lung meridian normally travels down the body. When that normal direction is reversed and moves up, a cough can result.
So to reverse your Lung energy, press on the acupuncture point LU5 (the 5th point on the Lung meridian - see the picture.)
To find it, bend the elbow and find the outer (elbow end) of the elbow crease.
Press into it, directing the gentle force towards the inside of the arm, for 2-3 minutes and then work on the other arm. The point may feel tender. Don't overwork it - you can keep coming back to it.
I once did this on a coughing waiter who was trying to serve at our table. He looked dubious, but when he returned to our table with the wine a few minutes later he said "I'm not sure what you just did, but my cough has stopped!"

2)
Another home remedy to banish coughs is steam inhalation.
Your lungs are naturally moist in their healthy state. When you have a cough they have become dry. Central heating, air conditioning, pollen, windy weather and plane travel can all irritate and dry the lungs.
Steam inhalation, either using the bowl and towel method or a dedicated facial steam machine, both help to moisten the lungs and also loosen any trapped catarrh in the sinuses, should you have sinusitis.
A drop of tea tree or eucalyptus can be added to the water. Children should be carefully supervised so that scalding is avoided.

3)
Here is a simple 'sipping drink' that helps to relieve coughs:

Mix 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with 1 tablespoon of honey and some freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Add just enough hot water to melt the honey. Allow it to cool and then sip it slowly off a teaspoon, so that the mixture coats the throat as it goes down. This is also soothing for sore throats.

Help yourself to feel better whatever the season. 😀

NOTE: A persistent cough that gets no better should always be checked out by your doctor.
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12/10/2025

With the Autumn temperatures dropping in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Southern Hemisphere warming up as they move into Spring, both are critical periods for taking care of your health as the body adapts to the change in season.

As it gets colder, and we tend to stay indoors more, living and working in closer proximity to others. So what can we do to protect ourselves and our families as the seasons change?
Here are some suggestions:

AVOID/REDUCE SUGAR as harmful bacteria feeds off it, reducing immunity, opening up the gate to external pathogens, and causing digestive distress.

EAT WITH THE SEASONS
Eat well and healthily, avoiding cold, raw foods like salad, and cold drinks and ice - save them for the warmer months.
Our ancestors knew that warming casseroles, hotpots, soup and hot drinks are the foods needed to nourish the body and soul during cold weather.
In TCM, the Spleen is responsible for digestion, all fluids in the body (water, blood, lymph etc) and if you eat out of season, this depletes Spleen energy, causing blood disorders (menstrual etc) tiredness, weakness of limbs and bloating.

DIETING - Spring is the time to detox or to lose a few pounds, not Autumn or Winter. Eat sensibly and healthily and tune into your inner self during the colder months.

REST - ensure you get sufficient rest and sleep during the darker months. We all feel we should be hibernating and that’s our past calling to us. Our ancestors stayed by the fire, telling stories, painting cave walls, repairing and making. Find yourself a project to keep your mind busy during winter. For example, a few years ago I tackled my thousands of photos, something I would never have had time for in Summer, weeding out blurred and duplicated ones, and organising them into chronological order. It was deeply satisfying and brought back many happy memories.

GET SOME LIGHT EACH DAY.
Walking in winter light for a minimum of 20 minutes each day, without sunglasses, so the light can reach the brain via the eyes, stimulates the pineal gland in the brain, regulating mood and sleep pattern. Without this we can suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
Some find a SAD lamp helps them avoid the Winter blues, but a walk never goes amiss!

WEAR A SCARF! See last week’s post on the importance of keeping your WIND GATE closed off in cold and windy weather!

VITAMIN C intake is important for fending off colds, coughs, chills, ‘flu and fevers. It acts as an adaptogen too, relaxing the adrenal glands and our ‘fight or flight’ response to stress. It’s also an antioxidant which means it mops up free radicals, unstable molecules that can harm your cells.

ZINC may help to reduce the duration and severity of a cold if you’ve already caught one, but take it at the first signs of illness.

VITAMIN D3 with K2
Vitamin D is essential for strong healthy bones and a strong immune system. As it’s synthesised from sunlight however, it is hard to get enough from sunshine alone in Wintertime in Northern climes. Therefore supplementation is advised.
D3 is the most bioavailable form of D, meaning it’s absorbed more easily by the body. But it’s essential to take K2 with it as K2 ensures that your calcium stays within the bones and doesn’t migrate to soft tissues such as the heart or arteries.
They can be bought as ready made tablets formulated in the correct ratio to each other.

PROBIOTICS (beneficial bacteria) are key to our physical, mental and emotional well-being. Over 80% of our immune cells are in our gut so a healthy gut builds strong immunity. But also, because of the gut-brain link, formed as developing foetuses, gut health is reflected within the brain. Improving gut health not only helps improve digestion and immunity, but also harmonises and balances mental and emotional well-being, improving brain fog and mood.
You can buy liquid probiotic drops for babies and young children.
When buying capsules look for billions, rather than millions of bacteria per dose, and as many different strains of bacteria as possible, as they all have different jobs.
Probiotic drinks are often laden with sugar, which the ‘bad’ bacteria feed off, so beware of those highly publicised little pots in the supermarket.

Probiotic foods which can be incorporated into your daily diet include:
Sauerkraut (also shrinks and prevents bowel polyps)
Kefir (either dairy or water kefir, if you cannot tolerate dairy.) Tibico Fermentary produce water kefir in delicious flavours, delivered to your door.
Bio yoghurt (check the label)
Tempeh (cooked and fermented soybeans) Kimchi (fermented cabbage)
Kvass (from Eastern Europe, a fermented drink made from stale rye or malt sourdough bread)
Miso (Japanese soy paste)
Natto (fermented soybeans)
soft and aged cheese such as Cheddar, Gouda, Stilton and Parmesan
Kombucha (a sweetened black fermented tea. It can be bought flavoured in bottles and cans in UK supermarkets.)
Sourdough bread

MAGNESIUM has been shown to help keep colds and ‘flu at bay and, as a muscle relaxant, it helps with the muscle aches and pains caused by ‘flu. (Also useful for gym or gardening aches and pains.)
Magnesium deficiency is very common, causing many and varied symptoms, such as muscle pain and cramp, muscle twitching, eye ‘tics’, headaches and migraines, insomnia, heart arrhythmia, depression and anxiety.
Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) can be used in the bath (1-2 mugfuls) or a foot soak (1-2 tablespoons) to bypass the stomach if you find the tablets don’t agree with you. Soak for a minimum of 20 minutes.
The salts draw toxins from the body as well as relaxing the muscles.
Magnesium oil spray: Spray arms, legs etc before bed. Massage it in. It will tingle for a while but don’t wash it off. Wash your hands so you don’t inadvertently rub your eyes.

ECHINACEA is a member of the daisy family, and has been used for centuries as a herbal remedy. It may help repel colds and coughs etc and can be taken as drops, capsules, or as a cough sweet. (It may also help skin conditions such as eczema.)

ELDERBERRY CORDIAL has been used as a wintertime health remedy for centuries, but you don’t have to make your own anymore as it’s readily available online or in health food shops. It’s delicious, and a spoonful a day as they leave for nursery or school may help your little ones stay healthy this winter. And if they aren’t bringing home nasty bugs for you to catch, then it’s Happy Days all round!
Stay well!
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