Hurunui Herbalist

08/09/2025

Webinar How to Fix your sleep
Tonight 9 September 7.30 pm
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Discover the hidden reasons behind poor sleep and how herbs, rhythms, and simple lifestyle shifts can help you rest deeply again.

08/09/2025

Discover the hidden reasons behind poor sleep and how herbs, rhythms, and simple lifestyle shifts can help you rest deeply again.

07/09/2025

It’s not the big choices that usually get us into trouble… it’s the little ones, repeated daily.

👉 Staying up “just one more hour” night after night.
👉 Reaching for sugar when we’re stressed.
👉 Skipping movement because we’re “too busy.”
👉 Ignoring stress until it spills over into our health.

These small habits might feel harmless in the moment, but over time, they drain our energy, disturb our sleep, weaken our immunity, and leave us wondering why we don’t feel like ourselves anymore.

The good news? Just as bad habits slowly pull us down, healthy habits (stacked gently, day by day) can lift us back up.

🌱 Start small. Be consistent. Your future self will thank you.

If you need help improving your habits just reach out! It's never too late.

09/09/2024

29/08/2024

This week I'd like to point at an issue that seems to be more and more happening. A well known herbalist has written the below blog post about Fad's ... He writes that herbal fads may not necessarily be a good thing. Most of the time, they’re promoted by big supplement companies looking to inflate their bottom line, even if the truth is a bit fudged to get there (or even flat-out lies!). The short of it is: consumer beware! not all is what it seems out there 💔. Check it out for yourself in the link.

If you walk into a hip smoothie shop or health food store, you’ll undoubtedly be flooded with the newest “superfoods” and cure-all herbs. Like so many things in our modern culture, herbal medicine also has its own “fads,” as it seems as if there’s almost a new one in style each season. A...

20/07/2024

The power of the pine.
You might not expect this but the pine needles have wonderful medicinal effects. They open up the lungs with their aromatic oils and improve your breath capacity. It eases your cough and breaks up cold, damp stagnant mucus. They are also stimulating your immune system, protecting you from infection. The simplest way is to make a tea with it. Just take some PINE needles from a tree, cut them or bruise them and add boiling water. Let them infuse for 10 minutes. Strain and enjoy.
(note: be sure to take Pine )

28/05/2024

Are you regularly struggling with a horrible feeling in the gut, the sense that something bad is going to happen, heart palpitations or a worrying feeling in the heart, an inflamed bladder or bowel. Whatever you do, these feeling are not really going away? If you feel discomfort all through your body then this could be a sign of stuck tension and anxiety.
Unfortunately it won't go away by itself, you might need to do something about it. Luckily nature can help you get over the worst of this and with a little help from yourself this can be a totally controllable condition, so you can get back to normal again and live your life to the fullest !
Herbs to the rescue 🌿 embrace nature.

13/05/2024

The beautiful Hawthorn. Some might call it a bain but in herbal medicine she is a strong and powerful ally. Traditionally used in the treatment of everything related to the heart, she normalises the heart function by strengthening the heart muscle and increasing the blood flow through the heart. She assists in reducing high blood pressure and hardening of or plaque in the arteries and so many more heart related problems.
Next time you go past a Hawthorn you might look at her a bit differently ❤️
Feel free to contact me if you wish to know more about the goodness that nature freely gives to us and helps us to restore our health.

10/05/2024

You are what you eat ...

15/04/2024

Is your immune system ready for the cooler days?
Prepare your body for the influx in attacks of colds and viruses by eating healthy foods and resting well. A healthy body has a lot more resistance than a run-down body !
If you feel like you're starting to come down with something then this easy to make herbal tea might just pull you through it with some extra vitamins and germ fighting elements.
Simply add boiling water to some slices of lemon and ginger and add a good teaspoon of honey. Fresh is best!