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Supporting your immune system naturally is a proactive way to enhance overall health. Here, we’ll explore key herbs, vitamins, and minerals, including the benefits of Vitamin D3 with K2, probiotics, elderberry, and other powerful botanicals and nu...
What Are Hot Flushes and Why Do They Happen? Menopausal hot flushes are one of the most common symptoms women experience during menopause. Characterised by sudden waves of heat, flushing of the skin, and often sweating, hot flushes can be uncomfo...
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Menopause is said to take place when you have 12 months without a period, with no other explanation. The average age a woman will reach menopause is 51.5 years however this can happen earlier or later in women. We have outlined our advice for man...
Keep ReadingThe law concerning the sale of herbal medicines is changing. From 30th April 2011 only herbal medicines that have product licenses will be allowed to be sold across the counter. All unlicensed medicines will only be allowed to be sold by prescript...
Keep ReadingThe Government's broken promise on Statutory Regulation for Medical Herbalists February 2013 In 2010 over 11,000 people told a government consultation that they wanted herbalists to be regulated. That they wanted to save their right to access her...
Keep ReadingThe medicinal plants we use in our pharmacopaeia all contain distinct biochemical components that can be analysed and measured. Herbalism has a proper scientific biochemical basis in phytochemistry. Learn more here.
Keep ReadingOver the last few years many patients have approached us, looking for alternatives to hormone replacement therapy. The onset of the menopause can bring with it a lot of unpleasant symptoms, and the ones that often persuade women to take hormone re...
Keep ReadingNatural Alternatives to HRT A recent study has found that there may be an increased risk of Ovarian cancer for woman who use Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT. Research by the University of Oxford found that the risk rises by 40% after five years...
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Some of the research behind natural supplements and herbal remedies that may support eye health and help to prevent or support the management of glaucoma or cataracts. Find out more.
Keep ReadingBurning and painful peeing is often due to cystitis. A doctor can confirm this for you and rule out any other problems, so do book an appointment. But what do you do if cystitis keeps on recurring over and over again? There are some herbal homes t...
Keep ReadingIn the case of migraines it seems that taking forms of cysteine such as l-cysteine and N-acetyl cysteine can help to reduce the incidence of migraines. One study1 concludes that this is because cysteine contains thiol which is depleted in people e...
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