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We have had some gorgeous autumn days recently, and knowing that winter is on the way makes it that much more precious to get outdoors and enjoy it while it lasts. But what do you do when the col ...

If new research due to be completed in 2015 shows naturally high fever to be life-saving in critical illness, there will likely be a direct challenge to the present culture of using Paracetamol an ...

After a recent blog on first aid and primary home care a question has come up about which essential oils are the best to use for travelling. At first I thought we were more or less talking about ...

Did you hear the one about the naked toddler that fell into the cactus garden? Or the 7-year-old wobbling out proudly on her bicycle, into a huge patch of stinging nettles? Or the little girl wh ...

I’m not sure why it should be, but recently I have had a lot of queries about how to deal with head lice naturally. This is great news – not that there is an outbreak of lice going around, but tha ...

Common childhood sickness is not something you think much about before your baby is born. But you can bet that it will be a recurring theme well before any birthday cakes are conceived. According ...

Of all the non-religious traditions that we have in our modern culture, I would say that Mother’s Day is the most likely to bring us to a place of true reverence and gratitude. Even with a multi- ...

When my two children were young, each had a fairly different constitution: My son would get intense fevers of 40°C or more for a day or so, and then the next day would be running around, none the ...

Time-tested nausea remedies are simple, safe and even more effective with pure essential oils. Feelings of sickness and nausea in the mornings and often throughout the day, are classic reac ...

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