Clarifying Face Care Kit

for oily, blemished and combination skin

 

For as long as humans have congregated in groups, lice have been around us. Lice or Louse lay eggs called “nits”. Lice infestations have become a cyclical problem in schools and according to recent research, head lice are becoming resistant to insecticides such as the pyrethrums and pyrethroids found in most commonly used anti-lice solutions. Transmission is via head-to-head contact and is not associated with hygiene.

A few facts…

• Lice cannot jump, fly or hop but walk along strands of hair to another during head-to-head contact. Children who happily huddle together as they play or enjoying a cuddle at home provide head lice with the ideal opportunity to travel from one warm head to the next.
• Lice or Louse, lay eggs called nits. Head and pubic lice (crabs) firmly attach their eggs, or nits, directly to body hairs. The louse is a tiny greyish-brown insect, about 2.5mm long that clings to hair and lives on blood from the scalp host. Their greyish black eggs are laid very close to the scalp. After hatching the egg shell looks clear and may remain attached. A nit, 1cm from the scalp was laid about a month prior.
• Bites from head lice cause itching and irritation on the scalp often with a rash at the back of the neck. By the time you notice your child’s frequent itching, the lice will have been in residence for more than a month.
• Lice seen on pillows, clothing or furniture are not capable of transferring to another person and don’t survive for long away from the warmth and high humidity found on human skin. So washing the bed linen is good but washing the house from top to toe won’t be necessary.

So what do you do?

Firstly, while you may instantly get a psychological itch, take a deep breath and let go of all preconceived ideas of stigma around being seen as unclean or not a good parent. Head lice infestation is an unpleasant inconvenience found on clean or dirty hair. This is a worldwide problem that affects every community.

Your options.

1. A number 1 haircut: This is a whole lot easier for boys, it might not be as acceptable to girls so you may need to reach an agreement over a trendy short haircut!
2. “Nit picking”: This is easiest using a lice comb combined with one of the nit-loosening lotions so you can actually remove nits without pulling hair out!

Following the Nit Picking Route.

1. We love Thyme Heal’s Lice Treatment. A gentle, safe and pleasant smelling preparation recommended for the eradication of head lice, containing a blend of essential oils that are effective but not to strong and suitable for children and sensitive scalps. Our customers say that the treatment provides better protection against re-infestation than standard treatments.
2. Getting ready for a treatment. Make sure that your child’s basic needs are met. Fed, watered, been to the toilet and then prepare them by telling them what is going to happen and agree to some form of distraction while hair is being treated.
3. Before applying treatment. Take you child outside and get them to bend over and brush their hair with their head upside down to remove tangles and any lice that are easily dislodged. When ready get your child comfortable in front of the TV or some other agreed distraction.
4. Using the Thyme Heal Lice Treatment. Massage into hair and scalp for 3 minutes, cover the hair with glad wrap (or any plastic sheeting) and a warm towel and leave for 1 hour.
5. Apply enough lotion to the head. Do not waste your time and money by not providing enough coverage. Use at least one small bottle (50ml) to treat a single head. Young children and those with thinner hair may need less, but long thick hair may require more. To spread the lotion evenly along the length of the hair make a small parting and apply a few drops along the hair. Repeat this process with other small sections until the whole scalp has been covered.
6. Start Nit-Picking. After one hour, sit your child on a spread out newspaper. Remove the cling film and starting at the middle of the front of the scalp, comb the hair from the roots to the very end of the hair. Systematically part the hair from top front to back. After each stroke, remove any lice you find on the comb and place in rubbish. Continue combing section by section until you’ve done the whole head of hair. Cover every inch of the scalp, including the area just behind the ears and at the nape of the neck. Wash the hair with your normal shampoo and rinse.

Follow Up:

1. The repetition of treatment is very important to break the cycle. Repeat in 1 week and then again in 2 weeks to eradicate any eggs that may have hatched in the interim.
2. Meanwhile check every evening before bed using a fine comb. Removing the dark eggs which are right in the base of the hair shaft in the scalp is both tedious and traumatic. Useful but not essential. Getting out live lice is the important part. Research has found wet combing more effective than insecticides at curing head lice infestations. Combing through hair that is oiled or conditioned will be gentle and less traumatic for daily use.
3. Each morning brush hair and tie up long hair. As the kids leave for school add a light layer of tea tree, lavender, eucalyptus or even a spray of a herbal insect repellent to their hair.
4. Skin rashes need healing. Apply a gentle herbal healing cream to sensitive and raw areas. Initially any lotion will likely create some stinging sensation in the raw and broken skin but ask you child to breathe through it and keep them distracted. After a minute it should pass and then the itching will stop and the healing can begin. We recommend Thyme Heal’s Calendula cream.
5. Get raw garlic into the family diet through foods such a pesto or dips, sauces and dressings. The bonus here is that garlic is so good for heart and immune health so include daily. There is strong anecdotal evidence that eating garlic can help to prevent mosquito bites so why not insects such as lice. If we eat enough garlic it seeps out through the pores of your skin. Some people think that this invisible layer of garlic oil might create a natural barrier cream. So any insects like mosquitoes or lice will think twice before taking a bite, just may be that will work for Lice.
6. As a last resort an electrical method that electrocutes the lice using a Robi Comb that zaps the bugs directly is safe and easy to use. Ensure hair is well conditioned and dry!
7. Check every other member of the family, including any adults who have close contact with the child. Treat as above however you may need 100 mls per adult.
8. Be pro-active and not ashamed to tell the school and parents of any other child who may have had head-to-head contact with your child.

 
Remember this is an opportunity for quality time with your child. Look at this a constructive time for 1 on 1 contact. Dads and mums can use this time imaginatively to do homework or to read stories or to simply chat. Nits is really just another of life’s inconveniences that can be turned into an opportunity to socialise with you child – Happy Nit Picking!

On average, men are living longer but generally do not outlive their women.  Many health issues facing men in their middle years are preventable, so long as the early warning signs are acted upon before becoming either acute or chronic health problems. Men need to believe that this is a valuable use of their time and money and an investment in the future quality of life.

At Bodywise we are supportive of men and boys who wish to engage in a healthier lifestyles and treatment programmes. We encourage the early detection and treatment of health difficulties in all men and boys. Men who enjoy looking after themselves are great role models for their boys.

While many men want a quick fix we encourage them to talk just a little about what is going on even when we get the “what is there to talk about? … “. We can then work out an appropriate treatment programme, using what Bodywise has to offer and other health professionals as needed.

Not surprisingly, the current economic recession has had a huge impact upon men’s (and women’s) work load, job security, status, income, spending, lifestyle, debt, sense of security and health.  Meanwhile the role and expectations of father’s have expanded and all these challenges add up. A sense of too little spare time may hamper the exercise and activities needed to discharge all the stress and keep fit.

Depression in males, young to old is becoming more apparent.  Men may not be aware that how they are feeling is both real and a sign their whole being is under pressure. The next step is how to ask for support and where to find it and this may feel both too difficult and an imagined sign of weakness.

Adolescent and young men, who consume alcohol and drugs recklessly, are generally at risk of showing signs of depression, fatigue and health issues. For them to be able to help themselves they somehow need to feel that they can call for help. There some wonderful supplements for lifting feelings of indifference or outright depression and anxiety like Valerian, St John’s Wort and L-theanine to name but a few.

By middle aged men may have woken up to find that their get up and go is not what it used to be and the pressures of family and work are getting on top of them. This stress may be compounded by marginal nutritional difficulties, weight gain and lack of fitness.  As symptoms associated with genetics and lifestyle emerges now is the time to take stock and look at the bigger picture and a holistic approach to the wellbeing. This is where the natural health perspective addresses the whole physiology and wellbeing.

We look forward to seeing you at Bodywise with any concerns you have or you can send a message to us if you have a question

You can balance hormones naturally

Hormones are chemical messengers produced by glands such as your thyroid, adrenals, pituitary, ovaries, testicles and pancreas.  The regulation of your hormone production is continuous and if your hormones become even slightly imbalanced it can cause major health issues. The most common side effects of hormone imbalance include:

• Menstrual problems in young girls and women
• Infertility, Low libido
• Weight gain, Insulin resistance
• Depression, Migraines
• Fatigue and low self confidence
• Insomnia
• Muscle pain and general inflammation
• Dry skin, hair loss and hair thinning
• Acne and acne rosacea

Your digestive health plays a significant role in hormone regulation so if your diet and lifestyle has created a “ leaky gut” it can also cause hormone imbalance.

Turning to synthetic treatments such as hormone replacement therapy can create: dependency, mask symptoms and increase the risk of stroke, osteoporosis and cancer.

Here are the keys to balanced hormones without negative side effects

Get More Sleep

7 – 8 hours of sleep every night will do your body a great favour. Lack of sleep may be the worst habit people have that disrupts hormone balance.

Hormones work on a schedule and the stress hormone, cortisol is regulated at midnight. Going to bed late does not allow the body time to unwind from the flight/fight stress response. This creates more stress for the body and disrupting the hormonal system.  One hour of sleep between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. is equal to two hours of sleep before through other hours of the night. Managing our work load and levels of stress is therefore essential for busy people which leads to the next key point

Get out and about and use those muscles

20 – 30 minutes 3 – 4 time a week is at a pace that gets your heart rate up is all that’s needed to reduce stress levels, enhance your immune system, regulate metabolic function and keep you at the body weight your body was designed for. Add in yoga, Pilates, Taichi, gardening or whatever activity is useful to get out of the head and into the body.

Look after you digestive health and heal a “Leaky Gut”

Damage to your digestive health is caused by alcohol, processed foods, gluten, hydrogenated oils, and drugs such as anti-inflammatory drugs, emotional stress and infections. Impaired digestion leads to undigested food particles of food, like gluten, to leak through your gut wall into your blood stream creating inflammation of the entire body. People with leaky gut usually have a deficiency of the good bacteria, probiotics that are essential for producing vitamins that effect hormone levels like insulin.

The top foods and supplements that support the healing of a leaky gut include: bone broth, kefir, fermented vegetables, kombucha and fiber from vegetables. Supplementation with digestive enzymes and probiotics aid the repair of your gut lining, which ultimately improves nutritional uptake and balancing of hormones.

Coconut oil, avocados, grass-fed butter and wild caught salmon oil (available in tablet form) are the top essential fats that are the fundamental building blocks for hormone production; they speed up your metabolism and promote weight loss.

Adaptogens are a class of herbal medicines that promote hormone balance and boost immune function, and help us adapt to stress. There are a variety of these herbs and research has shown that they enhance hormone balance by:

• Balancing and enhancing thyroid function
• Lowering cholesterol
• Relieving anxiety and depression and enhancing self-esteem
• Slowing  brain cell degeneration and enhancing cognitive function
• Stabilizing blood sugar
• Supporting adrenal glands and the stress responsse

Limit Caffeine

Drinking too much caffeine elevates your cortisol levels, lowers your thyroid hormone levels and creates an acidic environment in your body and is as bad as not getting enough sleep.

If you need a little boost, check on all of these key points, switch to 1-2 cups of green tea or tulsi tea, talk to a herbalist about adaptogens and nutritional supplements.

Supplement with Vitamin D3

Recent research suggests that Vitamin D3’s role in promoting human life is paramount. This is a big issue in NZ as we try to cover up to protect ourselves from the sun on one hand and otherwise spend most of our days indoors due to work commitments. Vitamin D is involved in immune system, insulin secretion, heart function and blood pressure regulation, brain and fetal development.

People who live in superficial light suffer more signs of depression and health disorders unless they supplement with around 2,000IU to 5,000IU daily of vitamin D3 on days they’re not in the sun.

Balance your fat intake: Omega-3/6 Ratio

The use of vegetable oil in our diets has rocketed from the 1:1 Omega-3/6 ratio our hunter-gather ancestors to 20:1 ratio for many people today resulting in an epidemic of chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer

Avoid: oils high in Omega-6s (safflower, sunflower, corn, cottonseed, canola, soybean and peanut) and load up on rich sources of natural Omega-3s (wild fish, flaxseed, chia seeds, walnuts and grass-fed animal products).

There is one type of Omega-6 fat, GLA you can include that supports healthy progesterone levels in women.  GLA (gamma-linoleic acid) taken as a supplement comes from evening primrose oil or borage oil and as a food source is also found in hemp seeds.

Detox your body by eliminating toxic kitchen and bathroom  cleaning and body care products and replace toxic make-up with natural make-up

Reduce toxins in your body by avoiding conventional body care products that are high in DEA, parabens, propylene glycol and sodium lauryl sulfate. Check out EWG’s web site for the good to ugly on the cosmetic front. Remember to check your sunblock!

Due to BPA’s, replace plastic bottles and plastic wrap with glass or stainless steel bottles and containers, and replace teflon pans with stainless steel, ceramic or cast iron. All are better choices for hormonal health.

Minimise or eradicate the use of HRT, including male hormonal therapy and birth control pills

Finding a suitable contraceptive is always a challenge for women, however it has never been more important as “the pill” is HRT, elevating estrogen levels and is now deemed dangerous causing:

• Increased risk of breast, cervical and uterine cancer
• Increased risk of blood clotting, heart attack and stroke
• Migraines
• Gall bladder disease
• Increased blood pressure
• Weight gain
• Mood changes
• Nausea, irregular bleeding or spotting
• Benign liver tumours
• Breast tenderness

The hormone balancing saviour for most women is a combination of all the points listed here. Get professional advice to take combinations of herbal medicines to balance hormones, specifically Vitex, and all the herbs that are known to reduce stress and assist the liver with its naturally occurring detoxification processes. Supplementing with other specific nutrients is also required in many cases.

Link with hormonal therapy and cance research published in 2014:

Risk of Cancer with Combined Oral Contraceptive Use among Iranian Women.

Oral contraceptive use is the most common type of contraception. More than 300 million women worldwide take oral contraceptives every day. However, there is a concern about the relationship with the incidence of cancer. The use of oral contraceptives may triple the incidence of cervical cancer and doubles the incidence of breast cancer. Therefore, performing Pap smears every six months and breast cancer screening are warranted for long-term oral contraceptive users.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Asian+Pac+J+Cancer+Prev.+2014%3B15%2814%29%3A5517-22

 Recent Oral Contraceptive Use by Formulation and Breast Cancer Risk among Women 20 to 49 Years of Age.

“results suggest that recent use of contemporary oral contraceptives is associated with an increased breast cancer risk, which may vary by formulation. If confirmed, consideration of the breast cancer risk associated with different oral contraceptive types could impact discussions weighing recognized health benefits and potential risks”. Cancer Res; 74(15); 4078-89. ©2014 AACR. ©2014 American Association for Cancer Research.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?cmd=search&term=Malone%20KE[au]&dispmax=50   Cancer Res. 2014 Aug 1;74(15):4078-89. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-3400.

In regard to fertility and contraception there are other methods available to oral contraceptives that will give you great control over a woman’s reproductive life through natural fertility specialist

For advice or a consultation please contact us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sally and the team at Bodywise are feeling chuffed as some lovely people have nominated Bodywise for Top Shop—Nelson 2014. Thank you who ever you are!!! 

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Our Naturopaths and natural health care providers are passionate about helping Nelsonians to be well and stay well. This is a great acknowledgement of our efforts.

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This is the most yummy breakfast for the whole family that meets all our needs: taste, texture, a broad range of nutrients with a warming and sustained release of energy and wonderful feeling of satisfaction.

The key to make this quick and easy is to use pre cooked pumpkin and oatmeal (or suitable replacements) nuts and seed soaked separately overnight. If you wish to be really organised, boil the pumpkin in suitable portion sizes and freeze until needed, taking out the night before to thaw. Use portion sizes that make sense for the number of people who you are cooking for.

• Cook your oatmeal or cereal of choice as usual over a moderate heat.
• Add pumpkin as pieces or mashed and stir gently.
• Sprinkle in a handful of raisins and a teaspoon of coconut oil and keep gently stirring.
• Grate and add a teaspoon to a spoonful of fresh ginger, depending on the enthusiasm of the family!
• When ready add a teaspoon of cinnamon.
• Optional – soak chia or any seeds over night in water and add to the porridge just before serving so that they are not damaged by cooking.
• Serve with cream or natural yoghurt.

Enjoy and be energised.

We love the Dr.Hauschka Eye Contour Balm

Dry eyes, inflammation or allergic skin reactions around the eyes are calmed with Dr.Hauschka’s Eye Contour Balm. 

Our Bodywise customers have experienced the most enduring relief after 24 -48 hours, using the tinest amounts. Dr.Hauschka is not just about beauty.

Our medical herbalists will also find a perfect solution to relieve the symptoms of hayfever

Dr Hauschka’s Eye Contour Day Balm contains plant oils and extracts that nourish delicate skin around the eyes which becomes dry with allergies, dry environments and as a result of ageing. This nourishing rich cream offers protection against external envorinmental influences while maintaining a firm and elastic appearance. Signs of redness, swelling and itching are quickly soothed.

Eye Balm supports elasticity, minimises the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and protects the delicate skin around the eyes. Skin is moisturised, firmed and fortified. Appropriate for all skin conditions.

The Indian herb Neem is a primary ingredient in Dr Hauschka’s Eye Contour Day Balm. Neem leaf is soothing and refreshing. It’s strengthening effect on keratin protein, makes for healthy nails hair and therefore healthy eyelashes

Formulation: Carrot, anthyllis, neem, beeswax, cocoa butter, silk and apricot kernel oil fortify, firm, moisturise and smooth the delicate eye area.

Skin condition:For all skin conditions.

Also come and experience the Daily Hydrating Eye and Regenerating Eye Cream.

Certified Natural by NATRUE

NATRUE certification ensures that a product has met the strongest criteria available for natural and organic ingredients in personal care products, as verified by an independent certifier

 

If it’s Natural Makeup and Skincare that you want then do come to Bodywise and experience our great range of natural but stylish makeup and skincare.

You can also book an appointment with our Dr.Hauschka who prepares, pampers and decorates lovely ladies with express facials. While in her care, …………will also massage your head, shoulders and hands and use aromatherapy.

If you too would like to experience the touch of nature on your face and then explore the contemporary colours of Dr.Hauschka’s make-up, then pop in and discover the secrets of Dr. Hauschka.

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