Help at hand for your well-being.WAVE the winter blues bye bye with a bit of Sunshine in a Box. The vitamin kit from Solgar, pounds 25, includes vitamin D vitamin D Any of a group of fat-soluble alcohols important in calcium metabolism in animals to form strong bones and teeth and prevent rickets and osteoporosis. It is formed by ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) of sterols (see steroid) present in the skin. and supplements like the herbal Rhodiola, said to help enhance energy. Available from health food stores including For Goodness Sake, Middlesbrough. SOOTHE away your stress with Rescue Blackcurrant blackcurrant Noun a very small blackish edible fruit that grows in bunches on a bush blackcurrant n → grosella negra blackcurrant black n Pastilles, pounds 5.15, from www.nelsonshomeopathy.co.uk. The handbag-sized tin contains naturally flavoured pastilles with the same combination of flower essences flower essences, n.pl homeopathic dilutions of flowers systematized by Edward Bach, MD; used to address emotional imbalance. found in the well known Rescue range. ALWAYS have a handy supply of healthy herbs and roots in your freezer. These Dorot packs, including garlic, ginger and chilli, last for 24 months and can be stored in your freezer, just pop out a cube when required. At pounds 1.49 per pack they are available from Sainsbury's. MATALAN'S Offset chilli bubble bottle, pounds 6, left, in their festive gifts range should satisfy all tastes -and it looks good too. TREAT your scalp with Bodyshop's Ginger Anti Dandruff dandruff, excessive flaking of skin from the scalp, apparent as dry or greasy diffuse scaling with variable itching. It is the sign of a skin disease, such as seborrhea or a fungal infection. Shampoo, pounds 5.50-pounds 8, below, enriched with ginger root which helps promote a healthy scalp. CHILLI has all sorts of reputed health benefits -so if you fancy having a go at growing your own www.redcandy.co.uk have a Grow It Chilli Plants Kit, pounds 12.50 below. SQUASH garlic to perfection in Zack's chromium plated Manego garlic press, pounds 13.65, from www.proleno.com. CALMING lavender, purifying rosemary, invigorating in·vig·or·ate tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" peppermint peppermint: see mint. peppermint Strongly aromatic perennial herb (Mentha piperita, mint family), source of a widely used flavouring. Native to Europe and Asia, it has been naturalized in North America. and soothing ginger -there's something to enhance every mood in pressies4princesses.co.uk's Heaven Scent Massage and Body Oil, pounds 7.95. |
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