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Green Coffee Beans (Raw Organic)

On June 4, 2015 / Featured Product, Herbal Medicine and Health, Natural Skincare and Beauty / Comments Off

These are the beans that have not been roasted or processed. They contain a higher amount of a natural chemical ‘Chlorogenic Acid‘ which is thought to affect with the weight loss, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart diseases. Green coffee bean extracts burn fat by enhancing and boosting the overall metabolic rate and burns fats and excessive adipose tissue. It achieves this by altering the means in which glucose in the blood is absorbed as well as inhibiting the need to overheat (by killing the urge). They enhance concentration and attention span whilst enhancing brain activity and creating higher levels […]

Day 3: Dragon Oil to Find a Soulmate

On February 11, 2015 / Featured Product, Herbal Medicine and Health / Comments Off

Don’t Have a Valentine? We Can fix that too!! We Stock Dragon Oils in store- of all kind, In Particular we have a soul-mate blend. Consisting of beautiful oils you can wear on your body or dab on your lover of choice, Don’t believe us- we have countless testimonials of our customers finding the man or women of their dreams. Made with etheric high vibrations and a love spell…xxx

The Grapefruit Seed Extract Controversy

On October 16, 2014 / Featured Product, Herbal Medicine and Health, Natural Skincare and Beauty / Comments Off

The Grapefruit Seed Extract Controversy Many of you will be familiar with controversial stories on the internet about chemicals found in Grapefruit Seed Extracts. Most extracts available commercially have been adulterated and diluted to the point that they don’t work, so these unscrupulous companies add parabens to the extract to make them viable. These are not the sort of additives that we want in our truly natural pure products! Here at Cottage Hill Herbs – we now have available Pure Organic Grapefruit Seed Extract Powder so that you may make your own pure extract, knowing exactly what it contains at […]

LAVENDER

On September 5, 2014 / Featured Herb, Herbal Medicine and Health, Natural Skincare and Beauty / Comments Off

Lavender Essential Oil Loved and cherished by many cultures for its valuable medicinal properties and its fine fragrance, Lavender has always been the most popular of all the essential oils. The pure essential oil is steam distilled from the fresh flowering tops of Lavendula officinalis (true Lavender) and others. There are many species of Lavender used commercially for essential oil production – not all of these are considered suitable for oil production with many NZ varieties distilled from Lavenders that give high yields of oil, but little in the therapeutic value of the essential oil. At Cottage Hill Herbs we […]

MAKE YOUR OWN HERBAL CAPSULES

On August 22, 2014 / Featured Product, Herbal Medicine and Health, Recipes / Comments Off

MAKE YOUR OWN HERBAL CAPSULES Grind the appropriate dried herb or herbs to a fine powder, using a coffee grinder. Take apart the empty vegetable based capsule and fill both sides with the herbal powder. Push both sides back together, wipe well and place in an air-tight jar. Approximately 50-60gms of dried herb will make 100 capsules. This is cost effective and easy, even children can make these. You will know exactly what is in your capsules and know they are made from pure natural ingredients, do not contain fillers and binders, and use only vegetable based capsule […]

Ginkgo

On August 22, 2014 / Featured Herb, Herbal Medicine and Health / Comments Off

Ginkgo Boosts Mental Abilities In The Elderly A recent study by researchers at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, gave cognitive function tests to 262 cognitively normal people over the age of 65 and then gave them either a placebo or Ginkgo. After 6 weeks, they rested the participants. The Ginkgo group showed significant improvement on several of the tests, including recall of recently learned information. The Liberty researchers submitted their study to JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Assoc.), but it was rejected. Although JAMA has published some studies showing the benefits of herbs – notable, a 1999 study showing […]

CAYENNE

On August 15, 2014 / Featured Herb, Herbal Medicine and Health / Comments Off

Cayenne Cayenne – yes, we are talking about our common kitchen spice cayenne in its dried form (not cooked). “Cayenne the wonder herb” – with a huge list of attributes and applications – so lets look at just a few of the things that cayenne can help with… Bleeding: Stops external bleeding in its tracks – simply sprinkle a light coating into and over cuts and wounds to stop bleeding and take the shock out of the wound. Heart Attack / Emergency Situations: Obviously one must seek medical help in these cases – but until help arrives – a pinch of cayenne […]

A WEIGHT LOSS MIRACLE

On August 7, 2014 / Featured Herb, Herbal Medicine and Health, Natural Skincare and Beauty / Comments Off

A WEIGHT LOSS MIRACLE! BRINDLEBERRY (GARCINIA CAMBOGIA) There is massive historical and scientific evidence regarding this herb’s amazing effects on weight loss and appetite suppression. Considered by researchers and many famous doctors such as DR OZ to be the newest and fastest fat burner. This incredible little fruit offers us the easiest and most effective fat burning properties seen to date, along with a host of other health promoting benefits. Human and animal studies have shown most impressive results in reducing cravings and increasing fat burning. The Hydroxy Citric Acid (HCA) in Brindleberry is the active ingredient that increases lipid […]

ADAPTOGENIC HERBS & STRESS

On August 1, 2014 / Herbal Medicine and Health / Comments Off

Adaptogenic Herbs & Stress According to medical researchers, who developed the stress scale ranking system – they found that the higher your total stress score in any particular year, the more likely you were to become ill. These ratings represent average stress levels. We each have different capacities to cope with stressful change. Stress is inherently an internal phenomenon. The link between our health and our ability to deal constructively with our lives is now strongly supported by a growing body of scientific literature. Most of us can benefit from improving the balance of our lives and our ability to […]

How to take 5 – 10 years off the age & look of your skin

On July 3, 2014 / Herbal Medicine and Health, Natural Skincare and Beauty / Comments Off

How to take 5 – 10 years off the age & look of your skin. (Without creams, lotions, pills, surgery or money!) The simplest, most effective way to improve and create a more youthful anti – wrinkle, smooth and silky look to your skin is to “GIVE UP SUGAR” Yes! – it’s that simple. Not only will you shed unwanted kilos, but you will also loose the lines and wrinkles too! Sugar damages by hardening the collagen and elastin fibres, drying, dulling and wrinkling the skin. The more sugar you consume, the worse the problem becomes and skin that was once […]

NEW

On June 26, 2014 / Featured Product, Herbal Medicine and Health / Comments Off

TUMERIC HYDROSOL We are pleased to announce we are now stocking Tumeric Hydrosol! This is a beautiful hydrosol, great for use in skincare for all skin problems. $15.95 per 100mls Give us a call on (04) 5264753 or email us at Donna@cottagehillherbs.co.nz to order.

MAGNESIUM

On June 25, 2014 / Featured Herb, Herbal Medicine and Health / Comments Off

MAGNESIUM – A Life Changing Nutrient! Several interesting facts: More than 75 years ago, scientists declared Magnesium to be an essential mineral. Magnesium regulates more than 325 enzymes in the body, the most important of which produce, transport, store and utilize energy. Milk depletes Magnesium. Milk is loaded with Calciferol (synthetic vitamin D) which binds Magnesium. Research shows that many patients with Asthma and other bronchial diseases have low Magnesium. The Mercury content of dental amalgams drastically increases the excretion of Magnesium and Calcium from the kidneys. Magnesium helps eliminate heavy metals from the body. Magnesium deficiency is common in […]

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