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Building Immunity

The immune system is the ultimate defence system for the body, warding off unwanted bugs and helping the body return to good…

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Sleep for Infants

Getting little ones to go to sleep and stay asleep is a struggle most caregivers know all too well, and it is exhausting for…

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Safety of Honey for Babies

There are often general health concerns for the safety of honey in infants under 12 months. At Kiwiherb, we take safety…

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Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Pregnancy and breastfeeding are a time of significant emotional and physical change. Herbal medicine can be a great way to…

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How to Make Your Liver Happy

The liver works hard to filter toxins, bacteria, hormones, and wastes from the bloodstream every day. While the liver knows how…

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Thyme to Soothe

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is one of our go-to herbs to help ease dry, scratchy throats, thanks to its soothing and protective…

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De-Stuff with Kiwiherb

When the stuffy noses and sinus headaches start to creep in, Kiwiherb has you covered! Here are our top tips to support clear…

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Echinacea and Immune Wellbeing

With winter ills and chills on the rise, one of the best forms of defence is a robust immune system. Echinacea is an ideal…

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Supporting your digestion

Many of us will be familiar with the discomfort associated with a digestive system that isn’t quite working as well as it could…

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Keeping Your Children Healthy During Cold and Flu Season

Runny noses, coughs and tummy bugs are on the rise as children settle back into their kindergarten, daycare and school routines.…

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Listen to your gut

This age-old saying is arguably more relevant now than it has ever been, with the gastrointestinal system (GI) being referred to…

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Getting back into your routine

During the holiday season, when time is just a concept and we have the freedom to spend our days as we please, new habits start…

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Digestion during the silly season

For good reason, Christmas and New Year are known as ‘the silly season’. Festivities are synonymous with rich food, celebratory…

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Skin Health Through The Seasons

The skin is an organ, and it is the largest one we have. But, having healthy skin is about more than appearance, it is an…

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Supporting Men's Health

Often in childhood, we are great at asking for support and help when we are hurt, whether it be emotional or physical. As we get…

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Immunity Burnout

After a winter that has tested the best of us, it is easy to find yourself feeling pretty depleted. ‘Immunity burnout’…

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Managing Stress

Stress. It’s a part of our everyday lives and the motivating force to get those things done that we don’t really want to do.…

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How to support expecting mothers' immune health

The way we live, is typically busy our everyday often influnces us the most. And we become what we live or do everyday. Even…

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The Seasonal Affective disorder (SAD) - Winter and low mood

During winter, it can be common to feel a low mood and not as bright and breezy as the summer sunshine is here. With the longer…

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Gut-brain axis impact on wellbeing

At one time or another, we have experienced that “gut feeling” when something does not feel quite right or equally does feel so…

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Self-care season

As we often hear we can't pour from an empty cup and as winter bugs seem to surround us, it's the perfect time to look after…

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From Sickness To Recovery

How to support a speedy recovery Being unwell can happen at the time when we least need or expect it. Poor immunity or…

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Digestion: How it works and ways to support your digestion

Digestion plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing, yet most of us don't think much about it. Digestion is the process…

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What's s...not?

What our nose tells us about ourselves, is much more than we may initially realize. At this time of year, the sniffles become an…

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Winter Vitality

During the colder months of the year, our overall wellness and immunity often drop due to a few factors. Such as not getting…

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Preparing for the colder months ahead

How do we stay well over the upcoming colder months while the days begin to shorten on us and the touches of late autumn bring…

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How to decipher your cough?

How to know more about your cough? Often, when we have sniffles and blocked noses, these can go on to develop into more…

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Resetting our sleep clock- How seasonal changes affect us

The long dry summer hours can lend themselves to relaxed and restful evenings filled with hobbies or more time with family. As…

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Back to School Immunity

The immune system is constantly developing from birth, helping us stay well and acting as our internal defence shield against…

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Overcoming The Holiday Blues

The holiday season can bring excitement, adventure, and much social time. Moving on after the holidays and finding our routine…

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Vitamin D

Keeping well has become part of our everyday. Looking after our immunity and health is an essential end of year piece of the…

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How To Navigate 2022

As we move into a new sense of normal as lockdown measures change and shift forward again. A feeling of freedom is being felt…

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Relearning How To Unwind

The end of year stress. As the year starts to unwind and draw closer to the end, we often are left feeling stressed, frazzled…

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How our sleep helps our immune health

The immune system is closely linked with many of our daily body systems including our sleep wake cycle. Our internal circadian…

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Finding ways to cope when overwhelmed

Feeling overwhelmed and struggling to cope? Overcoming our fears or an overwhelming emotional state is often not an easy feat.…

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Finding that work-life balance in the new normal

It can be trying at the best of times, to include all that we want to do in our day or week. Often, we like to prioritise…

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Top Wellness Tips for Healthy Weight Management

Staying well, includes both our emotional and physical well-being. To stay at our optimal wellness, what we consume emotionally…

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The complete benefits of naturopathy

The core benefits of naturopath largely involve the following, helping treat both the emotional and physical health for complete…

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How to achieve clear healthy skin

For many, achieving radiant skin can at times feel unattainable. Between all the must dos and endless tips on how to get that…

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What is naturopathy?

To put it simply, naturopathy is a holistic healthcare system that encompasses both emotional and physical elements for patient…

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The Easy Good Gut Health Guide

What we eat and how we live all have the ability to impact on our gut health, our stress levels, environment and diet all…

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How to shake off blocked and stuffy noses

The top tips for healthy allergy management.

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Why do we get a runny nose?

The early spring feeling of blocked and stuffy noses is never a welcome sign as we step into spring time and daylight savings.

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How to include mental energy and focus into your day

Staying focused and being mentally energised for our everyday, is never an easy feat. In amongst our everyday we are often…

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Four easy ways to boost mental energy and focus

Read on for the four ways to help boost your mental energy and focus as we come out of winter and into spring.

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The Botanical NZ Native Superstar - Kawakawa

Kawakawa is one of our most well-known NZ Native botanicals, and has the unique effect of calming and soothing away any…

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How to achieve deep, restorative sleep

Just getting enough sleep is often part of the problem, busy routines and our many commitments keep us up and make turning off…

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Are you getting enough sleep?

Our sleep routine helps to determine our everyday well-being. From our mood, to digestion, liver health, body recovery, immunity…

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Winter Care For Little Ones

You’ve heard a little tickle in their throat, seen the first little sniffle, and now you need to jump into action to look after…

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Coughs: Why Herbs Work Wonders

Coughs come in many shapes and forms – wet, dry, chesty, hacking, tickly, deep, productive – which is perhaps why herbal…

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Taking charge of your health and wellbeing

One of the most effective ways to protect yourself from any type of virus is by optimising your immune system so that it can…

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Managing Stress for a Better Night's Sleep

If you find you are stressed and not getting enough sleep, you’re not alone. The good news is that through nutrition, lifestyle…

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Children's Immunity Support for School and Pre-School

School and pre-school can be a whole new ball game of new people, new bugs to share and new viruses for our kids’ immune systems…

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Simple Ways to Detox

No matter what your lifestyle and dietary choices are, we all live in an environment that puts pressure on the natural…

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Boost immunity and build resilience with Echinacea

Echinacea is a humble plant that has been looking after us quietly for many hundreds of years and will continue to do so. It is…

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New Year's Cleanse

If you’re one for New Year’s resolutions, looking to break old habits, or create new ones, this is a great time of year to do…

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Summer Sport Essentials

With more physical activity it’s important to remember to properly warm up and take care of your bodies with good nutrition,…

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Supporting the Seasonal Allergy Response Naturally

A herbal approach to seasonal sensitivities prioritises the relief of symptoms while also working to rebalance the immune…

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Hear from others that have seen a Naturopath

Naturopaths are trained to assist clients holistically, which means assessing the person in full - taking into account their…

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What do Naturopaths do?

Today New Zealand offers degree qualifications in Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine, which means that your Naturopath will often…

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What is a Naturopath or Medical Herbalist?

Naturopathy and Medical Herbalism are complementary health modalities. Both Naturopaths and Medical Herbalists are trained to…

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Caring for skin during safe hygiene practices

hands more regularly, alongside using hand sanitiser on at least a daily basis. Whilst washing our hands is vital for…

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How to boost your immunity with antioxidants

Support your immune system with the help of antioxidants

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Recipe: ImmuneBerry Smoothie

Start your day right with this delicious berry smoothie, jam-packed with antioxidants and immune-boosting goodness.

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5 ways with Horseradish

Need some inspiration on how to add horseradish to your culinary repertoire? Look no further.

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Supporting Immune System Function and Lung Health in Times of Change

In such challenging times, your immune system needs support more than ever before. Like everyone, we’re sure you’ve been…

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Sleep Solutions

Whether its difficulty falling asleep or that pesky wake-up in the early hours that you can’t resettle from, be assured there is…

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Beat the Back-to-School (and Work!) Blues by Building your Resilience

Let’s be honest, after a summer of adventures and long sunny days spent bare feet on the beach, getting back into the swing of…

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Keep your baby smiling this summer

Once you’re sure baby’s first smile really was a smile and not wind, you’ll want to see it again and again. But sometimes, baby…

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Navigating summer, naturally

Ah, summer. When the warm grass tickles your feet and the sea air tickles your nose. Although summer is full of fun, laughter…

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Jumping feet first into summer

Summer can be a hard time for feet, from mozzie bites to cuts from barefoot beach walks. If your feet are not quite up to…

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The journey from idea to shelf

Ever wondered how your favourite Kiwiherb products came about? Our New Product Development (NPD) team take initial ideas and…

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3 signs you're too stressed to sleep and how to unwind

If you’re struggling to sleep, stress could be to blame. How do you know if stress is affecting your sleep and how can you calm…

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Here’s why Kiwiherb products are always top quality

A lot of work goes into every bottle of Kiwiherb goodness you see on the shelf. This includes a thorough Quality Assurance (QA)…

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3 signs of an unhappy tummy

If you’ve been living with digestive upsets for a while, you might think it’s normal. It might be common, but it isn’t ideal –…

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Running nose? Itchy eyes? Prepare for allergy season

Although the coming of spring means longer and lighter days, spring’s beautiful blossoms can also mean runny noses and itchy…

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Top 5 Natural Solutions For New Baby Challenges

When your baby is born, you’re born new as a parent. Along with immense love and wonder comes a whole new set of challenges you…

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3 natural ingredients to support winter activity

Be brave and face the cold – fresh air and keeping active are key to feeling vibrant through winter. Support your winter…

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How to beat the winter bugs

If you’re feeling the beginnings of a winter bug, herbal healthcare products are a safe, effective option for the whole family.…

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It’s Thyme to Soothe Scratchy Throats!

Thyme has antiseptic and soothing activity, which means it can soothe dry, scratchy tissue and tickly throats. What more…

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How to keep healthy this autumn

As we start to embrace the shift into the cooler days of autumn, our attention turns to preparing for the winter ahead. We may…

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The Hidden History of Women as Healers

Throughout history, women have always been healers: they would grow medicinal herbs and pass on the secrets of their uses. Women…

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5 Back to School Survival Tips for Parents and Kids

While many parents will welcome the start of the school year with open arms, there’s no doubt that rallying the family to switch…

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Ways to fall asleep naturally

Struggling to fall – and stay – asleep is a really common reason why people look to herbal alternatives instead of sleeping…

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Summer Essentials

Summer essentials for your toolkit need to be potent and effective. Targeted herbal preparations are just the ticket, and…

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5 Foods that contain Immune Boosting properties

A very wise physician called Hippocrates once said “let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food”....

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Top 10 tips to boost your immunity this winter

Prevention is better than cure right? Right! The full quote states that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, and…

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Back to School: Keeping it Chill

With any good holiday, the challenge is always to keep your relaxed holiday state of mind and infuse it into your daily life.…

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Restore Your Skin to Glory

The beauty of using natural plant remedies to improve the appearance of your skin is that they will also improve its health and…

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Travelling With Ease, and Style

Whether travelling for work or pleasure, you want to enjoy the journey as much as the destination. For some of you, travel can…

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Staying Insect Free Naturally

More than just the bane of Summer BBQs, bites from mozzies and sand-flies can have nasty consequences. Thankfully there are a…

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Healthy Summer Tootsies: Natural Foot & Nail Care

Give your hard-working feet the attention they deserve and get them ready for a long and lovely summer with some powerful…

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7 Skin Hacks for a Healthy Summer Glow

Summer is a time when we want our skin at its glowing healthy best. It is also a time when our skin is exposed to the…

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How Do I Get More Energy?

Having more energy is the difference between merely surviving, or getting by, and really feeling vital and alive and engaged…

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Green Spring Clean

Like the daffodills and freesias popping up everywhere, the scent of spring cleaning is in the air! But what exactly is it that…

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Spotlight on Ribwort

Ribwort is a herb you have probably seen many, many days of your life, but perhaps been unaware of. For such an unassuming…

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Winter Skin Glow in 6 Easy Steps

Inside Out: It’s important to remember that our skin is where our bodies meet the world outside. The weather may be colder and…

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Sleep Tight, Right Through the Night

As the winter hits and the sniffles set in Kiwiherb is a great decongesting option for your family.

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7 Ways to Support your Immunity this Autumn

Seven tips to keep you nourished and healthy throughout the Autumn months - eat, sleep, be merry and take your herbal medicine!

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