Tag: natural healing

Preparing For A Healthy Trip
I write this blog because I want you to enjoy your travels, and I know it’s really hard to have fun away from home if you’re not feeling well. For several years, I was beset with minor illnesses on the road, and I eventually developed a strategy for preparing for a healthy trip. Here are […]

Enjoy New Zealand Spas and Natural Remedies
New Zealand spas offer a hands-on way to experience New Zealand’s natural wonders. Several spas throughout this clean green country use products made from local plants, honey, and – even – clay in wonderful massage therapies, body treatments, facials, and treats for hands and feet. I made this discovery after a long hike in the Bay […]

Mal de Mer and More
For years I have used Sea-Bands to prevent motion sickness – and they really worked. All I did was slip on the stretchy wristbands and make sure the white plastic button on the inside of the bands was positioned to push on the Nei-Kuan acupressure points on the inside of my wrists. Voilà! No more leaning […]

Simply Gargle Sore Throat Remedy
I’m really not into “lifting” things from restaurants, but more than once – when struck with a sore throat on the road – I’ve had to “borrow” a salt shaker from a dining table. Nothing soothes that my-tonsils-are-on-fire feeling like a little NACL gargle. Now some ingenious folks have come up with single-dose plastic pouches […]