!!WINTER ALERT!!

At Helios we are busy preparing for winter and hope you find this email useful and informative with regards to homeopathic remedies, vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal remedies and skin care products aimed at keeping you and your family in the best of health this winter.

Coughs, colds, flu, sore throats etc are most prevalent during the winter months please click on WINTER ALERT to take you to our selection of the most commonly prescribed homeopathic remedies for these complaints.

Prevention is of course always better than a cure, so along with a good balanced diet and regular exercise we recommend the following popular products. We also suggest you see your homeopath, as a good constitutional prescription can help balance and boost the bodies defence system and healing response.

To find a Homeopath please please see our links to professional bodies.

IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTERS

• Echinacea mother tincture Echinacea as a herbal tincture is traditionally used to help boost the immune system. It can also be used for several weeks after a bout of flu if the symptoms persist.
  
  
• Bioforce Echinaforce for adults 50ml £8.75 Dosage 15 drops 3 x daily
  
  
• Bioforce Kids Echinacea Complex for Children also contains plantago which is especially good for mucus problems 30ml £5.45 (Suitable for children over 2 years)
  
  
• Bioforce Echinacea Junior - orange flavour chewable tablets. One a day formula. £5.30
  
  
• Sambucol - made from black elderberries which have been used for centuries due to their antioxident properties to cure countless ailments from flu and fever to colds and colic. Sambucol is the product of nearly 20 years research, making it the most extensively researched elderberry extract in the world and it tastes delicious too!
  • Sambucol Adult 120ml £8.50
  • Sambucol Kids 120ml £8.50
  
  
  
• Colloidal Silver - is purported to have anti viral, anti bacterial and anti fungal properties and is often referred to as nature's antibiotic. 100ml spray bottle £14.90
  
  
• Vitamin C and Zinc help the bodies defence system and can be used daily and especially at the first signs of sore throats, colds and flu.
  
  
• Higher Nature Fizzy C 500mg is additive free and makes a great tasting drink to keep your fluid intake up. £3.75
• Solgar Zinc citrate 30mg capsules One a day formula which provides 30mg of easily absorbable Zinc to support the immune system. 100 caps £6.89
  
  
• Solgar Zinc 50mg - one a day. 100 Tabs £6.39
  
  
• Liquid Biocidin (Grapefruit Seed Extract),15ml - A natural anti-viral and anti bacterial use at the first signs of sore throats, colds etc. 3-15 drops in water daily. 15ml £8.50
  
  

VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS

We recommend you supplement your diet during the winter months with a good quality multi vitamin/mineral complex. We have chosen a couple of best sellers from our range

• Biocare One A Day Vitamins and Minerals (with Lutein, Bilberry & Beta Carotene) A multivitamin & mineral formula with readily absorbable forms of nutrients. Also contains high potency Antioxidants. 60 tabs £13.65
  
  
• Solgar VM75 is a one a day high potency, balanced multivitamin with chelated minerals for easy absorption. 60 tablets £15.55 (other sizes available)
  
  

KIDS VITAMINS

• Kangavites - Multi vitamin and mineral supplement - suitable for children over 2 years.
  • Bouncing Berry (60 tabs) £7.25
  • Tropical Punch (60 tabs) £7.25
  
  
  
• Dinochews Multi vitamin and mineral supplement - suitable for children over 4 years.
  • Blackberry flavour 30 tabs £5.30,
  • Blackberry flavour 90 Tabs £12.60
  
  
  

• Weleda Herb and Honey Elixir - A traditional herbal remedy for symptomatic relief of dry or irritating coughs. 100ml £4.50
  
  
• Weleda Cough Drops - Contains selected herbs for tickly tiring coughs which often affect sleep. For dry, stubborn, irritating coughs. Add 10.20 drops to warm water and sip. 25ml £4.50
  
  
• Weleda Cough Elixir Expectorant. A Natural Herbal Expectorant for the symptomatic relief of 'chesty' or productive coughs, made with natural expectorants such as thyme, aniseed, horehound and demulcent marshmallow root. Also contains homeopathic potencies of Ipecac, Pulsatilla and Drosera. 100ml £4.50 All Weleda cough products are suitable for children aged 6 and over.
  
  
• Bioforce Echinacea Throat Spray - for relief of sore throats 30ml £8.25 (Suitable for children aged 6 and over)
  
  
• A.Vogel Echinacea and Honey Lozenges - pleasant tasting soothing lozenges for tickly coughs and sore throats. £1.75
  
  
• A. Vogel Santasapina Lozenges - for tickly cough £1.75. Also available in syrup form 100ml £3.99
  
  

SKIN CARE

We stock a wide range of natural and organic skin care, hair and bath care products from Dr Hauscka, Weleda, Barefoot Botanicals, Inlight Green People and more. The following are a small selection from our products specifically suited to protect and soothe your skin during the winter months.

• Barefoot Botanicals SOS Cream for face and body - Eight herbal extracts and four essential oils blended into a natural cream base for dry and irritated skin. 50ml £9.95
  
  
• Barefoot Botanicals SOS Barrier Hand Cream - Deeply moisturising oils and healing herbal extracts soothe, soften and protect chronically dry, rough hands and fingers 50ml £15.95
  
  
• Bodytox Detox Warm Patches - soothes aches and pains, relaxes and re-energises. They also stimulate poor circulation. 2 pack £3.99, 10 pack £18.99
  
  
• Green People Help At Hand - a rich non greasy cream for normal, dry and irritated skin. Protects against moisture loss. 50ml £8.99
  
  
• Helios Calendula/Graphites Cream - for sore, cracked and broken skin around the nose after a cold or the hands after exposure to the elements.
  
  
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• Inlight Daily Face Oil 100% Organic combination of Jojoba, evening primrose, rosehip, blue mallow and lavender oils. An excellent daytime moisturizer and protector during the winter. Suitable for even the most delicate skin 30ml £22.00
  
  
• Inlight Organic Body Oil with Arnica - a wonderfully rich and luxurious oil for use all over, to help to keep the skin hydrated & soft throughout the winter months. 100ml £25.00
  
  
• Inlight Organic Lip Balm, 100% organic shea butter, jojoba, sesame, evening primrose and calendula to soothe, sore dry chapped lips and offers great protection against the elements. 7ml £9.00
  
  
• Weleda Skin Food Deep penetrating, replenishing, ideal for dry patches of skin on face or hands 75ml £5.95
  
  
• Weleda Calendula Weather Protection Cream offers intensive protection against drying winds or cold, wet weather. For babies & all the family 30ml £4.25
  
  
• Weleda Everon Lip Salve has been carefully formulated to protect the lips from drying, cracking and chapping. It contains jojoba oil, beeswax, cocoa butter, carnauba wax and rose wax. £5.10