!!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 defense system and healing response.

To find a Homeopath please click on PROFESSIONAL BODIES

IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTERS

Echinacea Ø 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.

Helios Echinacea tincture – 30ML £9.75 Dosage 5-10 drops 2-3 x daily

Bioforce Echinaforce for adults 50ml £9.15, 100ml £16.20. Dosage 15 drops 3 x daily

Bioforce Echinacea Forte (Colds and Flu) 80 tablets £10.20

Bioforce Echinacea Junior -– orange flavour chewable tablets. One a day formula. £10.20 (from 6 years upwards)

Lamberts Imuno Strength Liquid 500ml -– Immune building liquid containing the juice of Elderberries, Red Grape, Rosehip and Blackcurrent. Suitable for Adults and children 5 years and upwards. £15.27

Sambucol – made from black elderberries which have been used for centuries due to their antioxidant properties to cure countless ailments from the 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 £ 8.49
Sambucol Kids – suitable from 1 year upwards 120ml £8.49
Sambucol Immuno Forte with added Vitamin C and Zinc 120ml £8.99

Active 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 £16.60

VITAMIN C and ZINC help the body’s defense system and can be used daily and especially at the first signs of sore throats, colds and flu.

Lamberts Gentle Vitamin C 100 tabs £8.12

Higher Nature Fizzy C 500mg is additive free and makes a great tasting drink to keep fluid intake up. Also suitable for children from 1 year upwards £4.70

Biocare Vitamin C Powder 60g £8.30

A. Vogel Nature-C – Delicious tasting chewable vitamin c tablets £5.25

Solgar Zinc Citrate 30mg – One a day formula which provides 30mg of easily absorbable Zinc to support the immune system. 100 caps £7.05

Biocare Zinc Citrate 50mg – one a day. 90 Tabs £6.45

Higher Nature Citricidal (Grapefruit Seed Extract) – A natural anti-viral and anti bacterial. Use at the first signs of sore throats, colds etc. 3-15 drops in water daily. 25ml £5.70, 45ml £8.70

Biocare Liquid Biocidin (Grapefruit Seed Extract) 15ml £9.90

 

VITAMIN/MINERAL AND HERBAL PRODUCTS

We recommend you supplement your diet during the winter months with a good quality multi vitamin/mineral complex. Listed below are just a few products from our extensive range of supplements and herbal remedies.

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 £15.75

Solgar – VM75 tablets is a one a day high potency, balanced multivitamin with chelated minerals, for easy absorption. 60 tabs £15.85

Higher Nature Echinacea Cold and Flu Relief – A traditional herbal medicinal product to relieve the symptoms of common colds and flu. 30 caps £8.95

Higher Nature Pelargonium Cold Relief – A traditional herbal medicinal product to relieve the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections such as sore throats, coughs and blocked or runny nose. 21 tabs £10.95

KIDS VITAMINS

Kangavites – Multi vitamin and mineral supplement - suitable for children over 3 years in great flavours kids will love, Bouncing Berry or Tropical Punch 60 tabs £7.39

Dinochews – Multi vitamin and mineral supplement – suitable for children over 4 years, blackberry flavour 30 tabs £5.50, 90 Tabs £14.20

 

COUGH LINCTUS AND THROAT LOZENGES

Weleda Herb and Honey Elixir – A traditional herbal remedy for symptomatic relief of dry or irritating coughs. 100ml £6.95

Weleda Cough Drops – Contains selected herbs for tickly coughs which often affect sleep. For dry, stubborn, irritating coughs. Add 10-20 drops to warm water and sip. 25ml £8.95

Weleda Cough Elixir Expectorant – 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 £6.95

All Weleda cough products are suitable for children aged 6 and over.

Potters Cough Remover – A herbal blend to help reduce mucus 150ml £4.48

Bioforce Echinacea Throat Spray – for relief of sore throats 30ml £8.65 (Suitable for children aged 6 and over)

A.Vogel Echinacea and Honey Lozenges – pleasant tasting soothing lozenges for tickly coughs and sore throats. £1.85

A.Vogel Santasapina Lozenges – for tickly cough £1.85. Also available in syrup form 100ml £5.71

NEW from Manuka Health NZ

Propolis Suckles – made with propolis to provide soothing relief from sore throats £4.25

Manuka Honey Suckles – made with pure Manuka Honey and propolis £4.25

We also stock pure NZ Manuka Honey in various strengths

 

SKIN CARE

We stock a wide range of natural and organic skin care, hair and bath care products from Dr Hauschka, Lavera, Weleda, Barefoot Botanicals and more. The following are a small selection from our products specifically formulated 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 50m £15.95

Dr Hauschka’s Quince Day Cream – The quince and beeswax extracts in this moisturiser give it wonderful protecting qualities making it an ideal day care cream for the winter 30ml £19.95.

Helios Calendula/Graphites Cream – For sore, cracked and broken skin around the nose after a cold or the hands after exposure to the elements.

30g tube £5.36.

Helios Rhus tox/Ruta Cream – with warming ginger essential oil, for arthritic/rheumatic aches and pains worse in cold, damp weather 30g tube £5.36

Weleda Skin Food – Deep penetrating, replenishing, ideal for dry patches of skin on face or hands 75ml £8.50

Weleda Baby Calendula Weather Protection Cream – Offers intensive protection against drying winds or cold, wet weather. For babies & all the family 30ml £6.95

Weleda Pomegranate Body Oil – Revitalizes tired, dry skin £19.95

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. £5.95

Weleda Pine Reviving Bath Milk – Helps overcome the effects of cold, damp weather 200ml £8.95

Lavera Lip Repair – Formulated for dry, chapped lips using natural plant based ingredients. £3.95

7cream – Developed by homeopath Robin Logan, 7cream contains only natural plant based ingredients and includes manuka honey, calendula, aloe vera, shea butter, coconut, advocado and neem oils with pure Canadian glacial water. Its wonderful soothing and moisturizing properties make it an ideal cream for sore, cracked or very dry skin 60ml £14.25

7balm – Contains the same ingredients as the cream in an ointment base to protect and moisturise dry, chapped lips £6.08

Bodytox Detox Warm Patches – soothes aches and pains, relaxes and re-energises. They also stimulate poor circulation. 2 pack £4.29, 14 pack £23.99