Hillarys herbal dispensary

Hillarys herbal dispensary Unlock your true health potential. Health issues sometimes have no easy answers. The underlying causes may physical, emotional, spiritual or psychological.

Discover how we can help you get your health back on track using functional testing, certified organic herbal medicine, diet and lifestyle changes. Take the guesswork out of your needs by seeing a professional health practitioner who can assist your healing process by providing you with education, support and supplementation so that you can facilitate your own healing process. At The Herbal Body, Bridget will listen to you, provide you with the necessary dietary recommendations and herbal or nutritional supplementation to initiate your body's own innate corrective processes. The body can heal itself when the right steps are taken. Bridget believes that a natural approach to ones health will bring about a much better result without undesirable side effects. Bridget uses iridology as an effective technique to assess body systems and organ function. Sometimes the irises of the eye reflect conditions for which symptoms may not yet be apparent. Ask today how The Herbal Body can assist you with your health and emotional well being.

BLOODS AREN'T THE WHOLE PICTUREHow many times have you had blood work done and told that everything is fine?You don't fe...
29/01/2026

BLOODS AREN'T THE WHOLE PICTURE

How many times have you had blood work done and told that everything is fine?

You don't feel fine. Perhaps you're always exhausted, stressed or your immunity has plummeted?

Maybe allergies are bothering or you intuitively feel that your thyroid is not working well despite being fine on paper.

If this sounds like you, don't give up and don't keep spinning the hamster wheel.

We can help you look at things differently - different testing methods that tell you why you feel the way you do and how to support your imbalances.

If blood isn't telling your story, ask us about how we can help you.
Don't let us be your last port of call, let us be your first!

VICTIM MENTALITY or HERO'S JOURNEY?The victim paradigm is fading. Collectively, we're realizing the world we entered was...
27/01/2026

VICTIM MENTALITY or HERO'S JOURNEY?

The victim paradigm is fading. Collectively, we're realizing the world we entered was never safe or truly equitable—a reality animals navigate daily. The notion that life should be easy or fair has been subtly marketed to us, urging constant pain avoidance. While caution can protect, excessive vigilance turns into cowering rather than living.

We shield children from hurt out of love, hoping to preserve their wonder and remind ourselves the world remains beautiful.

When life batters us, feeling weak, tired, fearful, or emotionally overwhelmed is natural—and healthy. Suppressing pain, grief, anxiety, or anger (through avoidance, addiction, etc.) blocks growth. Feel those feelings. Own them. Then let them go.

We are souls on a journey. I hear daily stories of people who survive, adapt, yet still carry unprocessed emotions. I address physical ailments but believe many conditions stem from emotional/psychological layers needing attention, so I refer to kinesiologists, counsellors, chiropractors, and others for holistic support in our community.

There are many tools that can help support your journey - herbs, minerals - things that come from a life force to give you life force. Practitioners that can help you to see what you haven't been able to see. Practitioners that help get your nervous system 'unstuck' so you move your path forward.

There is no single fix or magic product to 'fix' you. You on a soul's path. Your life is your hero's journey—everyone struggles at least some of the time.

The hero's journey in city life is not conquering cliff faces, sheer drops, the traps, mazes and menacing tigers.

The tigers are paper tigers - mortgages, insurances, school fees, medical bills, and as of 2024, the cost of living.

The cliff faces are the big decisions we have to make - starting or ending a career, purchasing a home, deciding on a major health path.

The sheer drops are leaving toxic people, embracing the unknown, not knowing how we will cope with whats around the next bend.

Nothing is happening to you; everything is happening for you. The hand you were dealt is the one you're meant to play—this is your soul's journey. You stop being a victim the moment you take control.

Support it fully instead of papering over it. When a lesson is truly learned, the struggle fades, and the next chapter begins.

I remember the stigma of tarot cards growing up. They were taboo - so of course I was curious! I soon discovered there w...
25/01/2026

I remember the stigma of tarot cards growing up. They were taboo - so of course I was curious! I soon discovered there was no relationship with the Devil or conjuring spirits or superstition. The tarot archetypes are here to give clarity around a situation because, to be honest, we get in our own way!

Dee is here every Monday morning so if you are not figuring it out on your own and would like a deeper perspective on it, come and see Dee.

PLEASE WELCOME KYLIE!Kinesiology is a non-invasive complementary therapy. It uses manual muscle monitoring (biofeedback)...
24/01/2026

PLEASE WELCOME KYLIE!

Kinesiology is a non-invasive complementary therapy. It uses manual muscle monitoring (biofeedback) to identify and correct imbalances in the body's energy systems, drawing from ideas in Chinese medicine, chiropractic origins, and holistic principles.

Kinesiology's potential is to address deep-seated emotional, mental, and even physical issues through muscle testing and energetic balancing.

We all carry baggage - acquired in this lifetime with our own thoughts, inherited belief systems and ancestral traumas. We are who we are because of it. It brings colour and differentiation to our personalities and keeps us on our toes. Being busy creatures we don't often take time to examine our beliefs and thoughts. Why do I think this or Why do I believe this?

Things happen - a comment made in jest or a passing insult that we don't think we've taken on board but we do. Our cells remember EVERYTHING! This is why words are weapons.

The big events change us - things we can name and still carry - death of a loved one, severe illness, accidents, life-changing events.

Maybe there is something you can't name - something you know is there and you want to know the root cause. Kinesiology can dig deep. Really deep.

Kylie is a qualified kinesiology practitioner here every Sunday to help with:

- self-discovery,
- releasing limiting beliefs
- ancestral patterns,
- subconscious imbalances
- trauma-related "baggage"

Kinesiology is especially helpful for things like children's behaviours or unnamed inner discomforts. Children don't have the language skills to articulate their feelings and thoughts. They feel their way through life and often pick up on energies, however subtle.

If you are on a path of self-discovery/healing or you want to show up feeling lighter and brighter, kinesiology is the modality of choice for understanding yourself better.

UNLOCK SOME DISCOUNTS ON SATURDAY!Keep on track of your health with weekly discounted rates. Between 3 and 4 pm Saturday...
24/01/2026

UNLOCK SOME DISCOUNTS ON SATURDAY!

Keep on track of your health with weekly discounted rates.
Between 3 and 4 pm Saturdays (when parking is available) members/ consultees are eligible for an extra 10% on their script.

No holds, sorry. Pick up Saturday only.

From this tiny snippet of an iris, I can tell that this model may have issues with connective tissues - possibly organ p...
20/01/2026

From this tiny snippet of an iris, I can tell that this model may have issues with connective tissues - possibly organ prolapse tendencies, hypermobility or increased flexibility, joint instability.

She also has pockets of lymphatic congestion around her spine, reduced skin circulation, weak gastric secretions, inflammation in and around her kidney and more than likely has very good boundaries with other people - I don't imagine she would mince words!

Photo courtesy of Amanda Dalbjorn.

What do your eyes say about your health?The iris reflects the nervous system, organs, and body systems.Iridology is a to...
14/01/2026

What do your eyes say about your health?

The iris reflects the nervous system, organs, and body systems.
Iridology is a tool used to identify inherent or acquired weaknesses and map your potential health trajectory, highlighting which organs and systems need support.

It can reveal signs of inflammation, lymphatic congestion, toxicity, insufficiency, over-activity, common deficiencies, and key supportive nutrients.

Iridology is now included with every new member consultation.

Photo courtesy of Joel Staveley

If you have drawn a parallel between city life and excessive fatigue and brain fog, electromagnetic radiation may be pla...
13/01/2026

If you have drawn a parallel between city life and excessive fatigue and brain fog, electromagnetic radiation may be playing a role.

While some may have carved out a slice of paradise elsewhere, some are besieged with screen work commitments or screen addiction. Add to that other electro interference - sm@rt meters, LED lighting, new towers popping up everywhere... while it is difficult to avoid, a kinesiology balance that works specifically with your brains circuitry can refresh your clarity capacity!

Tanya is here at the dispensary every second Saturday morning. I've got my balance booked this week!

BREAKFAST REFLECTIONSThis morning at breakfast, my planned avocado sourdough did not eventuate so I turned to some home ...
10/01/2026

BREAKFAST REFLECTIONS

This morning at breakfast, my planned avocado sourdough did not eventuate so I turned to some home made apricot jam in the fridge. While munching my rather sloppy jam (sloppy because I refuse to use full sugar: fruit ratio) I wondered how much nutrition would be lost during the cooking process.

As it turns out, minerals survive the cooking process and most vitamins - only the B group and C are degraded by high temperatures. SInce no cooking medium is drained, all surviving nutrients remain in the jam.

Sugar is highly processed and therefore an anti-nutrient but if it paired with real fruit and no setting agents, stabilisers, thickeners, colourings, flavour enhancers, preservatives then it still constitutes a better food than vegetable oil nut pastes or peanut butter.

So what if my jam is drippy or sloppy - life is drippy and sloppy at times! It is sweet, slightly tangy and tastes real. More real than the almond milk I'll be drinking later.
It is easy to make if you have a thermomix and summer is the perfect time with stonefruit in season. Fruit in season is the most affordable.

Another benefit of home made jam is that YOU select the fruit. It may be less than perfect but probably still better than the dregs served up in commercial supermarket jams.

I think I will make it my mission to make homemade jam great again! 3 hours of your time and you could perhaps stock up for a whole year!

Photo courtesy of Jamelena Leya

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR (and sometimes still not getting what you pay for)Our food chain is being adulterated, and some...
08/01/2026

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR (and sometimes still not getting what you pay for)

Our food chain is being adulterated, and sometimes what you buy is not what you expect.

Most people trying to improve their health now understand the damaging nature of seed oils and trans fats and are choosing better options. This post is specifically about olive oil.

My go-to healthy oil has always been extra virgin olive oil. A cheffing background has given me the legacy of a strong intuition around food quality. When shopping, I often stop and stare at the options before choosing the one my intuition gives the green light to. That's if I shop for oil at supermarkets - which I usually don't.

In hospitality, cheap vegetable oils are routinely used for grilling, pan frying and deep frying. Deep frying in particular causes oils to become rancid quickly — if they weren’t already.
Many deep fried foods are already heavily processed and laden with fats and oils which are then fried again.

My intuition has been validated by recent discoveries showing that even extra virgin olive oil can be adulterated — and many actually are.

Giveaways for rancid or adulterated olive oils:
• Sold in clear plastic
• Plastic bottles that are not BPA & BPS free
• Homebrand olive oils (usually plastic)
• Imported oils — especially labels stating “packed in Italy from imported ingredients”
• Musty flavours or oils that trigger palate alarm bells (different to the slight “burn” of high-polyphenol oils)
• Anecdotal – heavily marketed with Italian or Spanish flags or insignia, village or farm motifs. This is suggestive marketing and a powerful marketing tool

Colour is not a reliable indicator — chlorophyll and other colourings can be added. Price is not a reliable indicator either as adulteration occurs with oils priced around the $20/L mark as a way to mask 'cheap' oil.

Quality & authenticity checklist:

• Certified Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil (AEVOO)
• Awards from WA or Australian International Olive Oil Awards
• Single-estate or small-batch production
• Pressed within 24 hours of harvest & cold pressed

Some brands do pass the quality and unadulterated test; hold awards, and some are certified organic or regeneratively farmed.

Cobram estate - Victoria & California
Red Island - Tasmanian
Sumich - Moore river, W.A. & Tasmanian
Regans ridge - Moore river, W.A.
Grampians olive co - (Victoria)

Boutique growers in W.A:

Sabina River Olives (WA)
Third Pillar (Blackwood Valley, WA)
Guinea Grove Farm (WA – Cheriton Valley) - Regenerative farm
Whirlwind Farm (Karridale, WA) - Regenerative farm
Dandaragan Estate (Moore River, WA)
Jingilli / Frankland River Olive Company (WA)
Petra Extra Virgin Olive Oil (WA)
All About Oils (WA)
Great Southern Groves (WA)
Tarralea Grove (WA – Jarrahdale)
Olio bello - (WA - Margaret river)
3 drops - Great Southern, WA

For cooking, Extra virgin olive oil can be used despite a low smoke temperature (news to me but happy to discover) but is best used in dressings, dips and other cold, savoury dishes.

Other cooking fats I would recommend over vegetable oils (sunflower, safflower, rice bran, 'vegetable', sesame, peanut, h**p) are: Beef tallow, ghee, coconut ghee, coconut oil.

Beef tallow ranks as the best for low adulteration and rancidity risk. The others rank low for rancidity risk but can be adulterated depending on the source.

Thank you to Ian Breakspear and Aussie Products Uncovered for your education and triggering my investigations into the olive oil world and confirming my intuitions that not all that is marketed in the olive oil department is good.

Thank you also to all the local independent growers who are bringing integrity back to olive oils and to the land via regenerative & certified organic farming.

Photo courtesy of John Cameron.

07/01/2026

Something amazing always happens when I decide to go for a wander.
I might see a bandicoot in the scrub near the beach or a fox dart between two fences on a sand track or a funnel web spider reared up on a path (I have photos which are inconclusive but I didn't want to get too close...)

So many different experiences and all unexpected. One evening, walking along the coast, my dog put her snout on the tail of a cat who was on the inside of the fence and who seemed to be vigilantly watching some sort of wildlife activity. The cat was so intent, when she turned to see my dog they both jumped in fright! She got away safely and was mentally counting how many lives she had left!

No matter where you are outside in nature there is always something new to see. It never gets old and never gets less beautiful.

WASHING FRESH PRODUCE TO REMOVE CHEMICAL RESIDUESHopefully we are all aware that pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and ...
07/01/2026

WASHING FRESH PRODUCE TO REMOVE CHEMICAL RESIDUES

Hopefully we are all aware that pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides are harmful to our health. Certified organic produce is out of reach for some, maybe many in terms of availability, sourcing and pricing. So here are some easy, cost effective home remedies to reduce the burden for your body.

No method removes 100% of residues, but several can significantly reduce surface pesticides (typically 50–99% for many common ones).

Recommended methods:

1. Baking soda soak (1 tsp in 2 cups water, soak 12–15 minutes, then rinse): Highly effective (80–99%) for certain pesticides, especially on apples, grapes, and berries.

2. Running cold water rinse (20 seconds) or soak (12 minutes): Removes 50–80%; suitable for all produce.

3. Hydrogen peroxide soak (6% solution): 60–80% removal.
White vinegar soak: Effective against bacteria and some residues, but may alter taste.

4. Peeling/trimming: Can remove nearly all surface residues but also nutrients; best for thick-skinned items.

Tips: Lift produce out of soak water (don't pour water over it), always final rinse. Avoid commercial washes or soaps—they offer no extra benefit over plain water.
Tap water may contain contaminants like glyphosate, but washing still nets a reduction in overall residues.

These methods align well with scientific studies and USDA testing, which often evaluates produce after washing and peeling.

DDT background: Banned in the US since 1972 (and Australia by 1987 under the Stockholm Convention), but limited use continues in some regions for malaria control. DDT is highly persistent in soil, leading to legacy contamination—residues from decades ago still uptake into plants via roots. Legacy contamination also holds true for glyphosate. A friend, whose farm has recently obtained organic certification and whose farm is on virgin soil has minute traces of glyphosate!

Current levels in fresh produce (based on recent USDA Pesticide Data Program data, 2023–2024 samples analyzed in 2025 reports):
Detected at low levels in some items: e.g., ~40% of spinach samples, 16% of leaf lettuce, 2–3% of potatoes, and trace amounts in cucumbers, avocados, and corn.

All detected residues were below FDA safety thresholds and pose no acute risk.
DDT is not a major contributor to EWG's Dirty Dozen lists (2025 focuses on modern pesticides like fungicides; spinach ranks high partly due to legacy DDT in soil).

Why washing is limited for DDT/organochlorines:
These are systemic or soil-absorbed (pe*****te plant tissues), not just surface deposits.
Plain water, vinegar, or baking soda primarily removes surface residues; they have minimal impact on absorbed ones.
Some studies show salt water (10%) or peeling can help more, but not fully.
Peeling thick-skinned/root vegetables (e.g., potatoes) reduces exposure most effectively.

Overall risk: Modern pesticides dominate residues today, but legacy DDT contributes trace amounts in certain crops. Levels have declined significantly since the ban, and USDA finds 99% of tested foods comply with tolerances.

For the latest detailed data, check the Environmental Working Group's Shopper's Guide (ewg.org/foodnews) and their Dirty Dozen/Clean Fifteen lists, which prioritize organic for high-residue items.

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