Nether Edge Herbarium

30/12/2025

Epsom bath salts! Another of our best sellers, Epsom salts baths are a fantastic way to ease aches and pains and to reduce stress. Chuck a cupful into your bath before you get in, then just relax.

27/12/2025

Our massage therapist Kate Sheridan says that “I explore where my clients are holding excessive tension in their muscles and posture, and whether it is causing issues such as headaches, digestive issues and stiffness. We explore movement and postures so that they can feel how their body is responding to emotions and stress levels. Then I use soft tissue techniques including massage to help relax and relieve the tension held in the body so they can feel the difference.

We also discuss self-care to help release excessive muscle tension. For example, this may include time in nature, better self-awareness of their patterns of holding or moving themselves, and simple exercises to help relax and improve mobility. Often a positive result of this is improved sleep, and this helps with everything else.”

24/12/2025

Ashwagandha as a powder is another one of our best sellers. Like the tea, the powder is an adaptogen that helps you adapt to stress. The powder is used to make 'Moon milk', stirred into hot milk along with spices like cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and maybe some honey to taste. Drink it warm at bedtime to help you to settle down to sleep.

23/12/2025

Alexander technique practitioner Hester Singer told us that she treats stress as being mental and physical tension in response to perceived danger. This fear response can often become habitual. “I cope with my own stress by noticing and interrupting my response and choosing a relaxed physical response, which feeds back to my nervous system that there is no danger. Alexander called this process ‘inhibit and direct’. Then in clinic I put my hands on a person to pass on this experience through our nervous systems communicating. With time they learn to ‘inhibit and direct’ for themselves in everyday life.”

17/12/2025

Adaptogen herbs are our go-to for short term stress. Adaptogens are so-named because they help you to adapt, to be flexible and resilient and could help you to thrive within your challenges rather than being overwhelmed by them.

There are lots of adaptogens. Ashwagandha, one of our all time best-sellers, is particularly useful when your sense of being overwhelmed has begun to affect your sleep and you are feeling agitated or upset. We stock it as a tea, a tincture and even as capsules.

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14/12/2025

New blog post: Tips from the Herbarium on coping with Christmas stress

11/12/2025

Our herbalist Carol Burnett says that whilst supportive nervine herbs, adaptogens and supplements are really effective for stress, it's essential for the person to explore changes or practices they could adopt that would also help, and to include some sort of bodywork in a protocol to reduce the physical residues of stress. "It's good to do something energetic, like walking, cycling – whatever; and something relaxing that involves deep breathing, like yoga, breath work or Tia chi.
And you should work with an experienced body worker, something like massage, acupuncture, Alexander technique, any of the therapies on offer at NEH really. It's good to have someone do something to or for you as well as engaging yourself."

08/12/2025

New blog post! Our practitioners share their tips on holistic help for immunity

Holistic advice from our herbalists and acupuncturist on strengthening immunity to help with colds and flu and other infections

26/11/2025

New In: Bristol Fungarium's Dual extracted tinctures!! The best way to get all the goodness of the shrooms.
The dual extraction involves both water and alcohol phases to ensure all the compounds and phytochemical are in the medicine.
Medicinal mushrooms are powerhouses, used for their adaptogenic, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and other myriad qualities.

24/11/2025

New In!
Namaste India's Incense Range. Great for room refreshing, smudging, cleansing and clearing, why not try?

22/11/2025

Our Alexander Technique teacher Hester also made an appearance at Menofest.
Menopause is a time to get more connected to your body, which is facilitated by the Alexander Technique in a safe and wholistic way.

19/11/2025

No. 6 on our best sellers list is Organic Black Seed Oil. This is a very popular item,
and would probably be no 1 if we combined its sales with the non-organic version that we also stock. Black Seed oil is a panacea of health; it is antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, promotes wound healing and skin health, helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels, reduces asthma and supports weight loss. Our black seed oil is food grade, so it can be consumed by the teaspoon for myriad benefits. Why not try some?