https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/ 2026-04-30T01:32:20+00:00 https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/ https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2025-12-30T06:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=about_us&rev=1767074427&do=diff About Us Vitae Essentia was formed in 2015. It is a holistic health company focussing on a seed to remedy approach. An integrative perspective is used as the lead clinician is trained as a Naturopath, Registered Nurse (Mental Health) and has qualification in Reiki, Massage and specialised for several decades in talking therapy. An evidence based approach is used in treatment. The environment approach is taken not only from studies in environmental science but the hands on approach to the land… text/html 2026-01-10T03:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=acv&rev=1768014855&do=diff Apple Cider Vinegar [ACV] The best ACVs are organic, unfiltered and raw (unpasteurized). Ideally use organic or spray free apples. These are really easy to make even from scratch without a SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), all that is required is apples and patience for fermentation. text/html 2025-12-30T06:40:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bees&rev=1767076830&do=diff We all know bees are really important part of the environment. Here at Vitae Essentia’s base we are growing herbs and a food forest, therefore pollination is an essential process, hence the need for hives and also the importance of supporting these essential insects. Any honey, wax or propolis gained from the hives are great by products, if available, as long as the bees are not left short or compromised. I am happy to keep the bees happy and grateful for the pollination they do for my crops. Pr… text/html 2026-02-09T09:09:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=blackgarlic&rev=1770628190&do=diff Black Garlic (Allium sativum) Black garlic is made from the fermentation of garlic under controlled conditions. This can be done in a garlic fermenting machine as shown in the picture. Fresh garlic is placed in the wire trays and then placed into the fermenter, which is then closed and will remain closed until the end of the process. Typically the fermentation takes place between 60 and 78oC over a period of 5-11 days. However it can be fermented for 4 weeks, the longest time being 69 day. Th… text/html 2026-01-08T09:19:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=calendula_oil&rev=1767863950&do=diff CALENDULA (Calendula officinalis) INFUSED OIL (Cold Infusion) Ingredients: • Dried Calendula flowers • Olive oil / Sweet almond oil Equipment: • Glass jar • Chop stick or other wooden stirring implement • Scales • Glass jug • Non metal sieve text/html 2026-03-03T08:26:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=calendula&rev=1772526418&do=diff Calendula (Calendula officinale) Other Names Pot Marigold, Marigold, Sun’s gold, Solis, Holligold, Gold bloom. Latin Name: Calendula officinale Family: Asteracaea (Composite – Daisy Family) Description Calendula is an aromatic annual plant that can also be a short lived perennial. It has a pale green angular stem that braches and is covered in glandular hairs, with a woody base, particularly in older plants, that grows to approximately 50cm in height. Calendula has sessile leaves, the lo… text/html 2026-01-14T09:42:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=covidsupport&rev=1768383748&do=diff COVID Antiviral / Immune Support First and foremost, eat a healthy diet ideally organic / spray free or home grown. This needs to be rich in vegetables (3-5 serves), fruit (1-2 serves), ideally activated (soaked and / or sprouted) nuts, seeds, cereal and legumes, white meat (chicken, fish), sea food (oily fish and sea vegetables such as sea weed), healthy fats (olive, coconut, nut and seed oils), fermented foods, eggs (free range) plenty of water – baseline is 30mls/kg. text/html 2026-03-23T08:54:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=flax&rev=1774256078&do=diff Flax Other names Common flax Linseed Latin name: Linum usitatissimum Family: Linaceae Flax (also known as common flax or linseed), Linum usitatissimum, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fibre crop cultivated in cooler regions of the world. The textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen. The oil is known as linseed oil. In addition to referring to the plan… text/html 2026-01-14T09:16:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ginkgo&rev=1768382190&do=diff Taxonomy Botanical Name: Gingko biloba Family: Ginkgoaceae Other names: Adiantifolia, Arbre aux quarante ecus, Bai guo ye, Duck foot tree, Fossil tree, Ginkgo; Gin-nan, Icho, Maidenhair tree; Silver Apricot tree, Temple balm, Templetrae, Yinhsing. text/html 2026-01-14T09:03:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=goldenpaste&rev=1768381396&do=diff How to make (and use) Highly Bioavailable Turmeric Golden Paste [goldenpaste] Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric and responsible for its golden colour, but it is not readily absorbed by the body. Once ingested, most of the curcumin gets quickly metabolized before it can get absorbed. Piperine (the heat in black pepper)helps make curcumin more bio-available as it temporarily slows the liver from removing it from the blood. text/html 2026-01-20T09:04:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=herbsforcovid&rev=1768899858&do=diff Easy Access Herbs For Covid This is a brief summary on the aid these beautiful herbs can provide in relation to support against covid. More information will follow on the herbs individual pages. Garlic Garlic (Allium sativum) Grows in NZ, plant cloves in winter no later than 21st June – Winter solstice. text/html 2026-03-23T08:43:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=karakeke&rev=1774255397&do=diff Harakeke Other names New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) Harakeke or New Zealand flax is a distinctive feature of the New Zealand landscape. Flax has played an important part of New Zealand’s history. One wonders how Maaori would have existed without the flax for it certainly played a big part in their life. In Maaori sayings and songs, flax is often likened to family bonds and human relationships. It is still an extremely useful plant that many New Zealanders associate strongly with their h… text/html 2026-03-23T08:25:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kawakawa&rev=1774254312&do=diff Kawakawa [Kawakawa] Common Names: Pepper tree Māori names: Kawakawa Fruit: Tākawa (used for whole plant by Whakatohea – Kora 1941) Botanical Name: Macropiper excelsum Family: Piperaceae (Pepper family) Description “Kawakawa” is the name given to the taste of its leaves, which is noticeably bitter and peppery. A dense shrub of up to 6m in height. It has joints all its trunk, branches and branchlets, these being swollen from where the leaves grow from. It is recognisable by its green to … text/html 2026-03-23T09:08:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=knowledge&rev=1774256901&do=diff Apairy Bee Garden Herbs Black Garlic (Apium sativum) Here Calendula (Calendula officinale) Here Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Here Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) Here Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) Here Savoury (Satureja et al) Here White Willow (Salix alba) Here Yarrow text/html 2026-01-14T09:10:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kombucha&rev=1768381853&do=diff KOMBUCHA [Kombucha] Kombucha is a great way to brew your own probiotics, all it costs is the price of the brewing kit and a scoby which can easily be bought from places like Trade Me. Once you have this kit you can brew your own probiotics for cents, much cheaper than buying the expensive products in health shops. It is really easy to do and takes relatively little time. At the end of the brew you will end up with a second scoby which you can then pass onto a friend or sell. Research also sho… text/html 2026-01-10T01:32:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=koromiko&rev=1768008768&do=diff Koromiko Common Names Koromiko, New Zealand willow (In Otago, Buchanan) Māori names Koromiko, Kōkōmuka (South Island; Māori informant in 1), koromuka, kōkoromuka, korohiko, kōkoromiko, korokio. Anon 1993 gives kōkōmuka as name for Hebe elliptica. text/html 2026-01-10T02:33:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kumarahou&rev=1768012398&do=diff Kūmarahou Māori names Kūmarahou, Pāpapa Botanical Name Pomaderris kumerahoa Family: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family) Description Kūmarahou is a shrub that grows up to 3m in height, it has a head of bright creamy yellow flowers that flower at the traditional time of planting Kūmara in early spring. Kūmarahou grows mainly in the top of the North Island, along road sides and in a clay soil, although its numbers are diminishing due to human encouragement on its habitat. Kūmarahou like to b… text/html 2026-01-10T01:47:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=manono&rev=1768009655&do=diff Manono Common Names Manono, Kanono, Pāpāuma, Raurēkau Māori names Kanono, Manono, Raurēkau (East Coast), Raurākau, Kānonono, Kapukiore, Kawariki, Pāpāuma, Tapatapauma, Patutiketike, Kākawariki, Karamū-kueo; Toherāoa Fruit: Kueo Trunk: Manono Leaves: Raurākau text/html 2026-03-23T08:59:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mhan&rev=1774256341&do=diff Nutrition + Anatomy and Physiology [let food by thy medicine] We are literally what we eat. From the moment of conception and through every part of our life, each and every part of our body is constructed from our food intake and its absorption. This has a profound impact on our health. Unfortunately many have forgetten this essential fact. Fortunately research continues to show the importance of our nutritional choices in supporting our well being. text/html 2026-01-14T08:53:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=micronutrients&rev=1768380837&do=diff Micronutrients Vitamins Food Source Vitamin A Retinol Dairy products, eggs (yolk especially), animal liver, fish liver oils. Vitamin A is only found in animal foods. Vitamin A: provitamin A - carotenoids (betacarotenoids) text/html 2026-01-10T01:52:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mingimingi&rev=1768009928&do=diff Mingimingi Common Names Mingimingi, Prickly heath Māori names Mingimingi (and variants, mingi; mikimiki (South Island), miki), hukihuki, hukihukiraho; taumingi, tūmingi; inakapōriro, inangapōriro, mangapōriro; kūkuku, ngohungohu, pātōtara. text/html 2026-01-10T01:55:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=natives&rev=1768010152&do=diff Native Plants New Zealand is a country that has vast areas of bush land and greens spaces full of native plants. These plants have long been the source of medicine for pre-Europeans, indeed there is now a strong interest in this area and what these plants have to offer. Much of the information on native plants has been shared orally, following colonisation and when the Tohunga’s were not allowed to practise much of this information has been lost. Therefore there is limited documentation on the … text/html 2026-03-02T07:52:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=passionflower&rev=1772437940&do=diff Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) Common Names Passion flower, Passion fruit,Passion vine, May pops, Jamaican honeysuckle, Apricot vine, Granadilla, Maracuja, Water lemon. Latin Name Passiflora incarnata Family Passifloraceae Habitat Passiflora incarnata is one of approximately 550 plants belonging to the Passifloraceae family and the one commonly used in Western Herbalism. (United States Department of Agriculture, 2003) Other Passiflora spp are mainly vine like plants, however ther… text/html 2026-01-10T02:09:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=pohutukawa&rev=1768010952&do=diff Pohutukawa Media on a beautiful old Pohutukawatree that is over 500 years old and grows at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand. More information to come... © Vitae Essentia 2026 text/html 2026-01-15T06:39:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=savoury&rev=1768459179&do=diff Savoury Common Names Bean herb, Pepper herb. Family: Lamiaceae Description This herb was introduced to England by the Romans and has been used for over 2000 years on a culinary and medicinal basis. It has a pungent and spicy taste, the Saxon’s named it Savoury. It’s Latin name Satureja has its origin in the word Satyr – which is also the mythical half man half goat, the herb is reputed to be his. text/html 2025-12-30T06:07:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=services&rev=1767074827&do=diff Services Vitae Essentia offers a flexible approach tailoring each appointment to the individuals needs, this includes time and finances. Vitae Essentia is more than aware of the cost of living therefore aim to provide a service that is cost effective for all involved, at the end of the day we all need an income that allows us to live. Our general rates for consultation begin at $75 per hour,however we are aware that this is not in everyone's budget.Vitae Essentia is open to negotiation for cert… text/html 2025-12-30T06:44:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1767077077&do=diff Home About Us Services Knowledge Base text/html 2026-01-10T02:31:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sleephyg&rev=1768012302&do=diff SLEEP MANAGMENT * The key is to establish a routine, it may take a little time for your body to adjust. Persistence and commitment is required. * Have a set routine regarding sleep and a pre-sleep rituals. Your body gets used to routines and rituals. It is good practice to establish these to aid your body to what it needs for sleep. text/html 2026-03-23T09:07:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sleephygiene&rev=1774256843&do=diff Sleep Management The key is to establish a routine, it may take a little time for your body to adjust. Persistence and commitment is required. Have a set routine regarding sleep and a pre-sleep rituals. Your body gets used to routines and rituals. It is good practice to establish these to aid your body to what it needs for sleep. text/html 2025-12-30T06:16:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=start&rev=1767075364&do=diff Vitae Essentia is a Natural Health Clinic that is based in the Lower Kaimai area of Tauranga, within the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Vitae Essentia’s focuses on treating, teaching and supporting people with the healing process. Support will be provided for generic conditions with a specialised focus on mental health and spiritual aspects of being. One of the roles is supporting people with changes in their nutrition and lifestyle changes. Vitae Essentia’s goal is to show people a greater aspect … text/html 2026-01-15T06:40:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=whitewillow&rev=1768459235&do=diff White Willow (Salix alba) Common Name White Willow, Willow, Weeping Willow. Botanical Name Salix alba Family Name: Salicaceae Habitat White willow is part of the Salicaceae family, containing approximately 400 types of willow. White willow is a deciduous tree that originates from Britain, Europe , central and western Asia, however now grows in many countries including NZ, and America. Often found growing in wetlands, near waterways or wet grassy areas. As a young tree it can seem… text/html 2026-03-03T08:16:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://vitae-essentia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=yarrow&rev=1772525785&do=diff Yarrow (Achillea millifolium) Common Names AchiUea, Allheal, Arrow Root, Bad man’s plaything, Bloodwort, Carpenters weed, Chimpmunk Tail, Death flower, Devil’s Nettle, Dog’s fennel, Dog’s nettle, Eerie, Field, Gearwe, Gordaldo, Gris, Hen milfoil, Hop, Herbal militaris, Hundred leaved grass, Knight’s milfoil, Knyghten, Kootenai, Little feather, Milfoil, Militaris, Military herb, Millefolium, Noble Yarrow, Nosebleed plant, Old Man’s Mustard, Old Man‘s Pepper, Plumajillo (Spanish), Sanguinary…