Cold or flu?
Health 24 - Vitamin C may reduce the severity and duration of symptoms. Try aromatherapy oils like lavender, grapefruit, rosemary and tea tree oil in your bath or as a massage oil. Try zinc lozenges to soothe a sore throat and zinc nasal spray for a runny nose

Booze-free ways to destress
Health 24 - Not booze, which as we ve said is a bad idea, but aromatherapy oils. Run yourself a warm not scalding bath, and put in a few drops of lavender, juniper, chamomile, geranium, clary sage or sandalwood. Any combination of these is fine, but

Natural Steps for Depression (check the Evidence rating)
Health 24 - Aromatherapy oils can help to lift mood and aid relaxation Oils can be added to baths, massaged on to the body or diffused in a burner. In a bath, use 10 drops per half bath. Soak in it for 20 minutes. For massage oil, use 15 drops in total to 30 ml of

Boutique Hotels: Vive la Diff rence
Time - Yoga mats and aromatherapy oils proliferate in drawers like the Gideon Bibles of yore. And there are miserly arrangements of foliage. Fine hotels used to put out great urns of lilies; boutique hotels adorn your room with a single test tube, out of