At this time I started to get interested in plants, so I began to read many herbalist books and works on natural medicine. But it was after a serious car accident, followed by two operations to my knee, when I finally understood that I did not support the chemical drugs. My liver did not tolerate them any longer and I decided to take seriously care of my health in a natural way. I had remarked that the chemical drugs were necessary but they had too many side effects that gave me problems. My general health condition was bad: my digestion was upset and I could not sleep well.
I absolutely wanted to eliminate these problems, so I decided to read any kind of books which could help me to cure in a natural way without swallowing too many drugs which my body refused.
I read a lot of books on homeopaty, on Ayurvedic Medicine, on Aromaterapy, Essential Oils and on the Floral Essences of Dr. Bach. All these arguments interested me very much and I spent the most part of my free time studying the alternative natural medicine. I consulted some naturopathes who recommended to me some herbal products to relieve my troubles and some essential oils to treat my anguish. Thanks to these remedies and by adopting a varied diet, rich in natural elements I finally succeeded in getting rid of my problems. I began to feel better and my health became good again. Afterwards I realised that I had lived this terrible time because I needed to find my "way", to discover what is essential to me : to live a simple natural life, to enjoy it, to be grateful to life for being healthy and full of energy and to spread to other people around me the natural remedies that can help to eliminate disease.
I wished to change my life style so that to do what I really liked, and to use my energies to help other people, but I had no enough courage to make it in the reality.
It was the Sun of St Raphael, the positivity of this beautiful town which bears the name of the Protective Archangel of Health and its very strong, vital and natural energies which inspired me and gave me the necessary courage to act. Thus my natural shop Soleil et Nature was born thanks to St. Raphael and also to my daughter Anna, who has always helped me to carry out this project : of giving to other Health, Beauty and Wellbeing using the natural elements obtained from plants and flowers. As to the choice of the products that sell in our shop, this was very easy because they are products which I know well and have been using constantly.
They are produced in laboratories that I personally know (in Switzerland and in Italy) and the owners or manager of which have a human holistic philosophy .
- Bioforce (Switzerland): The naturopathe Alfred Vogel, his creator, devoted his whole life to the study of the "pharmacy" of Nature, in order to trace the way for people towards health and to help them in the disease. By the study of many works of popular medicine, his own experiments and the observations made on his patients, he discovered the efficacity of the fresh plants and on this basis he developed his own methods for manufacture and conserving the fresh plants.
- Dioniso (Switzerland) This laboratory is specialised in the phythotherapy from the wild plants of the World (Peru, Brazil, India, Mexico, Taiwan, Canada, Africa, USA...)
- Erboristeria Magentina (Italy): the owner of this laboratory, coming from a family of herbalists, realised exclusive formulas with oils essential (resulting from ancient ayurvedic receipts) and therapeutic ointments with the addition of Bach Flower Essences with many beneficial virtues.
- Ayurveda Maharishi (India): who on the basis of thousand-year-old ayurvedic herbal formulas, manufactured natural products (Rasayana) to balance the disharmonies and restores a harmonious health.
- Italian Natural Cosmetics: cosmetics containing active ingredients of plants and flowers (flowered lines).
- Phytomed (Switzerland): a well known laboratory specialised in phytotherapy and homeopaty which manufactures spagyric elixirs (based from the ancient alchemic formulas of Paracelsus) and in the floral essences of Dr. Bach made from the flowers of the Swiss Alps very strong and effective.
- Vegetal Progress (Italy): an innovating company owned and managed by two doctors (father and son) specialists in producing biological and protective nutritional supplements from biological essential oils.
- Weleda (Switzerland): well known group which develops and prepares its dietetic and cosmetic products on the basis of the anthroposophic science of the spirit (from Rudolf Steiner) and, against a unique materialist vision of the world, show and teach people the supersensitive levels of the existence: the vital processes, soul and spirit.
- and other laboratories of high quality in France: Holistica, Fitoform, Phytonature, Pranarom, Dr. Valnet, etc.
All these products of high quality represent what is "the best "
to me and I am really happy to propose them to interested people which
thanks to our Internet site can now order them on line.
Finally I wish to thank all those who helped me to carry out my project:
- my father who gave me the pleasure for human contacts thanks to the commercial activity
- my mother who allowed me to attend the Swiss College and who taught me the attitude of organisation
- my aunt who offered me many books of natural medicine from which I learned to appreciate the use of medicinal plants
- my daughter Anna who has always helped me in this project and who will be engaged for the future in the management of the shop
- my daughter Paola who had a lot of patience with me
- Mrs Genevieve Ettori who decided to devote to the sales activity at the shop and to advise our customers who need assistance and information
- my colleague Natassja who gave me some good "creative ideas"
- Simona and Federico who helped me to work out this Internet site
- all visible and invisible friends
- the Sun and the Nature of St Raphael which inspired me and gave me the necessary energy to create my natural shop
I always hope to satisfy you.
Gaetana Camagni
Instructions for finding Soleil et Nature shop : at the
exit of the motorway, take the direction St Raphael, then St Raphael centre.
Our shop is just behind the railway station and close to the bus station
: 23, AV Victor Hugo
