A naturopath for over 20 years, Michelle Brass was convinced of the remedial benefits of the Kunzea ambigua plant after using the pure essential oil on clients in her clinic. Repeated requests for the oil from her clients encouraged Michelle and her horticulturalist partner Simon Brass to start investigating the full therapeutic properties of the plant. Also known as ‘tick bush’, the wild-growing plant is native to the cooler coastal regions of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and grows profusely in the rugged climate of northeast Tasmania and the Bass Strait. Aboriginal communities traditionally used the Kunzea ambigua plant to relieve irritated skin, muscle tightness and pain.

Michelle experimented with the pure essential oil until she developed the ideal formula that could be safely used by her clients to help relieve everyday physical ailments. The demonstrated effectiveness of the Kunzea oil compelled us to launch our own commercial range of natural products, and thus Zea Relief was born.

Our products are the first in the world to embrace the wild-harvested Kunzea oil and the benefits embedded in the plant’s unique organic structure. Going forward, we are looking to conduct further research into the oil to reveal its full therapeutic potential.

We have made public one of Tasmania's best-kept secrets. Now we want to share this knowledge of Australian Kunzea Oil so that people around the world can live more fulfilling, pain-free lives.