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Stress Reducing Remedies

Stress and anxiety can use:

  • Digestive upsets
  • Tense muscles
  • Insomnia
  • There are solutions to these effects.

    Chamomile

    This plant has a relaxing effect on the mind and body. It relieves muscle stress, relaxes nerves, and boosts your immune system.

    Best served as a tea, and can be sweetened with honey.

    Valerian

    This sedative has been shown to reduce anxiety and aggression. It is very effective for maintaining mental clarity whilst relieving anxiety.

    Peppermint

    Effective for treating digestive discomfort, it relieves indigestion, flatulence, constipation, and nausea.

    Peppermint is also a great mind tonic, helping to clear your head and boost concerntration.

    It can also help alleviate the symptoms of colds and influenza, while peppermint and chamomile tea is thought to be effective in reducing tension headaches and migraines.

    St John's Wort

    St Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum) has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.

    It can also help relieve neuralgia and sciatica when applied topically.

    Systemically, its sedative properties are based on the glycoside hypericin (a red pigment), which makes it applicable for neurosis and irritability. Many herbalists use St John's wort extensively as a background remedy.

    Lemon Balm

    This herb acts specifically on the part of the vagus nerve that may interfere with the harmonious functioning of the heart and stomache. Recent research has indicated that the action of the volatile oil begins within the limbic system of the brain and subsequently operates directly upon the vagus nerve and all the organs that are supplied nerves by it.

    Therefore nervous exhaustion, migraine and nervous gastropathy are amenable to its healing power.

    Lime Flowers

    These are thought to be helpful in controlling anxiety and hyperactivity.

    They are also effective for treating insomnia, high blood pressure and for soothing muscles and nerves.

    Borage

    An effective mind tonic, which helps alleviate headaches. migraine and depression.

    Oats

    Oats are one of the great herbal restoratives of the nervous system. The plant contains a nervine alkaloid that is helpful in angina and in cardiac insufficiency.

    It has also been used in the treatment of addiction to morphine, narcotics, tobacco and alcohol.