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Using Herbs for
Stress

Anything that causes a change in your life whether good or bad, causes stress. Even imagined change is stress. (Imagining changes is what we call "worrying".) The well known fight-or-flight response serves us well in emergencies, however, a heightened heart rate isn't much use when stuck in a traffic jam.

Stress remedies
Ginseng may be the most effective adaptogenic herb

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remedyHome Remedies for Stress
Ashwagandha root* Environmental Stress* Jittery nerves mist* Oatstraw - Chamomile teas* Relaxing - Calming Massage* Sesame oil blend* Stress Buster Tea* Stress soother tea*

Environments, especially modern office workspaces can cause stress, in fact job related factors are said to be the number one culprit. Cramped cubicles, bright artificial lights, constant high noise levels, and toxins are stressful. We subject our bodies to overloads of sugar, cigarette smoke, caffeine and wonder why we are tense and seem to have constant headaches.

Physically stress is caused by too little sleep, working long hours, even maxing out at the gym after work. Nervous tension is not a disease in itself, it is symptomatic of a physical problem in the body. Neck tension may also be associated with eyestrain, which may result from a certain type of work which requires much concentration with the eyes, or simply a growing weakness or tension in the eyes.

Before you reach for the pill bottle, or try to drown the pain with alcohol, or eat chocolate until you fall into a sugar induced stupor (my personal demon) try some of these herbal and essential oil remedies to help you cope.

Using Aromatherapy

Essential oils can be deployed very effectively against stress. Your favorite aromas calm and soothe booth on the emotional and physical levels. Sandalwood reduces stress, is very calming and grounding, and helps to achieve meditative state. Its sedative action will help those who find sleeping difficult because of worries and tensions. Juniper has a strengthening, tonic effect on the nerves, and is indicated in nervous disorders, states of stress and anxiety.


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Herbs for :Stress

Ashwagandha * Chamomile * Geranium * Ginseng * Ginseng, Siberian * Jiaogulan * Kava-Kava * Oats * Reishi * Rhodiola Root * Wood Betony *

Eleuthero For: Chronic stress
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Eleuthero restores overstressed adrenal glands, working wonders for people who are chronically stressed.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Juniper essential oil For: Nervous disorders, insomia
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Its sedative action will help those who find sleeping difficult because of worries and tensions. Juniper has a strengthening, tonic effect on the nerves, and is indicated in nervous disorders, states of stress and anxiety.

Robert B Tisserand, The Art of Aromatherapy (1977)

Motherwort For: Stress,rapid heart rate
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Some of its phytochemicals can help you to relax, can slow a rapid heart rate, and relieve stress.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Oatstraw tea For: Stress reduction
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Soothing and nourishing, oats are good for anyone whose nervous system feels frayed or stressed.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Panax ginseng For: Stress
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Helping the body deal with chronic stress is the very definition of an adaptogenic herb, and ginseng may be the most effective herb in this category. Taken over a course of one to three months, ginseng regulates the body's production of stress hormones. Most herbalists recommend taking periodic rests from ginseng, and it can raise anxiety levels in some people.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Reishi mushroom For: Stress, qi
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Reishi tones the adrenals and acts on the many body systems that can be affected by stress. Traditional and contemporary Chinese medicine admire it as a tonic benefiting vital energy or Qi.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Sandalwood For: Calming, grounding
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Reduces stress, very calming and grounding, helps to achieve meditative state

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Wood betony For: Stress, nervine
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Betony was once the sovereign remedy for all maladies of the head, and its properties as a nervine and tonic are still acknowledged, though it is more frequently employed in combination with other nervines than alone.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Vol 1 (1931)

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