Herbal Remedies for Anxiety
Taking medication isn’t for everyone and if you’re the type
of person who doesn’t like to take medication, you should be
aware that there are herbal remedies for anxiety. No one is
immune to the mental and physical trouble that anxiety can
bring on but none of us have to put up with living that way.
The longer that the anxiety goes on without treatment, the
worse the physical symptoms can become. See if you recognize
the following side effects of having anxiety.
Fast, rapid breathing is one side effect, heart feeling like
it’s beating too fast is another. Feeling an almost
overwhelming sense of doom is how some sufferers describe
what they’re going through while battle a tense, nauseated
tightness in the pit of the stomach.
Tense muscles and having trouble paying attention and
focusing on even simple tasks are some of the problems that
anxiety can cause. You can have all the symptoms or a few
and they can come when a trigger that flips the anxious
feelings is tripped.
There are many health problems that can cause anxiety so
before you assume that yours is normal anxiety, go see your
doctor. Health problems that can make anxiety develop are
trouble with the heart-an undiagnosed heart condition or
disorder, anemia, diabetes and problems with the thyroid
gland. Once you’ve been checked and ruled those out, then
you can take herbal remedies for anxiety and find successful
treatment.
For hundreds of years, herbs have been used to help heal a
variety of ailments. While many over the counter and
prescription drugs have dangerous side effects, when used
the right way, herbs can be safely ingested.
If you’re not sure which herb to use for anxiety or how much
of it to use, seek the guidance of a doctor who specializes
in alternative medicine. You’ll find numerous doctors who
practice naturopathic medicine and you can look them up
under holistic practitioners too.
Anxiety and stress are bonded together much like a circle of
metal. You can’t see where one part ends and the other
begins. Stress is not bad as long as it’s not overpowering.
Some stress that can be helpful for you is the stress of a
project deadline. It keeps you steadily working toward
meeting that goal and that’s not a bad stress to feel. But
relentless stress can be counterproductive.
Herbal remedies for anxiety can relieve you not only of the
anxiety but also of the stress you might be feeling. Herbals
can help you to relax and put you in a better frame of mind
as you seek to find the underlying reason that’s causing the
trouble.
Biofeedback is another very powerful tool to have in your
anti-anxiety tool box. Biofeedback technology has grown more
and more sophisticated in the last 30 years, and it is
possible now to train both brain waves and heart rate
variability using computerized programs.
Biofeedback is learned, so it is much more permanent than
binaural beat tones for example, or visualizations.
I have been using the emWave heart rate variability
biofeedback tool personally and professionally for quite
some time, and I think it is an excellent tool to use with
herbal remedies like green tea, with l-theanine.
When I first bought the heart rate variability biofeedback
tool, I had no idea how long it would take for me to learn
how to use it.
Turns out it took 6 one-half hour practices for me to feel
confident that I could induce the relaxation (and is it
relaxing) physiology without being hooked up to the
computer. In other words, whenever I feel stress or anxiety,
I can use my cue thought and breathing tools, and feel the
relaxation replace the stress and anxiety.
The important thing to remember is that I need to continue
to pay attention to the eustress/distress continuum and
adjust my breathing and thinking tools regularly, sort of
like how I steer a car, with many tiny adjustments.
In the background of your thinking, you might remind
yourself often that too much adrenaline and cortisol
inhibits your brain’s ability to grow new brain cells daily,
which is called neurogenesis.
As far as I am concerned, bigger is better when it comes to
brains, so I will learn to pay attention to my thinking and
feeling, and I will use herbal remedies for anxiety, like
green tea, which is also full of antioxidants, another
important part of the brain fitness continuum.
So remember, you can impact anxiety with herbs used as
directed, and they are really effective when included in a
brain fitness lifestyle. Here is to a bigger brain.
About the Author:
Michael S. Logan is a brain fitness expert, counselor, a
student of Chi Gong, and a licensed one on one HeartMath
provider. I enjoy the spiritual, the mythological, and
psychological, and I am a late life father to Shane, 10, and
Hannah Marie, 4, whose brains are so amazing.
http://www.askmikethecounselor2.com
