Anxiety is an emotional feeling and everyone experience it. But in the modern world we prefer the pills rather than herbs, usage of medications for anxiety is very helpful but the medications can’t reduce the anxiety completely they will provide some temporary relief and it will bring the side-effects too. Usage of medication is somewhat risky; consult your physician before the use of these medications. Good news is that our nature provides many herbal supplements which are very helpful in beating the anxiety effectively. Usage of herbs will support greatly and recover us from anxiety quickly.
Herbs are very helpful and supportive to the body system and help to heal anxiety in number of ways.
Different herbal remedies for anxiety:
- Kava (Piper methysticum): It is a shrub that grows in the pacific islands, it plays a prominent role in treating anxiety, many studies and researches proved that kava helps to calm to your anxiety feelings. You can use kava as a drink, or liquid than taking a pill. Intake of kava pill was not an effective method. You must keep an eye on the dosage as it may cause liver problems and people who are suffering with liver problems it was the best idea to keep away from the kava.
- Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata): It is very effective herb used for relieving from the symptoms of anxiety. It acts as a calmative drug and still many researches are going on to know the complete effectiveness of this herb. It is often used in treating with insomnia with anxiety. If you are pregnant avoid this one.
- Valerian (Valeriana officinalis): It is a perennial flowering plant; it is used for both insomnia and anxiety. It has very sedative and calming properties. It helps to reduce stress and anxiety and helps to get good sleep. So take it during the night many people prefer to take it as a pill rather than Tea due to its smell.
- Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis): It is a herb related to mint family. It contains long history in the reduction of anxiety. This herb is very famous throughout the world. It not only useful for reducing anxiety but also it will lower the blood pressure, and calms the nervous and digestive systems.
- Chamomile (Matricaria recutita): Regular usage of chamomile will make you relax, not only that it will significantly decrease the stress and anxiety levels. A research founded that within a short period of time they observed the drastic reduction of anxiety levels in the people who are using chamomile. A Cup of Chamomile Tea is very effective.
- L-theanine: It contains relaxation properties which calm the physical and mental illnesses. This can be found in tea especially in Green tea or black tea. It relaxes and soothes the nervous system. The intake of L-theanine prepares your body to fight with anxiety in a successful manner. Avoid drinking too much as it may lead to nausea.
- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera): Is a widely used shrub in ayurveda from many thousands of years. It will relax you and reduces your anxiety levels. It is a natural adaptogen which has the ability to reduce the stress levels. Additionally it will increase the levels of immunity, and improves the focus and concentration.
- Hops(Humulus) : Dealing with stress and anxiety in daily life is the most difficult task. We are so lucky that there are many natural plants and herbs to deal with anxiety.Intake of hops tea will get out of the anxiety feelings and improves the sleep. Makes you relax and activates the whole body system. Drink this one during night time and don’t drink while working because it will make you sleepy.
- Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) : People who are suffering with restlessness, jaw clenching, muscle tension along with anxiety the best medicine for all these is the usage of skullcap. High levels of anxiety can also be calm down by the intake of this skull cap when you have high levels of anxiety drink 2 -3 cups a day and gradually reduce the intake of this one.
How to use herbal remedies in a safe and effective manner :
· For every herb it has its own identity, and we can’t use all the herbs in a same manner some herbs will be benefited when we take them freshly and some in the form of tea, and some in the form of tincture, and some in different supplements.
· Get the idea about the correct usage of herbs.
· Find out how to use and different side effects of these through the internet you can get lots and lots of information. In general many are helpful to reduce anxiety and safe if we use those in the correct dosage.
· If you have some other problems along with anxiety, then make sure that there is no harm when we use these herbs
· Don’t prefer these during the pregnancy because these are can cause many side effects to the pregnant women.
· Also be careful when you are giving to your child.
· The best thing is to approach to your doctor before using anything.
· You must be very careful during the intake of the dosage, if we exceed the limit or intake of high dosage may also show the negative effects.
· Find out the best place where you can get good quality of herbs because n some places the herbs are not trustful.
- It will be good if you cultivate on your own, take some help from the people that how to grow these herbs and use those when you are in need.
The good news is that you have many ways and options to treat anxiety choose the safest and comfortable path to deal with anxiety. Understand your anxiety and act according to it you can always follow a best prevention plan and consult your doctor before the intake of any herb to avoid future side-effects and lead a happy anxiety free life.