| Anxiety is the body's alarm response to a | | | | |
| perceived physical or psychological threat. | | | | You can prepare yourself a cup of tea out of |
| Anxiety may be short-lived and come about by | | | | vervain, rosemary, or ginseng three times a |
| studying for an exam or preparing for a for | | | | day for two to three weeks when you are in |
| job interview, for example. However, if it | | | | anxiety. These herbs have a restorative |
| persists for a long period, it can seriously | | | | effect on the nervous system. To ease your |
| affect your everyday life. Here are 10 | | | | tension and to get a sound sleep try |
| anxiety treatments to make you feel better at | | | | chamomile cava, lime flower, valerian, hops, |
| the time of mental stress: | | | | or passionflower tea. |
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| Practice Yoga | | | | Diet |
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| When you are anxious, your breathing becomes | | | | Mental distress can depress or increase |
| fast and shallow. This disrupts the body's | | | | appetite. Choose plenty of foods rich in the |
| oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. This has | | | | B vitamins, Vitamin E, calcium, and |
| an effect on your over all body system. | | | | magnesium, since a lack of these nutrients |
| Practice Yoga for breathing calm and get rid | | | | can contribute to anxiety. You have to cut |
| of anxiety. | | | | down on your sugar intakes and avoid alcohol |
| | | | and caffeine. Choose spring water, fruit |
| Aromatherapy | | | | juices, or herbal tea instead. |
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| If you feel physically tensed and suffering | | | | Self-understanding: Think of the possible |
| from anxiety, give your shoulder a gentle | | | | origins of your anxiety as a first step to |
| massage with two drops of essential oils like | | | | overcoming it. Think in a positive way and |
| geranium, lavender, sandalwood, or basil oil. | | | | you will start feeling better. |
| If you don't have these use two spoons of a | | | | |
| cold pressed vegetable oil such as sweet | | | | In case your condition worsens, you can go |
| almond or olive oil. Omit basil oil if you | | | | for psychotherapy and cranial osteopathy or |
| are in the first two weeks of pregnancy, | | | | can consult your physician to get a proper |
| | | | treatment for anxiety. |
| Herbal remedies | | | | |