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