Herbs for Supporting Your Nervous System

Raise your hand if you're completely unaffected by stress. I'm guessing your hand isn't up... unless you're waving a white flag. The reality is that stress is inevitable. While a certain level of stress is normal and healthy, in America, we often endure so much stress that it keeps us in a constant state of fight or flight. Chronic stress not only causes tension and discomfort but also adversely impacts nearly every facet of our health and well-being. 

The reality of stress:

Stress triggers the body's physiological response to various stimuli, both positive and negative. The adrenal glands release hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, leading to increased alertness, heart rate, and blood pressure as part of a normal emergency response. While these effects are temporary and adaptive, constant hormone release can weaken the immune system, cause mental distress, and harm bodily tissues and systems.

Passionflower (Left)

Passionflower is a hypnotic nervine that offers anti-anxiety, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, and has mild sedative properties. Passionflower contains quercetin, which effectively rids the body from damaging free radicals and relaxes the nervous system, helping to relieve nerve- related pain.

Milky Oats (Right)

Milky Oats is an excellent ally for those who feel burnt out, overwound, exhausted, or scatterbrained due to periods of high stress and big transitions. Milky Oats can also help those who suffer from tension headaches or headaches from withdrawal.

Lemon Balm (Left)

Lemon balm is an uplifting and soothing herbal ally that can support a variety of individuals. lemon balm has been used throughout history to calm hot emotions and symptoms such as a hot temper, migraines and nervous headaches, and nervous digestion. 

What do all these plants have in common? 

They’re Nervines! With nervines, you may feel the effect instantly. They are used to help relieve a wide array of symptoms that directly affect the nervous system. Nervines nurture, calm, and support a healthy nervous system. These herbs frequently aid in transitioning us from a sympathetic stress state to the parasympathetic “rest and repair” state, or at least to a balanced state between the two.

Ideally, stress should be managed by maintaining a healthy, nutrient-rich diet and adopting positive lifestyle habits such as regular exercise, sufficient sleep, and engaging in mind-body practices like meditation, yoga, deep breathing, or tai chi. These should be the long-term objectives. However, in the short term, herbs can be used to help calm you, enhance the body's stress response, and adjust your system to a more positive state.

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