Natural Cures and Home Remedies for Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotional condition that is characterized by fear, nervousness, stress, and worry. Although this is common in most people under certain conditions, people with an anxiety disorder feel this way even when outside stressors are absent and when their environment is in a calm state. People with anxiety often feel that they have no control over their condition and it leads to other serious mental health conditions, such as depression.

Stress is the primary cause of anxiety. Childhood memories of trauma, abuse, or intense loss can also cause anxiety in children and, if left untreated, can accompany a person into adulthood. Illness and pain, or the illness of a close friend or family member can also cause some people to experience bouts of anxiety.

The symptoms of anxiety include:

• Intense worry, fear, or nervousness
• Panic attacks
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Insomnia
• Emotional outbursts
• Social withdrawal
• Unstable moods
• Stomach upsets
• Diarrhea
• Muscle tension
• Heart palpitations
• Hyperhidrosis
• Backaches
• Headaches
• Facial pain (from teeth clenching and grinding often when sleep)
• Poor cognitive functioning

Home remedies for anxiety include one or more of the following:

• Aromatherapy
• Yoga
• Daily exercise
• Herbal teas (such as chamomile, lavender, and orange blossoms)
• Sleeping between 6 to 8 hours every night
• Peaceful meditation

• B-complex vitamins
• Calcium
• Magnesium

• Avena
• Ashwagandha
• Lobelia
• St. John's Wort
• Motherwort
• Dill
• Gotu Kola
• Skullcap
• Golden seal
• Hops
• Peach leaves
• Red clover
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Ginger
• Spearmint
• Passion flower
• Kava Kava
• Valerian root
• Catnip
• Nettle
• Solomon's Seal

Dietary adjustments that include avoiding processed sugars, artificial sweeteners, fast food, caffeine, and alcohol are also necessary in the natural treatment of anxiety.

It is important to realize that the stomach and the accompanying intestinal tract are very closely associated with the nervous system. By avoiding home remedies for anxiety, a person can either choose to see a doctor for an anti-anxiety medication and risk any associated side effects. Or a person can leave symptoms untreated and risk other adverse health effects.

In choosing to empower one's self by using home remedies for anxiety, a better quality of life can be lived, and many other physical diseases can be avoided.