subject: Natural Home Remedies For Stress [print this page] Stress affects our body in the same way as the food we eat. It can be defined as a state manifested by a specific syndrome that consist of all the non-specifically induced changes within a biological system. Any condition that harms the body or cells damages or causes the death of a few or many cells is termed as stress. It is an unavoidable consequence of life. The body tries to repair the damaged cells but sometimes the rebuilding of cells is not able to keep co-ordination with the destruction as a result the condition of stress occurs. Many diseases are associated with stress and they are heart disease, diabetes, headache and peptic ulcer. Other diseases resulting from stress are ulcerative colitis, chronic dyspepsia, asthma, psoriasis and sexual disorders.
Home Remedies for Stress
Yogurt is the best home remedy for stress. It is rich in vitamin A, B complex and vitamin D. It provides relief from insomnia, migraine and cramps associated with menstruation. It is a best diet for stress.
Make a tea by pouring a cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of dried sage leaves. Strain and sweetened, with honey, if required. This is also good natural remedy for stress.
Blackstrap molasses are another effective food remedy. It is a by-product of the sugar refining process and is rich in iron and B vitamins.
Alfalfa and sunflower seeds are also effective in the stress treatment.
Sprouts are also effective diet for stress as they are rich in calcium.
The leaves of holy basil known as tulsi are highly beneficial in the stress treatment. Chew 12 leaves of basil twice a day morning and evening for preventing stress. Tulsi is known as adaptogen or antistress agents.
Natural stress solutions can also be used for the effective treatment of anxiety and depression too. Anxiety is essentially about fear and the most natural solution to fear is to face it. Some anxiety treatments do just that.
Depression, on the other hand, is about low self-esteem, despondency and melancholy. Increasing your self-esteem and confidence can have tremendous effect on depression. Again these are more natural solutions.
If you think of touch and smell together as a natural solution, then you would choose aromatherapy. This is massage with essential oils, where the oils are chosen for their mood changing qualities, such as lavender, which is invigorating.
Herbal remedies are often thought of as natures stress relievers. There are many natural compounds, discovered thousands of years ago, that are very effective stress relievers, such as Valerian, which produces deep levels of relaxation.
