Anxiety can be described a fear of the unknown, the Mayo Clinic indicates. It can also relate to symptoms, such as being afraid to go outside, increased heart rate with fear, sweaty palms and shaking. Anxiety can overtake a person's ability to function with reasonable behaviors within society. While medical treatment may be necessary for severe forms of anxiety, some herbs may help calm a person. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration does not clinical test nor control the claims of herbal remedies, however, so these kinds of treatments do not have the same kind of proof for their efficacy as medications.
Ginseng
Ginseng, also known as ginnsuu, comes from nations in Asia, such as Korea and China. People suffering from anxiety may find some relief by ingesting ginseng. As part of the Chinese beliefs, ginseng may calm a person's anguish, creating a calming effect upon the person's mental state and over all performance in dealing with stressful events in his life, Best of Mother Earth reports. He may use ginseng as a tea or he may take it in capsules.
Chamomile
The Drugs website reports that an anxiety sufferer may get some relief from chamomile. It also may help people with other ailments, such as trouble sleeping. Other names for this herb include matricaria chamomilla, German chamomile, Hungarian chamomile, wild chamomile, pinheads, genuine chamomile and sweet false chamomile. The English and Roman chamomile is known as anthemis nobilis, common chamomile, whig plant and ground apple. This herb helps the person to relax before bedtime, advocates claim. The person most commonly will take chamomile the form of tea.
Peppermint
Peppermint is extracted from the dried leaves of the peppermint plant, the University of Maryland Medical Center, or UMMC, reports. It is known to help sooth and calm a person. It also may help with anxiety, nausea, menstrual cramps, diarrhea and other maladies, such as depression, indigestion and an upset stomach. It can be taken as a tincture, lozenge, capsule or tea.
Skullcap
Skullcap, an herb known as scutelllaria lateriflora and the Chinese version scutellaria baicaleniss, may find different uses to treat different problems of the human body. The Chinese version, for example, may treat anxiety as well as nervous tension and convulsions. It has a calming effect. It also may have cancer-fighting properties as well, UMMC reports.
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