Learning to relax is a key to good balance in life and self-respect. From time to time we need something to calm us or relax the stress accumulated during the day. In this article you will learn some calming herbs to relax, and hopefully to restore your faith in the value of including relaxing as a permanent part of your lifestyle. If you often feel frazzled and overwhelmed, you better get some herbs to relax and sleep better.
Relaxing Herbs List
Poppy
Properties against irritability, insomnia and nervousness.
Use: 1 tablespoon poppy seeds, boiled in a cup of water for 5 min. Let stand 15 min. Combined with Passion Flower and Chamomile.
Dosage: Take 3 cups a day.
Lemon Verbena
Calming, tonic stomach, treat flatulence, palpitations, dizziness, nervousness and anxiety.
Boiled in 1 liter of water. Let stand 15 min and goes through the strainer.
(Combines with melissa, thyme, lemon)
Dosage: Take 2 or 3 glasses a day.
Lavender
Properties against anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, irritability, headache.
Flowers are boiled in 2 liters of water. Let stand 15 min.
Dosage: Prepare a bath and pour the tea. You have to be undisturbed for more than half an hour, to feel more relaxed.
Balm
Properties against anxiety, headaches, calms nerves, aids digestion.
Use 1 tablespoon of flowers with 1 cup water, boiled for 5 min. And let it stand for 15 min. Passed through the sieve.
(Combined with Tila, White Sauce, divided equally)
Dosage: Take 3 cups a day after meals.
Parsley
Properties on stress, anti-aging, anti-oxidant, anti-anemic, anti-bad breath, controls the sugar in diabetics, gas, flatulence, urinary retention.
Dosage: Take two cups a day.
Valerian
Properties against sleep disorders, nervous disorders, anxiety, neuralgia, epileptic, antihysteric, sudorific, diuretic.
Infusions made with roots and placed in water. Boil 5 minutes and let stand overnight.
Dosage: Take 2 cups a day, one afternoon or one at night.
Verbena
Properties against heart palpitations, gastritis and headaches of nervous origin.
Use 1 tablespoon of dried flowers in 1 cup boiling water for 5 min. And let it stand for 15 min. Passed through the sieve.
Dosage: Take 3 cups a day.
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