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I have noticed that I love coming home to “where my heart is” after making it through another stressful day at work. I can put up my feet and lean back; I can stretch into any shape or position I want to and I just love the freedom I have to relax and get rid of the tension. I am free to play my piano, do some deep breathing and just change my mindset. I have arranged my furniture and wall hangings in such a way (that is uniquely my style), to calm and soothe my psyche. I breathe into my body the positive energy that surrounds me. I have set up my living environment like that; yes, it is a bit crowded with decorations and candles, but that is what relaxes me.
So, I would reccommend that you make sure that your home and work environments are claming so that you don’t take on needless anxiety. Even the best herbs will not work if you are surrounded by a stressful environment. Choose herbs that help to calm the nervous system. Chamomile is a mild herb that eases nervousness, restlessness and stress.
Skullcap also heps relaxes muscle spasms and produce endorphins. Passionflower
and lindenflower also clam nervousness. Find and use these herbs in tea form, and drink a cup or two everyday. AND, remember to sit back and relax. You deserve it!
The passionflower is a beautiful and exotic flower found in South America. In spite of this flower’s exotic name and unusual appearance, this herb seems to calm one’s passions rather than ignite them. Passionflower is a gentle yet effective relaxing agent which can be used anytime of the day or night.
Passionflower is best taken in the form of tea. Brew a tea from the dried leaves or the flowers ( 2 tablespoons of dried herb per cup) and sip. It will help to calm racing thoughts. For insomnia, use the tincture form; one teaspoon in warm water. With its mild amount of caffeine, passionflower tea is safe to sip all day.
Please be aware that pregnant or breatsfeeding women should avoid passionflower altogether.
Modern day herbalists recommend passionflower primarily as a tranquilizer and a sedative. They also consider passionflower to be a good digestive aid and a pain reliever. The Incas of South America originally started brewing passionflower tea as a tonic to calm anxiety and as a tranquilizer. When the colonists settled the Gulf Coast, the native Americans of that area also used passionflower to calm their nerves.
In more recent animal studies, the harmala compounds found in the passionflower have been found to dilate the coronary arteries. Blocked arteries often result in heart attacks; therefore, the passionflower
plant compounds might help prevent heart attacks.
If you have a cardiac or heart condition, always consult your doctor first, before taking passionflower as an herbal alternative. Also, since the harmala compounds in this plant are uterine stimulators, all pregnant women should never take or drink passionflower.
Passion flower is a pretty multi-colored purple flower which grows on a vine. It is a perennial plant which grows in Europe, North and South America, as well as in Central America. It is called the “Crown of Thorns” because it resembles the thorny crown that Jesus wore at the crucifixion. It grows about 10 meters in length.
Passion flower helps to calm anxiety. It assists in achieving a state of relaxation. It has a sedating effect in persons who want to “calm their nerves”. Passion flower increases one’s level of GABA or gamma-aminobutyric acid. GABA is a neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitters are chemicals which carry messages from nerve cells to other cells in the brain.
Passion flower 
can be consumed as a delicious tea. Besides being used as an anti-anxiety agent, passion flower is also effective in treating the following health problems:
- pain relief
- antispasmodic
- neuralgia (pain along a nerve)
- diarrhea
- nervous tachycardia (abnormally high heart rate)
- spasmodic asthma, hysteria, nervous agitation
- dysmennorhea (painful menstruation)
- hemorrhoids