Treating Anxiety with Acupressure
... Anxiety Acupressure Acupressure can relieve anxiety and nervousness as it increases blood circulation throughout the body and has an overall relaxing effect on muscles and the mind. When you release p...

Treating Anxiety with Acupuncture
... Anxiety Acupuncture According to Chinese medicine, an imbalance of chi in a particular meridian or organ (zang/fu) can cause physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. When emotions are held over long ...

Treating Anxiety with Aromatherapy
... Anxiety Aromatherapy Essential oils are very effective in the treatment of stress and in the encouragement of relaxation. Scents of vanilla, orange blossom, rose, chamomile and lavender {and other flo...

Treating Anxiety with Ayurveda
... Anxiety Ayurveda Ayurveda considers anxiety as primarily due to the aggravation of in the nervous system. So the primary treatment for anxiety is to balance vata dosha. Here are some effective Ayurved...

Treating Anxiety with Breathing Techniques
... Anxiety Breathing Techniques When you are anxious, your breathing may be quick and shallow. This does not allow enough oxygen to reach your organs, and it can cause hyperventilation. Proper breathing ...

Treating Anxiety with Framing
... Anxiety Framing Some public-speaking courses advocate the following technique for nervous speakers: imagine your audience sitting stark naked in front of you, or imagine your audience not as a group o...

Treating Anxiety with Homeopathy
... Anxiety Homeopathy Chronic anxiety disorders can benefit by treatment from a trained homeopath. But for short episodes of transient, self-limited anxiety, you can use the appropriate remedies. is the ...

Treating Anxiety with Hydrotherapy
... Anxiety Hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy can help alleviate the tension, nervousness, and other symptoms that accompany anxiety attacks. It cannot cure anxiety disorders. Warm baths with or without herbs can...

Treating Anxiety with Massage Therapy
... Anxiety Massage Therapy Massage relaxes the mind, body and spirit. A 15 minute Hellerwork self massage will ease tightness in the muscles that are stressed when you are anxious. A full body massage fr...

Treating Anxiety with Meditation
... Anxiety Meditation Meditation cultivates a calmness that eases anxious feelings and offers a sense of control. A study at the University of Massachusetts found that volunteers who took an eight-week m...

Treating Anxiety with Prayer/Spirituality
... Anxiety Prayer/Spirituality Turn all your anxiety over to God because He cares for you. I Peter 5:7 The prayer and spirituality can make a significant difference in sufferers of depressive and anxiety...

Treating Anxiety with Reflexology
... Anxiety Reflexology The best antidote for stress and anxiety is relaxation. One of the best technique to accomplish this is by giving yourself a foot massage or foot rub. A reflexologist will address ...

Treating Anxiety with Relaxation Response
... Anxiety Relaxation Response Dr. Herbert Benson of Mind Body Institute and Harvard Medical School has developed this therapy following his groundbreaking study of the effect of the TM on relaxation. To...

Treating Anxiety with Shiatsu
... Anxiety Shiatsu Shiatsu is very effective in calming the anxiety. 1. Press on the point just above the "third eye" point. This point is located in the center of your forehead just above the eyebrows. ...

Treating Anxiety with Tai Chi Chuan
... Anxiety Tai Chi Chuan Tai chi chuan was developed by Chinese Taoist monks hundreds of years ago. Practicing Tai Chi for twenty minutes each day is said to rejuvenate your body and prolong your life. T...

Treating Anxiety with Miscellaneous Alternative Therapies
... Anxiety Alternative Therapies for Anxiety Technique There is a connection between tense, tight muscles and anxiety. Muscles, when severely constricted, can create mental and emotional imbalances . The...

Anxiety, Depression and Other Nervous Disorders
... It is difficult to be objective about the treatment of disorders such as anxiety and depression, as the problems themselves are difficult to assess objectively, and therefore no good clear figures are...

Anxiety
... Anxiety is a feeling of dread, fear or distress over a real or imagined threat to your mental or physical well-being. Symptoms Symptoms of anxiety are both physical and psychological. They include: Ra...

Panic Attacks
... A panic attack is a brief period of acute anxiety that comes on all of a sudden. It occurs when there is no real danger. It comes without warning. A panic attack lasts only a few minutes, but seems to...

Don''t Worry. Be Happy!
... Are you a worry wart? Do you waste needless time tormenting yourself about what you did or didn''t do right in the past or how your life might not turn out the way you''d like in the future? The numb...

Kava-kava: A calming herb from the South Pacific
... By many accounts, kava-kava--or simply kava--is an herb on the brink of Western stardom. Manufacturers of herbal products report strong public interest in kava preparations, and articles appearing in ...

Kava: Is It Safe?
... The South Pacific herb, Kava Kava, is a best-seller — ranking ninth in retail U.S. sales in mainstream markets in 2000 — based on its proven ability to relieve stress, anxiety and tension. Recently ka...

St. John''s Wort: One Powerful Herb
... I can''t believe it! I feel normal for the first time in a long, long time-maybe ever.- Cindy, a 35-year-old working mother Can a natural and inexpensive supplement actually relieve depression? Yes, i...

Using St. John''s Wort With Other Antidepressants
... I have used St. John''s wort with patients who were already on antidepressants, including Prozac, Zoloft, Effexor (venlafaxine hydrochloride), and the tricyclics (see Prozac and Beyond-The Synthetic A...

American Botanical Council Announces New Safety Information on Kava
... Austin, TX. (December 20, 2001). Herbal experts are advising caution with the use of the popular herb kava. The American Botanical Council (ABC) is suggesting that consumers follow additional precauti...

A Man with Anxiety, Depression, Seizures and Severe Hypoglycemia
... We have found homeopathy to be consistently effective in treating mental and emotional problems. When there is a combination of mental, emotional and physical symptoms, as if often the case, all three...

Nutritional Approaches to Mental Health
... Let food be thy medicine.- Hippocrates Besides the oxygen we breathe, all that we need to survive comes from what we eat. Food nourishes both the body and the brain. In fact, the brain has first call ...

Prozac and Beyond-The Synthetic Antidepressants
... Beginning in the 1950s, scientists developed a number of synthetic drugs for the treatment of depression, which represented a major step forward at the time. Prior to these discoveries, conventional p...

Relaxation Techniques for Relief of Anxiety & Stress
... Women with increased levels of anxiety and nervous tension often need to develop more effective ways of dealing with day to day stresses the minor everyday pressures that women with a healthy emotiona...

What Is Anxiety?
... The word anxiety means "a state of being uneasy, apprehensive, or worried about what may happen." It is also described as a "feeling of being powerless and unable to cope with threatening events . . ....

Aromatherapy for the Reproductive System
... Among the most common problems for women are those involving the reproductive system. As women with personal experience in this area, we will focus first on several female problems. This topic has bee...