When a person is filled with anxiety and is nervous about a situation the body is letting that person know that it is time to get back to basics, clean out the system and begin a regimen to a more calm and peaceful way of life or you could contract serious disease or much worse.

Anxiety is the body’s’ way of telling you to slow down ! A variety of circumstances may cause nervousness.  The stomach and intestinal tract are very closely connected with the nervous system and therefore must be tended to in order to heal from the anxiety disorder.

Many times a person can become extremely nervous because of overwork, improper food, lack of sleep, and ingestion of chemicals.  Waste matter in the body is the main culprit for this disorder because the waste matter leaches into the blood and affects the nervous system, especially the nerves of the brain, causing irritability, headaches, and a wide variety of problems.

We mustn’t forget that the foods we eat affect ALL the nervous system, because what we eat and drink is what feeds and nourishes the nerves. This is important to note because anxiety doesn’t only effect the person with the disorder, it effects every one around that person as well.

To help alleviate the symptoms of anxiety hot and cold fomentations to the spine, stomach, liver, and spleen, are very beneficial.  A prolonged warm bath for about an hour or two in duration, if agreeable, followed by a cool bath or shower with vigorous rubbing, is excellent.  A Gentle massage will also help greatly.

I suggest meditation as a means to calm the nerves, it has always put me in a relaxed state, and so much so that I usually end up sleeping and that is always beneficial.  Plenty of rest in a well-ventilated room is essential.

The nervous person MUST get the body system cleaned out.  I can not stress this enough and the use of enemas and herb laxatives will help the bowels move more freely to maintain the good health needed to overcome Anxiety.

The following herbs are excellent for strengthening the nerves:

1) Horehound

2) Lady’s Slipper

3) Motherwort

4) Mugwort

5) Marshmallow

6) Poplar Bark

7) Catnip

Spearmint

9) Chamomile

10)Ginger

11)Peach Leaves

12)Vervain

13)Blue and Black Cohosh

The above are only a few herbs that could help with anxiety with the right preparations and ingestion according to the directions for use of the herbs.

So listen to that bio alarm clock, slow down, and take better care of yourself by eliminating ‘waste’ from your life, and you’ll find there’s nothing to get nervous about concerning anxiety.

Please always consult your family physician or practicing holistic intern BEFORE taking any herbs or medications.

By Jasmine Beaupre, author

If obesity is not caused by the thyroid or pituitary glands obesity can be easily overcome, to a great extent, by proper living and healthy eating.  Obesity can be made much worse by wrong habits of the consumption of excessive starches, fatty foods, and sugar; the lack of exercise is also a variable to becoming obese.

An obese persons’ symptoms can range from a variety of ailments and can be the root cause of the ailments being suffered but in general obesity includes excessive fat surrounding the body, especially the core area but the extremities are affected as well; shortness of breath when doing the least bit of activity such as climbing stairs; palpitations of the heart upon the slight exertion is also a symptom of obesity.

To begin treatment of obesity one must gradually reduce the caloric intake to the body, eat only nourishing foods that are non fattening.  Moderately start to exercise, slowly increasing the activity and always in as much open air space as possible, this is for more oxygen intake because oxygen burns fat and waste matter in the system fast.

In order for you to lose weight you must use up more calories than you take in.  Deep breathing and exercise is absolutely essential along with organic herbs and teas that will help cleanse and detoxify the body of waste matter buildup.

One must be very careful about using commercially prepared weight reduction formulas that are being widely promoted. Several deaths have been caused by using these products and should be investigated thoroughly.

I hope I gave some helpful information regarding the symptoms, causes and treatments to obesity. Please remember before embarking on any kind of weight reduction program to consult your physician or practicing holistic intern.

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