Healing Anxiety With Herbs: The Natural Way to Beat Anxiety depression and Insomnia - Softcover

Bloomfield, Dr. Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722536941 ISBN 13: 9780722536940

Publisher: Thorsons, 1998

Synopsis

Anxiety can lead to depression, insomnia, difficulty concentrating and making decisions, eating problems, and chronic aches and pains. It can also be the root cause of asthma, colitis, heart attack and even cancer.

Every year, millions of people take tranquillizers and sleeping pills to try to relieve the epidemic of anxiety and insomnia. Yet these synthetic sedatives have serious side effects including possible addiction. Herbs are often as effective as synthetic drugs. They also have far fewer side-effects and are non-addictive.

Herbal medicines are revolutionizing the treatment of anxiety. This easy to read guide provides a safe, natural and medically-proven programme for recovery. It recommends a wide range of powerful herbs including:
· St John’s Wort (hypericum) – the highly topical ‘natural prozac’
· Kava – the natural tranquillizer, a herb native to South Pacific Islands
· Valerian – a natural sleeping remedy that is non-addictive and without side-effects.

Alternative medicine pioneer, Dr Harold Bloomfield also explains the causes of anxiety; lifestyle changes to minimize stress, and exercises to help you evaluate your own level of anxiety.

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Review:

The bestselling author of Hypericum & Depression has compiled here the latest dosage information on kava kava, valerian root, ginkgo, ginseng, liquorice root, milk thistle, and many other natural remedies for anxiety, nervousness, and insomnia. It's more than a listing of suggested herbs, though, and includes a natural self-healing programme of mental and physical exercises meant to reduce stress and ease anxiety, tension, and anger and their concomitant physical manifestations: rapid heartbeat, sweating, hyperventilation, dizziness, panic attacks, cigarette cravings and more. Bloomfield encourages readers to try breathing exercises, visualization, meditation, music therapy, and anger therapy, and includes an extensive list of Internet resources, mental health associations, and self-help groups. --Erica Jorgensen

From the Back Cover:

GINKGO BILOBA, GINSENG, ST JOHN'S WORT, VALERIAN, KAVA-KAVA, PASSION FLOWER, LAVENDER, CHAMOMILE

SAFE, NON-ADDICTIVE NATURAL REMEDIES AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER

Have you been feeling anxious and stressed? Do you have difficulty falling into a deep, natural sleep?

There is no need to suffer in silence, or take synthetic, often addictive drugs. St John's wort, valerian, kava-kava and other herbs are often as effective in treating anxiety and insomnia as prescription tranquilizers, anti-depressants and sleeping pills. They also have far fewer side-effects and are non-addictive.

In this breakthrough guide, alternative medicine pioneer Dr Harold Bloomfield provides a safe, natural and medically proven programme for recovery. It includes:
· the causes of anxiety and stress, what the signs and symptoms are and when treatment is necessary
· how herbal medicines are revolutionizing the treatment of anxiety, depression and insomnia
· what the most effective herbs are and how they can help you
· lifestyle changes to minimize stress and maximize performance
· practical exercises to help you evaluate and heal your anxiety.

Dr Harold Bloomfield is a psychiatrist and a highly respected leader in herbal medicine. He is the bestselling author of 'How to Heal Depression' and has received numerous awards for his work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0722536941
• ISBN 13: 9780722536940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256