| Many of us, perhaps most, will admit to feeling | | | | supporting evidence and is widely used. Again |
| anxious on a regular basis and often even depressed, | | | | remember that you should consult your physician |
| perhaps due to pressures of work, home life, or any | | | | before taking any medication, even herbal, and do |
| of a multitude of other causes. However most of us | | | | not take multiple herbal remedies at the same time |
| are not clinically depressed or anxious, to the point | | | | without consultation with a professional.There exists |
| where our lives and health are affected | | | | a significant problem in taking herbs for anxiety and |
| detrimentally.The minority who do find their lives | | | | depression, and other ailments, and that is that unlike |
| blighted by these conditions can often be found to | | | | other medications government and international drug |
| be suffering from one or all of the following: self | | | | regulation agencies are not required to test and |
| harm and potentially suicidal thoughts, insomnia, lack | | | | approve their use. This can mean that drugs could |
| of sex drive, inactivity and tiredness, and lack of | | | | become available that have unforeseen side effects. |
| concentration.Certainly where someone is feeling so | | | | However many herbs have been used in medical |
| anxious or depressed that the medical profession | | | | applications for much longer than their modern |
| would categorize them as clinically depressed or | | | | chemical counterparts and so there exists a large |
| anxious immediate help should be sought from a | | | | body of admittedly anecdotal evidence backing their |
| professional. However where someone is suffering | | | | medicinal properties.The critical point to remember is |
| from a milder form of anxiety then there may be | | | | that there are no guarantees with herbal treatments, |
| alternatives to the common anti-depressant drugs | | | | and care must be taken to ensure you are not |
| that often appear to make things worse for less | | | | exposing yourself to additional problems and side |
| serious cases. Alternative treatments could include | | | | effects. There is little doubt a herbal substitute for a |
| herbs for anxiety and depression, although it is | | | | conventional drug, used in moderation, should provide |
| always wise to seek medical help before starting any | | | | some relief with less of the addictive dangers |
| herbal medications, especially if you are already taking | | | | associated with prescription meds, but it cannot |
| any other forms of medication.Popular herbs for | | | | always be assumed that herbs will be a safer option. |
| anxiety and depression include St. Johns Wort, Kava, | | | | Do not assume they are a miracle cure and always |
| Passion Flower, Ginseng and SAM-e, and many have | | | | take heed of the dosage recommendations.Visit for |
| reported positive benefits to taking these herbs. St. | | | | diet and health articles, reviews and information. |
| Johns Wort probably has the largest body of | | | | |