which 3 herbs may be beneficial for post natel depression?
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St. John's Wort is effective for depression; you may want to ask an herbologist to get a complete answer.
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I have been taking flax seed oil (high in omega 3 & omega 6 fatty acids) to help with my depression & it does work. With no side effects. Go for it!\n\nI've also read research papers that claim that pharmacological doses of saffron are as effective as Prozac in treating depression, with none of the side-effects. Unfortunately saffron is very expensive.\n\nGood Luck!
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U could try Ginkgo.\n\nAsk @ your Health Food shop 4 dosage.
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According to the PDR of herbal medicines, St. John's Wort does work as a mild anti-depressant that should not be used longer than 4 weeks. After that, if it's not working, you may need something stronger. Not knowing your particular situation, I would recommend working out the details with your doctor. The key reason for this is that there could be a negative counter-reaction between the anti-depressant you're taking and the herbal supplements.\n\nGood Luck!
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herb called as rosemary , and watercress lettuce is good for resperatory problems , there is no proof over it , but it has helped me to a certain extent.
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You definitely need to see a doctor before it gets worse to determine whether therapy, medication or both are the best route for you to take. Also, a quick fix that I found is eating dark chocolate - it gave me just enough to get over the depression feelings - but it doesn't last long - maybe a couple hours max.\n\n\nwww.mommastayshome.com
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basil\nmint\nindian gooseberry\nneem\nturmeric
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I live with long term depression and can not take the anti-depressants doctors prescribe, yes, I have tried the new ones with the same results, they make me more depressed, not less!\n\nOver many years I have developed a lifestyle that alleviates the depression in a natural way. Here is what I do, I hope it is of help to you and others as well.\n\nCounselling: I find having a person I can rely on to talk to is very helpful when the depression is bad, many counsellors now agree that depression in many cases should be treated in a more natural way.\n\nFood: Eat lots of raw fruit and vegetables and if you have to cook them only just cook them! Natural foods are bright in colour and so are pleasing to the eye to eat. Also ensure you eat fish once a week every week.\n\nDrink: Limit coffee, alcohol, soft drinks and tea, instead try lots of water, fruit based cordials, herbal teas and fruit juice\n\nExercise: Walk outdoors in the sunshine and fresh air for 20 minutes a day. During the walk really look at your surroundings and take note of the big strong trees, cool soft grass, blue sky, and if you are lucky enough to live near water notice the water and how it responds to its environment. We tend to breathe more shallowly when we are depressed so some exercise helps us breathe deeper and increases the oxygen intake making us feel better all over. You dont need to run a marathon, just exercise regularly and only do what is possible.\n\nVitamins: Take multi vitamins one day and Multi B the next. You dont need to overload your system with vitamins otherwise you simply end up with expensive urine! If the Multi B and the multivitamin both have Vit C in them then that is even better.\n\nSunshine is the best and easiest way for human beings to absorb Vit D. So being outside in the sunshine is a good thing. Being sunburnt is not, so take care to wear a shirt, hat and sunscreen. And sunshine just makes you feel good! It actually releases some chemical in the human brain that makes you feel good.\n\nIf you eat lots of white flour based foods, fried foods, and processed foods you will find that this tends to make your digestion system sluggish and seems to add to depression so avoid them.\n\nNew Things: Learning a new thing alleviates depression because it gives us a sense of satisfaction and achievement and you cant feel satisfied and depressed at once! Take on new challenges whether it is getting around to learning a musical instrument, painting, riding a bicycle, or learning Tai chi you will find that a sense of accomplishment feels very good.\n\nGrow something: Carig for something else turns your attention to positive things like what you can do right and what is possible. If you think that you are the worlds worst gardener try this: Ask someone for cuttings of geraniums stick the cuttings in some dirt and water daily for a week. Geraniums are the most amazing flowers to grow because they grow from cuttings so there is no cost involved and if you plant half a dozen cuttings you will get two or three plants from that. Their bright colours and often scented leaves are a delight. An old fashioned plant but a cheerful one. Daisies also grow from cuttings and are bright cheerful plants. Both daisies and geraniums grow really well in pots and so do many vegetables! There are lessons we can only learn by osmosis, we have to absorb the lesson and growing something gives us some of those lessons.\n\nGet Involved in Your Community: Join an interest group, a local health centre committee, or a church or other organisation. Being with others with a common goal can be very upliftng. Being with, caring about and learning about other people leaves no room for you to be wound up in your depression.\n\nMusic: Get a good collection of music of all kinds, try some classical, some heavy rock, some lilting little melodies, african drumming music, aboiriginal music, the more variety the better. listen to all kinds of music.\n\nGet a pet: You dont have to buy a d
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ARSENIC ALBUM 30\nBRYONIA ALBA 30\nPASSIFLORA INCARTA Mother Tincture\nThese are the three Homeopathic remedies specific for sleeplessness due to worry,your individual symptoms are needed to find the right remedy for you !\nHomeopathy Treats The Patient Not The Disease !\n\nTake Care and God bless you !
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i use a sage oil  but some use thyme or rosemary! lemon thyme works wonders for the intuition in me also!  good luck and go to ur local library or call ur local herb treatment doctor   my family doc just switch to the alternative medicines too so the more popular it becomes,  easier to get the products!
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Herbal remedies to calm fear of what if?\n\nHere are three harmless methods you may want to try:\n\n1) Hypericum Perforatum\n\n2) Bachflower Rescue Remedy\n\n3) Bio*Chakra Light MeditationTM.\n\n\nHow to use these?\n\n1) Hypericum Perforatum\nIt build the nerves, strengthens the immune system and soothes pain. It make you feel relaxed without being sleepy, unless you are exhausted and would need a good sleep.\nI would want to use 2 - 4 pills (on milk sugar base only) in one ounce of water. I would take one drop under my tongue every few seconds until the condition gets better, then less and less often, may be every 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 minutes. Yet, at least 5 times a day. I would make the remedy fresh every day, less when less is needed.\n\nI like to add a bit of apple cider vinegar and brown sugar to taste. It has worked wonders for me! Advanced European hospitals are using it!\n\n2) Bachflower Rescue Remedy\nWhen you feel run down and rather shocked and exhausted than hyper, this remedy helps.\nI would buy a stock bottle and use 4 drops of the stock remedy on an ounce of water in a dropper bottle. Then I would take it very often like Hypericum, see above.\n\nParents have made the mistake to use Bachflower Rescue Remedy for hyper children before bed time and guess what, they got MORE energy! The parents would have needed this remedy! \n\n3) Bio*Chakra Light MeditationTM\nIt works with the negative while staying positive. It is easy to do and takes only a minutes or three if you like. It is done every day before sleeping time. One does not have to know the origin of the fear, stress or else. It has worked for many since 1979! You find it spelled out at http://www.biochakra.com, click Hilites, go to the end of the monthly Hilite article, click Archives, Click Spiritual Energies, Predictions and the Bible, and find Bio*Chakra Light MeditationTM.\n\nFurthermore, measure your pH, you may be highly acidic, which corrodes your nerves. To measure, get a roll of pH paper from a health food store, dip a strip in urine and one in saliva and read the discoloration and its number by comparing it to the colors on the box. The pH, in my experience, should always be 7.5, or problems may start!\n\nOne or all of these may help.\n\nEnjoy!\nCordially, India.Magica
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I like excedrine PM, but have also used valerian root which is available on the vitamin aisle at most drug stores.  Both help me fall asleep, stay asleep and I don't wake up with that hung over feeling in the morning.
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Before starting this reply, I would like to get one thing out first.  'Traditional' medication is by far the most effective way in managing bipolar disorder and the mood stabilizers are the cornerstone in preventing relapse (either into depression or mania).  Therefore my main recommendation is to take what is prescribed by your psychiatrist.  If you do not have a psychiatrist following you, that should be your priority.\n\nThe only recommended and well studied 'natural' option is the addition of omega-3 oils to the diet.  Unfortunately, this has become the new 'wonder' supplement and many proposed benefits will later be discredited once the fad is over.  There is fairly good evidence for the addition of omega-3 oils in the mood stabilization therapy for bipolar disorders as well as major depression.  Unfortunately, there's no 'easy way' to getting these.  The natural health supplement industry is not regulated so the actual quality and concentrations of supplements are not very reliable.  On top of that, the absorption of the oil in the supplement form is quite poor.  One basically has to take it to the point of inducing diarrhea to attain proper levels.  The simplest way is to eat fish on a regular basis.  About 3 servings of oily fish (salmon, sardines are examples) per week is probably the easier option.  Although with recent reports of farmed fish having high levels of heavy metals in them, this becomes also a dilemma.\n\n  As for St-John's wart, there have been some reports of its utility but this is generally not recommended as there are several drug interaction (potentially life threatening) while taking this supplement.  It also has never been able to compare in safety or efficacy to the non 'natural' options.  \n\n  Not that this next part really answer's the question but I need to vent a little on this front.  There isn't really any such thing as 'natural' options.  All drugs, supplements, medication, you name it, are chemical compounds.  Whether they were made by plants, animals, bacteria or laboratory they are still chemicals.  I'll admit that some drugs/medication are manufactured in laboratories and do not resemble compounds found readily in nature but the fact still remains that most medications are compounds derived from organic chemicals which are then altered to increase the safety and reduce side-effects.  Most people don't realize that some of the deadliest poisons are made by plants (without any 'processing').
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Look through old photo albums! That always cheers me up. Also, go somewhere with lots of orange like a park with lots of flowers. Orange is proven to improve mood. Go for a long walk. That will clear your mind or whatever your sad about. Hope you feel better.
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You've got the right information there.\n\nOmega 3, Omega 6, and Omega 9 are all powerful ways to fight off depression. You can get them in flax oil, cod liver oil, and olive oil.\n\nYup, B Complex, but try to get them from eating whole grains, like a multi-grain bread (not whole wheat bread), oatmeal, wild rice and brown rice.\n\nChocolate has a chemical in it called theobromine, which is a euphoriant. Go ahead and have a few pieces, but, try to eat dark or bittersweet chocolate. The cocoa butter and high content of processed sugar in milk chocolate will actually work against you.\n\nTurkey, when heated up, has an amino acid called L-tryptophan, which helps you sleep better.\n\nMolasses, I'm not too crazy about because of the sugar content. Since sugar is a stimulant, you might not benefit from sugary foods, like molasses, or honey, or processed sugar candy, or any other food with a processed sugar content.\n\nYes, salmon is rich in Omega 3.\n\nBut, if you could find a way to do an aerobic exercise, like brisk walking, then you will really help fight depression. Aerobic exercise releases endorphins, which are pain killers, and also function as a euphoriant. A brisk walk of 30 minutes minimum is a great depression fighter, and if you can do it at least three times a week, then you are doing a great job. Cycling, treadmill, swimming, a game of catch, hiking, you get the picture. But I think that brisk walking is the king of all therapeutic exercises.\n\nIn general, stay away from fast food/processed food: the high content of processed sugars, processed salts, and saturated fats are confirmed contributors to depression.\n\nBeets, actually, all fresh vegetables are rich in nutrients that help stabilize brain activity. Eat plenty of them: it doesn't matter what vegetables you eat, just them every day.\n\nPeace.
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I just came back from Iraq, depressed and full of anxiety...  My experience has been, don't push her to hard let her go easy, find an unexpensive hobby that won't produce too much stress, I found that working with plants has helped me very much, some times to be alone does help.  Plenty of water, rest and fruit also helps.  Try not to do to much phisical work, especially out in the sun.  And fianlly,  read some texts full of live and promises from the Bible.  Not the 60's version but the new simeple English version does wounders.  Help you get well.
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I am not sure if cure is the proper word.\n\nTreatment is a better choice.\n\nbelive it or not, exercise. Even just getting out and walking. But in many cases, increased levels of chemicals produced when exercising are enough to help mild cases of depression and help make more severe cases more treatable with medication.\n\nAs for herbs and such, non have been proven to work. Many have claims that they help - For example, St. Johns Wort, but this has notbeen clinically established. You would be better off with exercise.\n\nDepression is a serious illness. You should make some time and seek medical attention. Even if you choose not to go on prescription medicine, you should make sure the depression is not part of another pysical problem. There are some hormonal imbalances that cause depression and they are really medical cases and not true depression.\n\nGood luck.