Orange Aromatherapy for Anxiety
Orange Aromatherapy for Anxiety
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DESCRIPTION: The smell of sweet orange essential oil may have anxiety-reducing properties without the potentially addictive, sedating, and adverse effects of Valium-type benzodiazepine drugs.
Lavender may also help for both anxiety (Lavender for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lavender-for-generalized-anxiety-disorder/) and migraines (Lavender for Migraine Headaches, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lavender-for-migraine-headaches/).
I think the other other aromathery-related video is Wake Up and Smell the Saffron, though I have others on natural ways do reduce anxiety, including:
• Improving Mood Through Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/improving-mood-through-diet/)
• Gut Feelings: Probiotics and Mental Health (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/gut-feelings-probiotics-and-mental-health/)
• The Best Way to Boost Serotonin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-way-to-boost-serotonin/)
• Plant-based Diet and Mood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diet-mood/)
• Herbal Tea Update Rooibos Nettle (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/herbal-tea-update-rooibos-nettle/)
Natural, though, doesn’t always mean safe. See, for example:
• Plant-Based Bioidentical Hormones (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-bioidentical-hormones/)
• The Wrong Way to Boost Serotonin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-wrong-way-to-boost-serotonin/)
• Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chamomile-tea-may-not-be-safe-during-pregnancy/)
• Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/some-dietary-supplements-may-be-more-than-a-waste-of-money/)
• Some Ayurvedic Medicine Worse Than Lead Paint Exposure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/some-ayurvedic-medicine-worse-than-lead-paint-exposure/)
Of course eating citrus is good too! I have videos on Reducing Muscle Fatigue With Citrus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-fatigue-with-citrus/) and Keeping Your Hands Warm With Citrus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/keeping-your-hands-warm-with-citrus/), but Tell Your Doctor If You Eat Grapefruit (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tell-your-doctor-if-you-eat-grapefruit/).
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Image Credit: Timpo and Ankara via Wikimedia Commons, and Dr. N. Jithendran. Thanks to Ellen Reid for her image-finding expertise, and Jeff Thomas for his Keynote help.
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