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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, and migraines (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 (
• Gut Feelings: Probiotics and Mental Health (
• The Best Way to Boost Serotonin (
• Plant-based Diet and Mood (
• Herbal Tea Update Rooibos Nettle (
Natural, though, doesn’t always mean safe. See, for example:
• Plant-Based Bioidentical Hormones (
• The Wrong Way to Boost Serotonin (
• Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy (
• Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (
• Some Ayurvedic Medicine Worse Than Lead Paint Exposure (
Of course eating citrus is good too! I have videos on Reducing Muscle Fatigue With Citrus ( and Keeping Your Hands Warm With Citrus ( but Tell Your Doctor If You Eat Grapefruit (
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