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Posted 3/31/2016 8:50 PM (GMT -5)
I just started taking holy basil for immediate relief of panic, anxiety, and/or when I feel an uncontrollable crying fit comjng on...anyhoo, so far SO GOOD.

IT WORKs well at least for me!!!
Posted 3/31/2016 10:10 PM (GMT -5)
Yippeeee!!! So very glad you found a relief!!

I do Kava tea. Or I love to find a rosemary bush and rub my hands in the bush and then stroke my fingers through my hair with the smell. Very relaxing. I love baking sliced potatoes with sprinkled rosemary on them in the oven, the whole house smell so yummy and relaxing. And I like Rescue Remedy by Bach Flowers, nice and relaxing. But sometimes I just need to find a place and listen to nature. Listen to those birds that are ready for spring.

We all need our peace.
Posted 3/31/2016 11:37 PM (GMT -5)
I had read awhile back that holy basil was good for lowering cortisol. I was reading about high cortisol when my lab work showed I was high (this was pre-diagnosis).

Maybe that is why it helps with anxiety?

PeteZa - we've had Rescue Remedy in our house for many years. My husband used to use it all the time.
Posted 4/1/2016 12:39 AM (GMT -5)
Holy basil is actually an adrenal adaptogen. Racing heart , pulse ect from sudden stress (which would not stress you in the past) is actually weak/fatigued adrenal glands. Similar to anxiety (which is more lingering), but not the same cause.

Kava is also good for this , but its hard on some peoples liver.

Holy basil can also lowers blood glucose in some people..
Posted 4/1/2016 10:04 AM (GMT -5)
HI Sweet- I am glad you found something that works for you as anxiety when it creeps up has got to be one of the worst symptoms. Throughout the years struggling with Lyme I've tried many things for it and I would never get really good relief - it wasn't until Traveler told me about Avena Sativa about two years ago - My goodness, how that stuff works! I remember buying it that same day and strted taking it 3x/day - for a good long while. Today, I only have to take it once a day - 20 drops in a little water, on an empty stomach first thing in the AM.
Traveler Rocks!
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