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What are different home remedies for Anxiety?

Anxiety is a phase that your physiological self enters that can affect an array of components associated with your wellbeing, including your emotions and behavior.

TYPES OF ANXIETY
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder

SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY
1. Emotional Symptoms
- fear
- avoiding stress
- irritability and confusion
2. Physical Symptoms
- chest pains
- hot flushes
- headaches
- shortness of breath
- nausea
- digestion problems
- tense muscles
- rush of fatigue
- heart palpitations
- sleeping difficulties
- panic attacks

CAUSES OF ANXIETY
- Childhood Memories
- Stress
- Illness
- Personality
- Genetics

HOME REMEDIES FOR ANXIETY
1. Almonds
- Soak 10 raw almonds overnight in water to soften, and then peel off the skins.
- Put almonds in blender with 1 cup warm milk, a pinch of ginger, and a pinch of nutmeg.
- Drink at night to help you relax before going to bed.

2. Baking soda
- Add 1/3 cup baking soda and 1/3 cup ginger to a nice warm bath.
- Soak in the tub for 15 minutes to relieve tension and anxiety.

3. Oil
- Sesame oil is great, but sunflower, coconut, or corn oil will work, too.
- For a wonderful, anxiety-busting massage, heat 6 ounces oil until warm, not hot.
- Rub over entire body, including your scalp and the bottoms of your feet.
- A small rolling pin feels marvelous.
- Use the oil as a massage before the morning bath.

4. Celery and Onion
- Eat 2 cups celery, onions, or a mixture of the two, raw or cooked, with your meals for a week or two.
- Both vegetables contain large amounts of potassium and folic acid, deficiencies of which can cause nervousness.

5. Orange
- The aroma of an orange is known to reduce anxiety.
- Peel an orange and inhale.
- You can also drop the peel into a small pan or potpourri burner.
- Cover with water and simmer.
- When heated, the orange peel will release its fragrant and calming oil.

6. Orange juice
- Stir 1 teaspoon honey and a pinch of nutmeg into 1 cup orange juice and drink.

7. Rosemary
- Rosemary has a calming effect on the nerves.
- Make a tea by adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of the dried herb to 1 cup boiling water; steep for 10 minutes, then drink.
- Inhaling rosemary can be relaxing, too.
- Burn a sprig, or use rosemary incense to ease anxiety.

8. Teas
- Teas can cause the reduction of tension and calm the mind, body, and soul.
- Choose the teas that include chamomile, cloves, lavender, orange blossoms, and thyme.

9. Aromatherapy
- Use aromatic essential oils that encourage physical and psychological wellness.

10. Exercise
- Burn off that extra adrenaline by embracing the benefits of exercise.
- Do a couple of jumping jacks, walk around the backyard, climb up and down the stairs, or hit a piece of home exercise equipment.

11. Deep Breathing
- Many people are able to calm down their anxiety when after learning certain breathing techniques.
- Deep diaphragmatic breathing is best accomplished when you keep your chest and shoulders in position.

12. Caffeine
- Limit your intake of caffeine by weaning off of the coffee, tea, chocolate, and Coca Cola.

13. Vitamin Supplements
- Boost your intake of vitamins by reaching for the following supplements: calcium, magnesium, and B-complex.

14. Avoid Refined Sugars and Carbs
- Choose foods that are low in sugar and contain a healthy dose of whole grains.

15. Artificial Sweeteners
- Lessen your use of artificial sweeteners, such as Splenda, Nutrisweet, and Equal.

16. Childhood Flashbacks
- Some individuals have been able to overcome bouts of anxiety by transporting back to a time.
- Dig deep into your repertoire of happy childhood memories.
- Enjoy a grandma’s snack.

17. Hydrotherapy
- Also known as water therapy, this technique uses water to relieve some of the discomfort that anxiety can bring.

18. Warm Bath
- Try sinking into a relaxing bath while listening to the soothing sounds of a musical artist.

YOU CAN ALSO TRY THE FOLLOWING:
a) Read a Book: Plunge deep into your favorite novel.
b) Dial C for ‘Comfort’: Pick up the telephone and give your parents, sister, brother, or best friend a call.
c) Meditation: Meditate, pray, or indulge in a mental flight of fantasy.

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What are different home remedies for Amnesia?

Amnesia is a condition that implies total or partial loss of memory.
There are different reasons and causes of amnesia such as organic or functional.
- Organic amnesia is caused due to damage to your brain by external factors which can be due to physical reasons like trauma or disease.
- Functional amnesia is due to psychological factors.

There are different types of Amnesia
- Anterograde amnesia
- Emotional/hysterical amnesia
- Lacunar amnesia
- Korsakoff syndrome
- Posthypnotic amnesia
- Retrograde amnesia
- Transient global amnesia

Causes of Amnesia
- Head injury
- Severe illness
- High fever
- Seizures
- Emotional shock or hysteria
- Alcohol-related brain damage
- Drugs
- Stroke
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Brain surgery

Home remedies for Amnesia

1.) Rosemary
- Rosemary is the best home remedy for amnesia.
- This herb is also known as the herb of remembrance,
- It can effectively cure mental fatigue and forgetfulness.

2.) Rosemary tea
- Prepare rosemary tea by adding 1-2 teaspoons of the herb to a cup (225ml) of boiling water.
- Let it steep for 5 minutes, strain the decoction and add a squirt of lime juice.
- Drink the tea once or twice, on a daily basis.

3.) Perennail booti
- This herb is also helpful in curing forgetfulness.
- Dry about seven grams of this herb in a shady place.
- Grind it, along with seven kernels of almonds and half a gram of pepper.
- Add water to form a decoction.
- Strain the decoction and add twenty-five gm sugar.
- Drink this mixture, on an empty stomach, every morning, for about a fortnight.

4.) Walnuts
- Walnuts work as effective memory enhancers.
- Consuming 20 gm walnuts every day, in the morning, will prove to be highly beneficial.
- If you add 10 gm of raisins or figs to walnuts, it is more beneficial.

5.) Almonds
- These are traditionally, considered to be the most effective memory booster.
- Soak about 10 almonds overnight.
- Peel off the brown skin in the morning and make a paste of it.
- Intake this paste, along with a tsp of butter, every morning.
- This works as a powerful memory enhancer and reduces needless anger.

6.) Holy basil leaves
- These leaves prove to be an effective memory enhancer.
- Boil the leaves in water and strain the decoction.
- Drink the decoction, after it cools down.
- You can also eat the leaves directly, after washing them with water.

7.) Brahmi
- Prepare a decoction of the herb, by steeping it in boiling water and straining the water.
- Let it cool down and consume it in the morning, on an empty stomach.

8.) Biofeedback
- This has proved to be a useful technique.
- In this process, the patient is made aware of his quantifiable bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar and skin temperature.
- This raises the patient’s awareness as well as his conscious control of the involuntary physiological activities.

9.) Other remedies
- Patients suffering from amnesia should try to memorize this and recall everything, first thing in the morning.
- The right diet also acts as a memory booster.
- Include a lot of phosphorous-rich fruits in your diet, such as dates, oranges, figs, grapes, apple, almonds and walnuts.
- They help activate the brain cell and reduce forgetfulness.
- The most simple of all home remedies for amnesia is to have a tsp of honey, sprinkled with finely grounded black pepper, once a day. This will also help enhance memory.