Inspired Herbal Medicine

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Anxiety, Low Mood

Chronic imbalance of the nervous system, constant solicitation of the HPA axis, overuse of the stress response, and over-excitation of the mind provide the physical and hormonal foundations for anxiety and low mood. The brain can thus be stuck on unproductive patterns and dead-end loops, lacking the focus and energy for balanced involvement with the world. Medicinal herbs can help calibrate the stress response, restore energy and equilibrium, and allow the brain to reset.

  • Nutritional imbalances and toxicities cause generalised burden on body-brain function.

  • Continuous pressure of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) through, for example, unresolving physical or emotional stress, can lead to depletion of the adrenals and inappropriate cortisol response. Depleted adrenal function can affect emotional coping states and this is often reported as anxiety.

  • The gut-brain axis can also play a large part in sustaining of low mood or anxiety states through gut inflammation, an altered gut microbiome and ‘leaky gut’.

  • Thyroid oversolicitation or glucose imbalances can also play an important role in on-going anxiety or low mood.

These are all treatment targets that can improve chronic feelings of anxiety and low mood.  Herbs can be synergists for global improvement in mental wellbeing through action on the hormonal axes and the gastrointestinal environment. Detoxing and nutritional rebalancing are vital.

 

Sleep Disorders

Good sleep is a most significant pillar of health as a biological stage for deep repair and recovery.  Simply fixing sleep hygiene is not enough when the drivers are hormonal and nervous system imbalance; a physiologic and systemic approach is necessary.

Lack of sleep becomes an aggravating loop by impacting negatively on general health, for example, on mood, energy and focus, weight control, immunity and blood pressure.

Patterns of sleep disorders may look like any of the following: 

  • Difficulty falling asleep

  • Difficulty staying asleep or waking too early through vivid dreams, anxiety, intrusive thoughts

  • Disturbed sleep by frequent toilet visits

  • Bad quality of sleep, waking up unrefreshed

Herbal medicine can help rebalance the nervous system and calm the mind allowing the body to go through restorative sleep.