ANXIETY CAUSES & RELIEF DIRECTORY

Foods to Counter Anxiety: Apricot, Cherry, Date, Fig, Grape, Grapefruit, Olive, Papaya, Peach, Strawberry, Tomato, Beet, Button mushroom, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Chard, Cucumber, Eggplant, Kuzu, Lettuce, Potato, Shitake mushroom, Spearmint, Squash, Sweet Potato, Yam, Almond, Chestnut, Coconut, Sesame seed/oil, Sunflower seed, Amasake, stevia, Agave nectar, Ganoderm, Dill, Basil, Mulberry, Lemons, Brown rice, Oats, Ghee, Green tea, Himalayan & Dead Sea salt

Foods to Avoid: Beef, Tofu, Tempeh, Soy milk, Spinach, Miso, Asparagus, , Millet, Salt, Seaweed, Tangerine, Pinenut, Persimmon, Pear, Honey, Sugar, Oyster, Clam, Mussel, Pork, Peanut,

Avoid Processed foods: Artificial Sweeteners (try stevia), Coffee, Wine (beyond 1 oz. per day), Baked Beans (sugar), Baked Goods (doughnuts, cakes contain excess trans fats, sugars), Breakfast Cereals (sugar, processed grain, low nutrition), Campbell's Condensed Soups (hi sodium), pot pies (hi calory/fat), Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods, Hotdogs (unknown ingredients, sodium nitrate), Luncheon Meats (too many additives, sodium nitrate), Margarine (highly toxic), Ramen Noodles (no nutrients, excess sodium), Refined Vegetable Oils (corn, cottonseed, soybeans, safflower seeds and canola), Saltines (excess carb & sodium), Sausages & cured meats (too many additives, sodium nitrate), White & Wheat bread (no nutrition), White Pasta (extremely hi carb & sodium), White Potatoes (solanine-calcium depletion & arthritic pain), Chips & French fries, Cocktails (excess sugar/liver toxicity), Fruit Juice (loaded w/ sugar), Fruit Smoothie (loaded w/ syrup, make your own), Dairy products except goat's milk (pure mucous), Sodas (removes rust from metal, excess carbon dioxide, imbalances digestive system), Excessive Protein (loss of calcium, damages kidneys). These foods are usually found in the internal isles of your grocery store. Stay with foods on the perimeter walls of the stores. Even better, buy produce directly from sources where you know the quality of the farm production. This is hard to do but this is the only way to ensure your food is free from hormones, preservatives, pesticides and over 200+ versions of MSG.

"The sages follow the laws of nature and therefore their bodies are free from strange diseases. They do not lose any of their natural functions and their spirit of life is never exhausted."
-- Inner Classic

Source: Paul Pitchford, "Healing With Whole Foods", 3rd Edition.

If you are under stress, here's a break for your heart.

Removes the tension around the heart area. Calms the mind without any depressant effects. Healthy alternative for palpitations, anxiety, anxiety attacks, emotional upset, hypo & hyper mania.

Tonifying formula after stroke. Heart Comfort opens the chest area performing the above description in about 1 hour. Heart Comfort opens or naturally vaso-dialates the vessels allowing blood to flow to and from the heart.

HEART COMFORT Master Formula can be found at Longevity Mountain.

HEART COMFORT INGREDIENTS

Danshen (root) * Pseudo-ginseng (root) * Figwort (root) * Borneol (natural) *

High Spirits contains a unique blend of herbs known to help calm your nerves, help reduce stress and help you feel good about yourself.

Don't let a down day get the best of you. Try High Spirits and throw a party, feel freer with your friends, go bungee jumping or stand in the rain and sing a song. See? Things are looking up already. High Spirits contains special ingredients from all over the world, the herbs you think of first to help turn even your worst day around. High Spirits can help you cope with the stress and frustrations of modern life. So do something nice for yourself. Try High Spirits, the feel-good formula from Longevity Mountain Formulas.

HIGH SPIRITS Master Formula can be found at Longevity Mountain.

HIGH SPIRITS' INGREDIENTS

Danshen (root) * Pseudo-ginseng (root) * Figwort (root) * Borneol (natural) * Passion Flower (aerial portion extract) * Kava Kava (root, rhizome) * Siberian Ginseng (root) * Gotu Kola (aerial portion extract) * Kola Nut (seed extract contains caffeine) * Schizandra (fruit) * Wood Betony (aerial portion) * Lavender (flower) *

The formula derived from an old heart formula from Traditional Chinese Medicine for the heart and the application of herb extracts from American herbology utilized for improving the mood. One of my teachers from Sichuan Province-China, developed the heart formula 50 years ago. The primary formula benefit is nourishment and energy support for a healthy heart.

In particular, when the heart becomes weakened, or energy deficient, the ingredients aid the heart's energy, Instead of skipping a beat, the heart muscle runs smoothly. This calms the chest area. The additional herbs from North America, in combination with the Chinese development, relax all the channels from the heart to the brain. This relieves tension in the channels and circulation system which gives the sense of ease in the upper part of the body and head.

PERPETUATION OF STRESS - MIND-BODY-SPIRIT CONNECTION

When stress is experienced, the fight or flight response is more heightened as opposed to a neutral, thoughtful, analytical and non-reactive communication. With a habitual response of going beyond unrecognizable boundaries of energy reserves, eventually, the store of energy contained in the kidneys and adrenals becomes depleted. If the stressed person cannot stop themselves from running themselves down then eventually, the body will give out in one of a multitude of imbalances:

• Chronic Fatigue
  
• Anxiety
  
• Allergies
  
• Panic Attacks
  
• Diabetes
  
• Cancer
  
• Heart disease
  
• Digestive Problems
  
• Insomnia
  
• Spasms
  
• Tremors
  
• Paralysis (one side or both)
  
• Emotional/Mental Imbalance
  

Many people, from my observation, continue in their burnout behavior, even though, they are becoming symptom and disease ridden. This strongly suggests that there is an additional psychic-spiritual component. In the past, a key person said something to wound the person and that keeps him or her locked into the destructive demeanor. The pattern is very similar to an addict who can't stop the dependency behavior on the drugs and lifestyle. In similar fashion, The person cannot stop the energy depletion cycle:

• stay up late and burn out their adrenals
  
• eat a diet that keeps them up at night and breaks down their digestive balance
  
• career-work behaviors which exacerbates the body's energy deficiency syndromes.
  
• take on more family resposibilities beyond their current physical capacity
  

After studying and writing on these conditions, I have determined that these imbalances are truely diseases of living in a modern civilization:

anxiety, chronic fatigue, diabetes, menopause/andropause, heart attack, stroke, cancer, obesity, arthritis, MS, shortened life span, etc.

The underpinning is an irrational spiritual conflict. People are caught in the belief they must continue in behaviors that sacrifice the body. They believe they have to work harder to be secure. But instead of making themselves secure, they do the opposite. They wear themsleves down til the adrenals/kidneys run down or adrenal fatigue sets in. Then, all the organs stacked above, that depend on the energy provided by them, start failing. The heart skips beats, we feel anxiety or palpitations. The liver is weak and so blood isn't filtered, the stomach hurts with nausea, gall bladder problems, then all the organs become undernourished. In this general, weakened, sluggish state, there is no wonder, we are overwhelmed and lost, as to which way to turn. Some will say to themselves, "I have to go harder!", when the body iscreaming, "Stop, take care of me!" Other voices have become too loud to hear.

Consider a car that is running out of gas. The engine sputters down the road. When the car is running on fumes, the car's movement is slow, stop and go, the electical instruments may go off and on, until eventually, the car comes to rest. Then down the road you go to the nearest gas pump. You promise yourself, "I'll never take that risk again."

Before that happens with your heart, give it some Heart Comfort or High Spirits and, of course, the most important, get plenty of rest. And if you can't rest, Heart Comfort will help. I tell you, I can barely keep my stock up. Its that good.

Spiritual Underlying Conflict - Louise Hay

ANXIETY / NERVOUSNESS: Distrust the natural flow of life.
AFFIRMATION: I love and approve of myself and I trust in the process of life. I am safe.

• Allergy problems, increase in allergies (number, sensitivity, reactions, lengthier reactions)
  
• Back pain, stiffness, tension, pressure, soreness, spasms, immobility in the back or back muscles
  
• Blanching (looking pale, loss of color in the face or skin)
  
• Blushing, turning red, flushed face, flushed skin, blushing, red face or skin
  
• Body jolts, body zaps, electric jolt feeling in body, intense body tremor or "body shake"
  
• Body temperature increase or decrease, change in body temperature
  
• Burning skin, itchy, "crawly," prickly or other skin sensations, skin sensitivity, numbness on the skin
  
• Burning skin sensation on the face, neck, ears, scalp, or shoulders
  
• Chest pain, chest tightness
  
• Choking
  
• Chronic Fatigue, exhaustion, super tired, worn out
  
• Clumsiness, feeling clumsy, co-ordination problems with the limbs or body
  
• Cold chills, feeling cold
  
• Craving sugar, sweets, chocolate, usual craving for sugar and sweets
  
• Difficulty speaking, moving mouth, talking, co-ordination problems with the mouth or tongue
  
• Dizziness, feeling lightheaded
  
• Dizzy, feeling dizzy
  
• Electric shock feeling, body zaps
  
• Excess of energy, you feel you can't relax
  
• Falling sensation, feel like your are falling or dropping even though you aren't
  
• Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
  
• Feeling cold or chilled
  
• Feel wrong, different, foreign, odd, or strange
  
• Flu-like symptoms, general malaise, feel ill, like you are coming down with a flu
  
• Flushed face, red face, flushed skin
  
• Head Zaps
  
• Heart palpitations, racing heart
  
• Hyperactivity, excess energy, nervous energy
  
• Increased or decreased sex drive
  
• Infection - increased infections, persistent infection
  
• Mouth or throat clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking
  
• Muscles that vibrate, jitter, tremor, or shake when used
  
• Muscle twitching
  
• Nausea
  
• Vomiting
  
• Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
  
• Night sweats, waking up in a sweat, profusely sweating at night
  
• No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
  
• Numbness
  
• Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
  
• Numbness and tingling, and other skin sensations on hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
  
• Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
  
• Pounding heart, heart feels like it is beating too hard
  
• Pulsing or throbbing muscles. Pulsing or throbbing sensation.
  
• Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
  
• Sexual Dysfunction, sexual uninterest
  
• Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face
  
• Shooting pains in the face
  
• Shooting pains in the scalp or head
  
• Skipped heart beats
  
• Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
  
• Startle easily
  
• Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
  
• The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason
  
• Tightness in the ribs or rib cage area, may also feel like a tight band around the ribs or rib cage area.
  
• Tingling sensations, anywhere on the body, including the hands, feet, legs, arms, head, mouth, chest, groin area
  
• Throat or mouth clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking
  
• TMJ
  
• Trembling or shaking
  
• Twitching
  
• Unsteadiness, dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded
  
• Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom (similar to urinary tract or prostate infection symptoms)
  
• Warm spells
  
• Weak - feel weak, weakness, low energy, light, soft, like you may faint
  
• Weak legs, arms, or muscles
  
• Weight loss, weight gain
  
• Chest pain or discomfort
  
• Concern about the heart
  
• Feel like you have to force yourself to breath
  
• Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath
  
• Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
  
• Heart Palpitations - beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat
  
• Heart - Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or 'skipped' beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough
  
• Pounding heart, heart feels like it is beating too hard
  
• Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
  
• A heightened fear of what people think of you
  
• Afraid of being trapped in a place with no exits
  
• Constant feeling of being overwhelmed.
  
• Fear of being in public
  
• Fear of dying
  
• Fear of losing control
  
• Fear of impending doom
  
• Fear of making mistakes or making a fool of yourself to others
  
• Fear of passing out
  
• Fear that you are losing your mind
  
• Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
  
• Fears of going crazy, of dying, of impending doom, of normal things, unusual feelings and emotions, unusually frightening thoughts or feelings
  
• Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness
  
• Need to find nearest washrooms before you can feel comfortable
  
• Need to seat near exits
  
• Burning, itchy, tight scalp
  
• Dizziness
  
• Dizziness or light-headedness
  
• Frequent headaches, migraine headaches
  
• Feeling like there is a tight band around your head, pressure, tightness
  
• Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
  
• Head zaps, head tremors
  
• Giddiness
  
• When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards
  
• Sore jaw that feels like a tooth ache
  
• Reduced hearing, frequent or intermittent reduced hearing or deafness in one or both ears
  
• Low rumbling sounds
  
• Ringing in the ears, noises in the ears, noises in the head
  
• Pulsing in the ears, throbbing sound in the ear(s)
  
• A 'tinny', 'metallic' or 'ammonia', or unusual smell or taste
  
• Aerophagia (swallowing too much air, stomach distention, belching)
  
• Choking
  
• Constant craving for sugar or sweets
  
• Constipation
  
• Diarrhea
  
• Difficulty swallowing
  
• Difficulty talking, pronouncing certain letters or sounds, mouth feels like it isn't moving right, slurred speech
  
• Dry mouth
  
• Feeling like you can't swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat
  
• Feeling like your tongue is swollen
  
• IBS
  
• Lack of appetite or taste
  
• Lump in the throat, tight throat, something stuck in your throat
  
• Mouth muscles twitching/jumping
  
• Mouth or throat clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking
  
• Abdominal stress
  
• Stomach upset, gas, belching, bloating
  
• Teeth grinding
  
• The thought of eating makes you nauseous
  
• Throat or mouth clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking
  
• Tongue symptoms - Tingly, "stretched," numb, frozen, itchy, "crawly," burning, twitching, "jumpy," aching, sore, or swollen tongue (when it isn't).
  
• Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom
  
• Skin (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the skin):
  
• Skin problems, infections, rashes
  
• Sleep (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with sleep):
  
• Difficulty falling or staying asleep
  
• Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams
  
• Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake
  
• Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night
  
• Jolting awake
  
• Waking up in a panic attack
  
• You feel worse in the mornings
  
• Sight (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with sight):
  
• Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision
  
• Dry, watery or itchy eyes
  
• Eye tricks, seeing things our of the corner of your eye that isn't there, stars, flashes
  
• Eyes sensitive to light
  
• Spots in the vision
  
• Flashing lights when eyes are closed
  
• Your depth perception feels wrong
  
• Touch (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with touch):
  
• Burning skin sensations, skin sensitivity
  
• Feeling cold or chilled

Though many symptoms listed above are undoubtedly physical, the causation is well established when enough stress is presented to the mental-emotional functions, that these conditions are likely to surface. We all would do well to notice and take action. It is not enough to alleviate the symptoms but taking a break while we search for answers is an advisable strategy. Take care of yourself, rest, exercise, be around caring people until you can master the challenges you are confronted with. Eat food and take natural herb formulas that don't add to the unbalance but rather help in re-establishing your center.

Source: Anxiety Center.Com http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety-symptoms.shtml

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This reference is a list of dietary supplements and is not intended to diagnose, cure, prevent or treat any diseases. The information here is not provided by medical (allopathic) professionals and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. Please consult your physician before beginning any course of treatment. However, billions of people have used these products without complication. These herbal formulas have been used in conjunction with allopathic medical regimen, successfully without interference in the restorative process. Complications in the use of herbal remedies has occurred when manufacturers unkowledgeable in the practice of herbalism but more focussed on the profit aspect have provided product too high in concentration. Hopefully, more master herbalists trained in Chinese, Ayurvedic, Tibetan, North and South American herbology can share the more subtle rather than gross practice of herbalism. Appreciatively, more allopathic physicians and institutions are embracing the wonders of natural herbal medicine in their practices.