Plant medicines are perfect partners for helping us heal through and recvoer from traumatic experiences. As we move through these experiences, making space to draw on the healing energy of herbal home remedies can help us make better choices for ourselves and our familiies. It can also help us shore up the places where we feel the most weakness and mitigate the longer-term damage that can happen if we don’t attend ot our emotional selves.
Thankfully, there are many plants who are happy to help us out on the road of life. We can reach for them to help us deal with:
- Grief
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Anger
- Fear
- Sorrow
- Worry
- Loss
Learn more about Herbs for Emotional Recovery, Making Emotional Support Home Herbal Remedies, and Using Plant Medicine to manage emotions with these curated resources.
Articles
More Reading
Herbal Nerd Society Articles
- Plant Medicines for Emotional Healing and Trauma
- Herbs for Fear, Anxiety: Engage Plant Power to Soothe the Nerves
- Herbs for Anger: Healing Emotional Trauma, Plant Medicine Support
- Aromatherapy in a Cup: Herbs for Grief
- Formulating with Chamomile: Anxiety, Depression, Digestion
- Rosemary Energetics: Digestive, Anxiety, Cleansing Herbal Remedy
- Rosemary Essential Oil Properties and Use
- Magic and Rosemary: Protection and Integration Magick
- Blue Vervain Energetics for Anxiety and Relaxation
- Anxiety Reducing Effects of Passionflower – How it Works
- Three Herbal and Energetic Self-Love Practices
- Chamomile Essential Oil: How it Works for Stress and Inflammation
- Skullcap Energetics
Practical Herbalist Articles
- Atlas Cedarwood Essential Oil Properties, Uses
- Calm and Focused Essential Oil Blend
- Rose Geranium Essential Oil Properties, Uses
- 5 Chamomile Formulas for Digestion, Anxiety, Depression
- Warrior’s Plume, Pediculars densiflora, for Anxiety, Stress
- 5 Herbs to Soothe Anxiety before Medical Appointments
- St. John’s Wort: Antidepressant and Anxiety Herb
- Anxiety: Natural Treatment Options
- Blue Vervain, Verbena hastata Energetics
More Great Articles
- Light in the Darkness: Herbs to Lift the Spirits & Support Mood
- Trauma and Story
- The Tree of Collective Happiness
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America Managing COVID-19 Anxiety Resources (not plant-based but quite helpful)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serices Administration COVID-19 resources (particularly helpful if you face abuse of any sort)
Books: More Reading
Podcasts: More Listening
Real Herbalism Radio
- 164.Herbs for Anxiety, Depression, and the Holidays (approx 50 minutes)
- 74.How to Treat Anxiety and Depression with Herbs and Essential Oils (approx 40 minutes)
- 4.Natural Treatement Options for Anxiety (approx. 40 minutes)
- 201.Sharing Herbalism with Jamie Scepkowski (approx 25 minutes)
- 140. Plants for Protection and Grief with Ashley Litecky-Ellenbas
Other Podcasts
- The Holistic Herbalism Podcast, episode 121 (approx 50 minutes)
- This Podcst will kill You, chapter 6: Mental Health (approx 50 minutes)
- Sister Sage Herbs: Herbs for SAD and Depression (approx 20 minutes)
Let’s Talk
- Amanda Dilday, Blue Vervain and Post Pardum Depression (approx 15 minutes)
