Treatment of the nervous system at home: the most effective folk remedies and medicines

Stress is an integral part of human life. Nervousness occurs at work and at home. A morally weak person has difficulty withstanding emotional stress and suffers from the consequences of stress. Treatment for nerves can be done at home in the comfort of your home using safe sedatives.

Honey and dairy products should be included in the diet to combat stress

Treating nerves at home is contraindicated for people with mental disorders and mental disorders. Without treatment for increased stress, a person becomes worse: apathy, irritability and excessive excitability appear.

How to treat?

You can get rid of nervous tension and disorders at home. Pharmacy and folk remedies will help with this.

Medicines

The drug Glycine will help stabilize a person’s mental state. It is made in the form of tablets and helps normalize sleep and get rid of irritability. You need to take this medicine one tablet 2-3 times a day. The drug is placed under the tongue and must be absorbed. The duration of taking the tablets is prescribed by the doctor.

Diazepam tablets relieve anxiety and irritability. They improve a person’s well-being and psycho-emotional state. You need to take the drug one tablet per day. If the person's condition is very severe, the dosage may be slightly increased. However, the exact dosage and duration of taking the medication are determined when visiting a doctor.

Folk remedies

Milk relieves stress and increased nervous excitability. You need to warm a glass of milk, add a crushed clove of garlic to it and drink the solution on an empty stomach. With regular use of the drug, the nervous system is strengthened and aggressiveness does not occur.

Another milk-based recipe helps get rid of stress. Warm milk is mixed with tincture of valerian root. The proportions should be 1:1. The medicine is taken three times a day, half a glass.

A mixture of wild strawberry juice and milk treats diseases of the nervous system. The components are mixed in various proportions. Strawberry juice strengthens the nervous system and eliminates its diseases. You must take the medicine regularly, at least once a day. In case of severe shocks, it is recommended to take the solution 2-3 times a day.

It is recommended to use honey for nervous disorders. You need to take one teaspoon of it every day.

Oat grains help cope with nervous shock. To prepare the medicine, you need to combine one tablespoon of raw materials and two glasses of water. The mixture is infused overnight. In the morning you need to cook the oat grains until completely softened, then the medicine is cooled. The mixture should be taken in small portions throughout the day.

Medicinal herbs

Field sage will help to heal. To prepare the tincture, mix three tablespoons of raw materials and 500 ml of boiling water. The mixture is infused for 15 minutes, then filtered and consumed as tea. You should take the medicine before meals.

A decoction of mint helps with depression. To prepare it, you need to combine one tablespoon of mint leaves and one glass of boiling water. The mixture is boiled for ten minutes, taken half a glass in the morning and evening.

An infusion of knotweed herb will help eliminate weakness, dizziness, and increased fatigue. You need to mix one tablespoon of herbs and two glasses of boiling water. The mixture is infused for one hour, then filtered. The solution is consumed before meals daily.

Medical nutrition

During treatment, it is recommended to exclude from the diet:

• Alcohol.
• Fatty, fried foods.
• Seasonings, spices.
• Fast food.
• Sweet carbonated drinks.

The following products should be present on the patient’s menu:

• Liquid milk porridge.
• Lean meats and fish.
• Herbal teas, tinctures, decoctions.
• Vegetables.
• Fruits.
• Berries.

Basic Rules:

• It is recommended to steam or bake food, but not fry.
• You can't overeat.
• Food should be warm, but not too hot.
• It is better to drink tea not with sugar, but with honey.

Breathing and physical exercises

Some exercises can really heal a person, fill his body with energy, relieve irritability and depression:

• Breathing through the chest. As you inhale, the ribs open, and as you exhale, they contract.
• Belly breathing. When you inhale deeply, the stomach inflates as much as possible, and when you exhale slowly it collapses.
• You need to stand facing the wall one step away from it. You need to lean against the wall with both hands and start doing push-ups. When bending your arms, exhale, while bending your arms, inhale. After five repetitions, you need to sharply push off from the wall and return to the starting position.

The following recommendations will help you recover faster:

• You need to take a relaxing bath.
• You should attend sports training.
• Music during treatment should not be irritating. It is recommended to listen to calm, relaxing melodies that help you calm down.
• Bad habits should be abandoned.
• Food should be healthy.

Strengthening the nervous system with minerals

In addition to vitamins, normal brain function requires a complex of microelements. It includes:

• phosphorus is a neuron generator found in cucumbers, beans, eggs, fish, mushrooms, and wheat grains;
• sulfur is a source of oxygen contained in cucumbers, almonds, radishes, garlic, strawberries, and onions;
• zinc is a natural antidepressant extracted by nerve cells from sprouted wheat and bran;
• calcium is a mineral that helps restore nerve cells in muscles; Dairy products, many fruits and vegetables are rich in calcium;
• iron is a substance that ensures the restoration of energy balance; found in mushrooms, fish, apples, green vegetables;
• magnesium is a nerve calmer found in almonds, chocolate, and chicory.

Patient reviews

Maria, 19 years old: “I felt stressed because of exams and worries. I developed sleep disturbances and irritability. I didn’t want to laugh or meet with friends. I consulted a doctor who advised me to take a decoction of mint. I used it regularly. Gradually my health began to improve, dizziness and aggressiveness disappeared. I am very grateful for this medicine.”

Sergei, 38 years old: “There were a lot of assignments at work. They required enormous responsibility and effort. I became depressed and had very little energy. I couldn’t cope with the weakness on my own. The doctor recommended taking Glycine. After a week of treatment, the lethargy disappeared and I became more energetic. Another week has passed. I managed to make a full recovery."

Ekaterina, 25 years old: “I encountered increased anxiety and restlessness. I was seized with panic, although there was no reason for this. The doctor advised me to take a mixture of milk and strawberry juice. I used it every day, as he said. Two weeks passed and I felt much better. I became calmer, my anxiety disappeared. I recommend this medicine to everyone. It's effective."

Daria, 29 years old: “There were problems with the nervous system. I felt weak and depressed. I used sage tincture. It got better after just one week.”

Symptoms

Neurasthenia manifests itself with the following symptoms:

1. Excessive irritability even over trifles, short temper, anger, constant dissatisfaction.
2. Impatience - the desire to get everything at once, the impossibility of waiting - it literally “kills”.
3. Constant feeling of fatigue, weakness.
4. Pain in the temples or a sensation of encircling, squeezing pain in the head.
5. Lack of ability to concentrate and do one thing for a long time.
6. Violation of the sequence of thoughts, general perception of the environment.

Speaking in more detail about the symptoms of asthenoneurotic syndrome, it is more correct to consider the disorder in phases, since the intensity of its manifestation gradually increases. But more often the disease stops at a certain phase, that is, its development does not occur, which is reflected in the diagnosis.

Hypersthenic (excitable) form

This is the initial stage of the disease, which is recorded most often. It is characterized by nervousness, irritability, and excitability.

The patient is unnerved by any, even quiet, sounds (creaking and light knocking of the door, whispering, clock ticking, dripping water, etc.), bright light, the presence of people nearby and their movement. The most insignificant reason causes an outburst of emotions, uncontrollable irritation or even anger. Without realizing the reasons for aggression, a person can insult or offend someone.

The patient is impatient, strives to do several things at once, fusses, but his performance leaves much to be desired. It is not weakness or rapid fatigue that is to blame for this, but a problem with concentration and constant distraction.

The sleep pattern is disrupted: the patient is lethargic during the day, and at night he falls asleep with difficulty and sleeps poorly, with nightmares, and often wakes up. Waking up happens either earlier than usual or later.

Constant headaches are called “neurasthenic helmet” - they are compressive and very debilitating. Pain when turning and tilting the head moves along the spine to the back. Mental or physical stress makes them more intense.

Irritable weakness (intermediate form)

This phase combines severe irritability with a rapid decrease in the body's resources. In principle, this is a reflection of the clinical essence of the disorder.

Attacks of irritation are the most intense, outbursts of anger instantly turn to a stream of tears, completely unusual for the individual. Such tearfulness arises from the patient’s inability to overcome overwhelming discontent. The mood changes instantly: sometimes gloom, sometimes joy.

The patient is often lethargic, he is not interested in anything, his appetite becomes worse or disappears altogether. Digestion suffers, which is reflected by diarrhea, constipation, belching, and heartburn. The heart rate increases, pulse and blood pressure fluctuate. The limbs become sluggish, instability and so-called floaters appear before the eyes, a rush of heat is replaced by chills, redness of the skin is replaced by pallor. Libido decreases and men may experience problems with erectile function. There may be a frequent urge to urinate.

Hyposthenic (inhibitory) form

At this stage, depression, weakness, gloom, and lethargy are especially pronounced. I don’t want to do anything, but I don’t feel anxiety or melancholy. The patient’s thoughts are focused only on his own unpleasant sensations in the body, and he, assuming that he has some kind of serious illness, turns to doctors, who, naturally, do not find it.

Very often, neurasthenia can be eliminated with good rest. But if this does not help and the disease has gone too far, then you will have to leave yourself in the hands of professionals.

Stages of stress

Stress can be of physical, chemical and emotional types. The conditional classification covers 3 stages of stress:

1. The anxiety stage occurs due to physical and chemical reactions. The adrenal glands begin to work twice as fast due to the interaction of the brain and nervous system. Long-term exposure to stress leads to adrenal fatigue.
2. The resistant stage occurs with adaptation of the adrenal glands. The stage lasts several months and promotes the enlargement of internal organs.
3. The final stage, exhaustion, is characterized by a person’s condition when he is unable to adapt to stress.

Weakness and confusion are symptoms of emotional burnout and exhaustion of a person. Disturbances in the functioning of internal organs lead to changes in behavior.

Hormonal imbalance contributes to nervousness and increased anxiety. The work of enlarged adrenal glands affects a person’s overall well-being: weakness does not go away day and night.

Stages of stress according to G. Selye

Sea salt baths

This folk remedy for strengthening the nervous system will help overcome severe stress and cope with its consequences.

This is useful!

The components of sea salt have an active effect on nerve endings. As a result, the body produces special substances that improve metabolic processes. The beneficial elements and substances of sea salt enter the body, thus replenishing the deficiency of microelements that are necessary for a normal and fulfilling human life.

How to take a bath with sea salt?

• For this procedure, it is advisable to use hydromassage baths, but if you don’t have one, then a regular bath will do;
• Sea salt is selected individually. Infusions of medicinal herbs, aromatic and essential oils, extracts of medicinal plants can be used as additional additives;
• Before the first procedure, it is recommended to do peeling (cleaning the skin), you also need to take a shower, both before and after the bath;
• For a soothing and cosmetic bath, take 300 grams of salt and dissolve it in hot water, and then add the solution to warm water. For a therapeutic bath, we take salt at the rate of 500 grams per 50 liters of water;
• Bath time is from 15 to 25 minutes. The water temperature should be made from 34 to 37 degrees, since the minerals that salt contains generate heat. If you are treating joints, then you can take the water hotter;
• Take salt baths two to three times a week, this will strengthen the body and nervous system. For medicinal purposes, to overcome the effects of stress, baths are taken every other day. Procedures should be carried out one hour before meals or two hours after meals.

After the procedure, you need to take a warm shower and lightly pat your skin with a towel, and then apply moisturizer. After this, relax for an hour in a pleasant and quiet environment.

Note!

Salt baths are contraindicated for: blood diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes, thrombophlebitis, purulent and fungal skin diseases, fever, benign and malignant tumors. Also, salt treatments should not be performed on women during menstrual periods and during pregnancy.

Goals and objectives

We needed the entire previous dreary excursion into neurophysiology solely in order to clearly define the strategy and tactics in the fight for calm nerves and a balanced nervous system.

The goal is already clear to us: to calm down and stop being nervous over trifles. It remains to show persistence in achieving it.

Leaving outside the scope of all issues related to major psychiatry, let's talk about the hygiene of the nervous and endocrine systems, as well as practical skills for bringing your emotions and psychological status into a divine form.

Symptoms of long-term stress

Cardioneurosis, alopecia, exhaustion and insomnia are common consequences of prolonged stress that can occur at any time. Diseases of internal organs, mental disorders and poor health require proper treatment. Eliminating the effects of stress begins with identifying the main symptoms of the neglected condition:

• increased irritability;
• sudden mood swings - a person either laughs or suddenly falls into hysterics;
• fatigue and sleep disturbances;
• decreased concentration;
• overeating or starvation;
• apathy and lack of initiative;
• pessimistic outlook on life;
• depressive state.

Feeling unwell is an alarm signal sent by the body. Emotional burnout contributes to personal alienation. When a person is stressed, relationships at work and in the family are destroyed.

To start living fully without constant stress on the psyche, it is necessary to restore the proper functioning of the nervous system.

Determine symptoms, treatment and prevention. Disturbances in the functioning of internal organs are treated with medications, and the blues are fought with psychological exercises - the person makes new acquaintances, finds a hobby and clears his head of disturbing thoughts.