Support your mental health and emotional wellbeing with this must-have guide to plant medicine.
Focusing specifically on herbs for emotional wellbeing, this practical natural health guide brings together 40 carefully chosen plants, along with accessible recipes, rituals, and remedies to help you restore balance from within.
Explore the power of plant medicine across eight essential themes:
- Calm: herbs such as chamomile and passionflower that soothe the nervous system and help bring a sense of grounded peace in everyday life.
- Rest: gentle herbs that support deep sleep and recovery.
- Focus: plants that improve clarity and attention for overwhelmed minds.
- Uplift: mood-brightening herbs that gently lift the spirit during lower or heavy days.
- Resilience: herbs that offer long-term support including building emotional strength and reducing chronic stress.
- Hormonal harmony: herbs that help balance emotional fluctuations linked to the menstrual cycle, perimenopause, and beyond.
- Grief & release: soothing plants that support use through loss and letting go.
- Self-love & inner peace: herbs that help reconnect with the body.
Grounded in scientific training yet written with warmth and compassion, it offers a truly holistic approach to herbalism, helping you understand not just what to take, but how and why it works.
Create simple, effective rituals for everyday wellbeing and create a calmer, more balanced life with the healing power of plants.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Calm – Herbs that soothe the nervous system and help bring a sense of grounded peace in everyday life.
- Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla)
- Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)
- Lime blossom (Tilia cordata)
- Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
- Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Chapter 2: Rest – Gentle herbs that support deep sleep, nervous system recovery and true rest.
- Californian poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Hops (Humulus lupulus)
- Jujube seed (Ziziphus jujuba)
- Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
- Valerian root (Valeriana officinalis)
Chapter 3: Focus – Plants that help improve clarity, attention and mental stamina–especially helpful for overwhelmed minds.
- Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri)
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
- Gotu kola (Centella asiatica)
- Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
- Sage (Salvia officinalis)
Chapter 4: Uplift – Mood-brightening herbs that gently lift the spirit during low or heavy days.
- Lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora)
- Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea)
- Saffron (Crocus sativus)
- Silk tree / Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
- St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Chapter 5: Resilience – A chapter on long-term support: herbs that build emotional strength, reduce the impact of chronic stress and nourish the adrenals – including a whole section on adaptogens.
- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
- Holy basil / Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum)
- Liquorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
- Schisandra berry (Schisandra chinensis)
- Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
Chapter 6: Hormonal Harmony – A look at herbs that help balance emotional fluctuations linked to the menstrual cycle, perimenopause and beyond.
- Chaste tree berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- Dong quai (Angelica sinensis)
- Red clover (Trifolium pratense
- Red sage / Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
- Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
Chapter 7: Grief & Release – Soothing plants that support us through emotional transitions, loss and letting go.
- Blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)
- Damask rose petals (Rosa damascena)
- Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
- Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
- Vervain (Verbena officinalis)
Chapter 8: Self-Love & Inner Peace – Herbs and rituals that help reconnect with the body, cultivate compassion and create emotional safety from within.
- Cacao (Theobroma cacao)
- Damiana (Turnera diffusa)
- Marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis)
- Rose geranium (Pelargonium graveolens)
- Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus)
