{"id":16948,"date":"2021-06-09T13:49:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=16948"},"modified":"2021-06-15T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:26:26","slug":"herbs-that-help-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/herbs-that-help-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbs That Help Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Passionflower<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Passionflower is a beautiful plant. The flowers she produced were full of white, purple, and red petals, as well as stigmas, ovaries, and anthers. Together, these flowers formed structures that looked like aliens.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, passionflower has a mild sedative effect and can soothe the mind.\u00a0Passionflower can achieve these effects because the chemical components bind to the GABA neurons in the brain and affect the reuptake of GABA.\u00a0This soothing effect makes him an ideal ally in meditation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16951\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16951\" src=\"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Passionflower.jpg\" alt=\"Passionflower\" width=\"561\" height=\"553\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passionflower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Sage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sage is a herb widely used in spiritual practice.\u00a0Sage is known by its scientific name Salvia Officinalis. It is a perennial evergreen subshrub and a member of the mint family in the Mediterranean.\u00a0This herb is widely used in cooking environments <strong>along with herbs<\/strong> such as rosemary and thyme, adding flavor to dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Sage has various natural chemicals, including phenolic acids, flavonoids, terpenes, and polysaccharides. These chemicals may enhance brain health and function, making sage another good herb that can be used in meditation practice.<\/p>\n<p>A review published in the journal Drug Research and Development discussed that some of these ingredients may have cognitive enhancement and protective effects, partly by increasing chemicals called neutrophils to regulate brain function.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16952\" src=\"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sage-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chamomile<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most people know the warmth and comfort that a cup of chamomile tea brings.\u00a0Chamomile is a daisy-like species that has many benefits for meditation and the whole life.\u00a0The sedation and relaxation produced by consuming the chemicals in this herb may be due to its obvious anti-anxiety effect.\u00a0It is not fully known how the herb achieves these effects, but it is reported that the flavonoids in it may affect the neurotransmission of GABA, norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16953\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16953\" src=\"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chamomile.jpg\" alt=\"Chamomile\" width=\"571\" height=\"448\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chamomile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All these herbs are worth exploring.\u00a0However, it is important to be aware of possible drug interactions and side effects.\u00a0Be sure to do your own research before eating them.<\/p>\n<p>Orion Herbs is a <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/orionherbs.com\/\">Chinese Medicine Herb Company<\/a><\/strong><\/em> that specializes in custom and wholesale herb tinctures, granules, supplements, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passionflower Passionflower is a beautiful plant. The flowers she produced were full of white, purple,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}