Your spice cabinet has medicinal remedies for what ails you. The next time you need an extra dose of confidence or courage, add cinnamon sticks and cloves to a pot of lightly boiling water and make a potpourri. Cinnamon helps relieve anxiety and cloves make you feel less vulnerable and afraid. The aroma of fresh ginger root stimulates digestion, while grated nutmeg sprinkled in dishes can help treat sore muscles and depression. A Rose is a Rose Buy a bouquet of aromatic flowers and smell them frequently as you pass.
Roses can stimulate happiness, ease depression, and relieve stress.
Add jasmine to your bouquet to restore a love of life and geraniums to balance hormones. In the Garden Growing a garden of herbs on your kitchen windowsill or outdoors can spice up your life as well as your palate. When gathering fresh herbs for your culinary masterpiece, take a moment to break off the ends of the leaves and inhale. Basil is a great mental stimulant and uplifts the troubled mind and heart. Chamomile , used in a bowl of steaming water, is good for sunburns, acne, and inflammations of the skin.