Nerves

Flavor Profile:

Nerves Herbal Tea is a beautiful balanced blend that is light, smooth, with a touch of sweetness. Passionflower, Chamomile, and Lavender Flowers lift this tisane with their floral flavors, while Oat Straw grounds it with a touch of grassiness. Lemon Balm Leaf gives Nerves Herbal Tea its signature fruity flavor, which is complimented by the earthy bitterness of Valerian Root.

Botanicals: 

Chamomile Flower: Chamomile Flower is full of antioxidants, including apigenin which is a compound that binds to certain receptors in the brain to promote relaxation and sleepiness. It has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and analgesic properties which are helpful in reducing joint pain.

Lavender Flower: Lavender Flower is deeply relaxing and reduces stress. The soothing benefits of Lavender Flower extend to its use as an anxiolytic, mood stabilizer, sedative, analgesic, and anti-convulsant with powerful neuroprotective properties.

Lemon Balm Leaf: Lemon Balm Leaf helps to reduce pain and discomfort. It also has stress and anxiety relieving properties, making you feel calm and at ease. 

Motherwort: Motherwort’s sharp bitterness may soothe and calm the sympathetic nervous system and help with anxiety, nervous restlessness, and agitation.

Oat Straw: When the neural system requires “feeding” or strengthening due to extended stress, tiredness, burnout, or disease, oatstraw has been used historically as a treatment.

Passionflower: Passionflower supports the nervous system by promoting calm and reducing anxiety. The herb boosts the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain which lowers brain activity, promoting relaxation and improving sleep. Passionflower is an effective analgesic, helping to alleviate pain.

Skullcap: Skullcap is a mild relaxant and is beneficial for easing anxiety, nervous tension, and convulsions. It has powerful antioxidant effects which help protect against neurological disorders. 

St. John’s Wort: St. Johns Wort contains the plant compounds hypericin and hyperforin which increase levels of serotonin in the brain. The herb is beneficial in alleviating anxiety, easing nerve pain, and reducing insomnia.

Valerian Root: Valerian Root contains compounds that stimulate the opioid receptors and serotonin production in the brain, increasing relaxation, antidepressant effects, reducing pain, and acting as a mild sedative.