This combination of herbs calms, soothes, nourishes, and holds the Heart, mind, and spirit to help you to feel calm and secure.
“The heart, via the flame of Shen that it harbors within, is like a lantern in charge of illuminating the outside world...” — The Huang di Nei Jing, 475-221 BCE
When the flame inside the lantern is low, unsteady, or flickering, we cannot see the world around us clearly. We begin to question every step, noise, and shadow. The ground feels uneven, and we cannot walk our path with comfort or ease, let alone with confidence.
The Shen (spirit of the Heart) is also like the windshield through which we look out upon and take in the world. If it is shattered, cracked, or shrouded, that is how the world appears to us- fractured, rough, unclear, and uninviting.
Anxiety often starts in the chest—or heart chakra—as a disquietude that can reverberate through the body. It can manifest as a tightening in our bodies and minds, incessant obsessive negative thoughts, pounding heart, pounding head, knots in the tummy, nausea, faintness.