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Reducing Stress
There are a number of ways to reduce your stress levels. These includes dietary factors, activity changes and behavioral changes.
Ways to assist in reducing your stress level:
- Take the time for regular physical exercise
- Practice meditation / Qi Gong breathing
- Eat a balanced diet
- Sit down when you eat
- Eat more frequent, small meals to keep your blook sugar level more stable and helps inhibit the release of adrenaline
- Chew your food well; among other things, doing so mixes the food more thoroughly with your saliva and in turn aids digestion
- Drink more water, but not during your meal
- If prolactin levels are high, try taking malt barley sprout (Mai Ya)
- Avoid excessive alcohol intake
- Reduce or eliminate caffiene intake
- Eliminate nicotine
- Supplement your diet with herbs that resolve liver Qi stagnation
- Chai Hu
- Sheng Ma
- Chen Pi
- Xiang Fu
- Milk Thislte Seed
- Don't procrastinate
- Delegate responsibility
- Try acupressure or acupuncture
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