Plants to Cultivate Stamina and Endurance
Last week, 2/2/21, on The Herbal Highway, Renée Camila gave an excellent overview of our need to build resiliency, strength, and energy in order to "wait something out." We are of course all waiting for this pandemic season to end, uncertain of how or when (or sometimes if) it will be "over". Even without a pandemic, we all wait in expectation, sometimes trepidation, often with uncertainty for something big (or little) to happen (or not). Phew. Along with sufficient, quality sleep, hydration, nourishing diet, and regular movement, she presented herbs that could be quite beneficial in building stamina in order to keep on keeping on.
Here is a list of her herbal suggestions - listen to the podcast for details, dosages, and lots of interesting information. Notice the many herbs that are repeated for different types of support. I am continually amazed by what herbs offer us and how much even a single plant can help us in balancing our physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and resiliency.
Grounding
Burdock
Reishi and other medicinal mushrooms Root vegetables (eating them)
Sitting With Discomfort
Echinacea (small, spirit doses)
Chamomile
Hawthorn
Motherwort
Transition / Transformation
(Flower essences of transformation and transition)
Morning Glory flower essence
Walnut flower essence
Bush Pencil Cholla flower essences
Energy to Endure
(Herbs for sustained energy)
Nettles (as overnight herbal infusion)
Siberian Ginseng
Oregon Grape Root
Valerian root
Focus and Concentration
Schisandra berries
Eleuthero / Siberian Ginseng
American Ginseng
Spikenard berries
Chamomile
Depression
Lemon Balm
Chamomile
Damiana
Skullcap
Rosemary
Milky Oats
Adrenal Support
Milky Oats
Borage
Cordyceps
Ashwagandha
Spikenard berries
Eleuthero
Shiitake mushrooms
Licorice
Nervous System Tonics
Tulsi
California Poppy
Lemon Balm
Relaxation
Passionflower
Mugwort
Physical Stamina
Mushrooms
Reishi mushroom
Turkey Tail mushroom
Cordyceps
Ashwagandha
Eleuthero
Immune System Modulators
Reishi
Elderberry
Elder flowers
Elderberry syrup
Garlic
Astragalus
Turkey Tail mushrooms
Lingering Spiritual Stamina
Gentian
Oak
By the way, if there are any of these remedies you would like to try but don't have, I likely have it available and if not can probably find someone who does. Just sayin