Sometimes, with all the abuse our heart takes, you might as well “wear your heart on yoursleeve.”
Our heart is a complex organ, it pumps our blood throughout our body, it moves oxygen to all the cells in our body, and it keeps our organs functioning. But when the heart is weak, or not performing at its peak efficiency, or the blood it pumps isn’t carrying the nutrients and oxygen that our bodies need, we might notice the weakness, dizziness, bleeding, pain or nausea before we notice that the culprit is the heart itself.
For many, the signs of heart disease, heart conditions and other circulatory ailments are all too familiar. Conditions of the heart are a serious health concern and should be discussed immediately with a heart specialist. However, with that being said, what are things we can do to keep our heart healthy, and even help it in its journey to get stronger?
This article will briefly list the herbs, essential oils and supplements that can be beneficial in building or maintaining heart health.
Heart palpitations, this is when the heart flutters, or beats harder or irregularly for a period of time. This can be scary for the individual experiencing it. Some supplements, oils and herbs that might be beneficial when this occurs are hawthorne, cordyceps, yarrow, peppermint and lavender essential oils.
The circulatory systems includes everything from the heart to the veins, arteries and capularies, and even includes the lymphatic system. These are the highways, roadways and backroads of your circulatory system. When the heart pumps blood, it travels through this road system, distributing goods along the way and collecting garbage on the way back. If the road system is worn and cannot support the traffic, the blood can get clogged, leak out, break out or back up. All of these are bad for the circulatory system, as well as the entire body. So here are some herbs, oils and supplements that can be used to build and maintain the circulatory system, cordyceps, coq10, ginger, frankincense, peppermint, chamomile, lemon and thyme essential oils, green tea, omega 3s, vitamins E and C.
Bleeding is when the vessels, capillaries and arteries are weak and either leak, break, or worse. To help stop bleeding and help support the weakened vessels, use yarrow, lavender and lemon essential oils and plenty of vitamin C.
Without blood, the heart, veins and arteries would have nothing to circulate, the cells and organs of your body would receive no oxygen, and would soon suffocate, and overflow with waste. So even if the “system” is working, if the blood is too thick, or too thin, or is not able to carry enough oxygen, or tote away wastes, then the whole system can break down. Blood needs to stay healthy too. For example, the blood of a person who is dehydrated is thick, sticky and slow. This causes stress on the system trying to move the thick liquid, but this dehydrated blood has less oxygen, and organs and body parts that rely on oxygen become tired, slow, and less productive. So what can be done to improve blood quality and circulation? Try these herbs, oils and supplements: vitamins A, B12, E, cordyceps, clove, ginger, frankincense, lemon and lavender essential oils, and green tea.
What can you do to help repair damage, or maintain your heart health? Your heart is a muscle, but unlike the other muscles in our body, this one cannot take a break and rest if it gets weak or damaged. So to help the heart you want to minimize any inflammation present, keep the blood viscosity consistent, make sure the blood doesn’t clump up or clot causing blocks or bottlenecks. You also want to make sure that all the “roads” to and from the heart are working well, so supporting the circulatory system, building strong healthy veins, arteries and capillaries. These supplements might be helpful for your heart and its systems: resveratrol, omega 3s, magnesium, antioxidants, coq10, reishi, colostrum, cordyceps and green tea.
Try one or several of the items mentioned above. You may notice that some herbs or supplements are mentioned for many purposes, such as cordyceps and green tea. That is why I listed the supplements, oils and herbs individually, so you can check these lists against anything you are already taking.
For your convenience, you can find the most potent supplements, herbs and oils mentioned above combined specifically to address heart health, from two of the leading natural supplement suppliers in the world.
Nature’s Sunshine’s Cardio Assurance contains hawthorn, resveratrol, and vitamin B12 and B6, and K, it is recommended as their Primary Formula for circulatory issues and heart palpitations. Also NSP’s Yarrow can help stop bleeding, calm palpitations, strengthen vessels and help to support the breaks. NSP’s Immune Stimulator a powerful blend of cordyceps, reishi, and colostrum – a triple play for heart and circulation.
DoTERRA’s Lifelong Wellness pack contains 3 blends that have just about everything you might need for cellular, circulatory and heart health. CRS contains anti-oxidants, resveratrol, green tea, and coq10. EOMega, not only contains several different types of omega3 fatty acids (land and marine), it also contains all the CONSUMABLE essential oils you might need for circulatory, heart and cellular health – clove, frankincense, thyme, cumin, wild orange, peppermint, ginger and german chamomile. And MicroPlex VM contains vitamins and minerals for circulation, blood purification and to support vein strength. It contains vitamins A, C, E, and B, calcium, magnesium, and zinc, as well as the essential oils of peppermint, ginger, and caraway. See what others who have used this pack are saying.
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