Depression

Anxiety and depression

Mental illness including anxiety, depression, and psychosis

It lifts depression and hopelessness without the manic edge that strongly stimulating oils can produce

It is one of the most effective essential oils for grief, depression, and heartbreak, promoting recovery without rushing the process

Sudden onset of deep sadness or depression without apparent cause, feeling as though a dark cloud has descended, inability to feel joy or interest, the sense that all color has drained from life

Calcite (orange) overcomes depression, lethargy, and the fear of life

It eases anxiety, depression, and the emotional pain of separation

Citrine lifts the spirits and combats depression by reconnecting you with your inner light and sense of possibility

Lapis encourages taking charge of life and helps overcome depression by reconnecting you with your inner power and purpose

Ruby reignites passion for life when it has been dampened by disappointment, exhaustion, or depression

Smoky quartz dissolves emotional blockages rooted in fear, anxiety, and depression

Sunstone is said to relieve stomach tension, reduce ulcers, and aid in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and depression

It eases the depression and anxiety that come from feeling disconnected from meaning and purpose

Therapeutic for headache, insomnia, back pain, fatigue, and mild depression

The chest opening is uplifting for Kapha depression

Calms the brain and helps relieve mild depression

Therapeutic for insomnia and mild depression

Helps relieve mild depression and anxiety

Therapeutic for mild depression, fatigue, and asthma

Increases energy and counteracts depression

Calms the brain and relieves mild depression

It is one of the most effective pranayama techniques for combating low energy, depression, lethargy, and the heavy, cold, dull qualities of excess Kapha

Reduces lethargy, heaviness, and Kapha-related depression

Elevates mood and counters depression by replacing dark, heavy internal imagery with brightness and warmth

Reduces stress, anxiety, and depression

Research shows improvements in PTSD symptoms, chronic pain, and depression

Supports recovery from depression and emotional flatness

Supports music therapy for anxiety and depression

Reduces anxiety, depression, and existential dread by reconnecting identity to its infinite source

Reduces the anxiety and depression that often accompany chronic illness

Relieves depression and emotional emptiness by connecting to an inexhaustible source of love

Reduces depression and lethargy associated with solar deficiency

Raises yang, lifts the spirit, clears the brain, calms the spirit, benefits the head and sensory organs, resolves internal wind, promotes resuscitation Dizziness, headache (vertex), prolapse of org...

Calms the spirit, clears Heart fire, transforms phlegm obstructing the Heart orifices, activates the channel, benefits the elbow Anxiety, palpitations, insomnia, tremors, elbow pain, numbness in th...

Spreads Liver qi, harmonizes the Liver and Stomach, benefits the chest and rib region, resolves stagnation in the Middle Jiao Rib-side pain, chest distension, hiccup, acid reflux, vomiting, abdomin...

Spreads Liver qi, regulates menstruation, calms the spirit, subdues Liver yang and wind, nourishes Liver blood and yin, clears the head and eyes Stress, irritability, depression, headache, dizzines...

Tonifies qi and blood, strengthens the body, harmonizes the Stomach and Spleen, raises yang, expels wind-damp, supports immunity, nourishes yin and blood Digestive disorders, fatigue, weakness, poo...

Resolves phlegm, transforms dampness, calms the spirit, clears the mind, opens the chest, harmonizes the Stomach Productive cough with copious phlegm, chest congestion, dizziness, mental fog, nause...

It benefits individuals with stress-related disorders, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fatigue

The practice is indicated for conditions involving Qi stagnation throughout the body, including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and depression where energy feels stuck or heavy

Cold-type conditions of all kinds, Yang deficiency (Kidney, Spleen, Heart), chronic fatigue, chronic pain aggravated by cold, digestive weakness, menstrual disorders from Cold, immune deficiency, p...

Palpitations, insomnia (especially difficulty falling asleep), anxiety and restlessness, poor memory, confused or incoherent speech, tongue sores, bitter taste in the mouth, excessive dreaming, nig...

Rib-side pain or distension, sighing, depression, irritability, anger outbursts, breast tenderness (especially premenstrual), irregular menstruation, PMS, headache at the vertex or temples, eye pro...

Manic behavior alternating with depression

Kapha-type depression -- heavy, withdrawn, lethargic -- often accompanies chronic Rasa excess

Mental confusion, memory loss, brain fog, difficulty making decisions, depression, obsessive thought patterns, inability to process grief or trauma, dissociation, the frozen quality of a mind that ...

Anxiety, insomnia, racing thoughts, headaches (especially frontal), sinusitis, eye strain, poor concentration, hormonal imbalances, emotional instability, depression, nasal congestion, and as a pre...

Reduces anxiety, depression, and the mental agitation (rajas) that drives compulsive behavior

Depression of the heavy, withdrawn, 'can't get out of bed' variety is the most dangerous emotional imbalance

Depression with anxiety (the 'wired and tired' state) is the characteristic emotional imbalance

The emotional depth of this nakshatra can manifest as depression or seasonal affective patterns if Saturn is afflicted

Mental health deserves particular attention, as the intensity of Ardra's emotional landscape can predispose to anxiety and depression

Saturn's influence can produce chronic conditions that develop slowly -- joint stiffness, skin conditions, and depression in later years

Afflictions to Chandra can manifest as mental health challenges (anxiety, depression, insomnia), hormonal imbalances, fluid retention, anemia, and digestive issues related to weak stomach acid

Afflictions to Saturn can manifest as arthritis, osteoporosis, dental problems, chronic back pain, depression, skin diseases (especially dry, cracking conditions), and paralysis

Depression rooted in early domestic deprivation is a genuine risk, and the native should not hesitate to seek therapeutic support when emotional weight becomes unmanageable

There is a tendency toward depression and anxiety rooted in the constant tension between wanting to act and feeling unable to do so