Have you ever heard of anti-stress plants? Our overview shows which plants have a calming effect and how.
Gardening alone helps many people to cope far better with their everyday stress. You can also optimize stress management by growing appropriate plants in your own garden that have a stress-reducing effect.
These are mostly herbs, which are generally quite easy to grow. So why not plant a few more herbs in your garden and benefit from their stress-reducing effect.
Overview of anti-stress plants
One of the best-known anti-stress plants is certainly St. John's wort, which is also used in many medicines (mood brighteners) or lemon balm, which can be used to enrich soothing bath additives. You can see other recommended anti-stress plants for your own cultivation in the garden and their effectiveness in the table below.
| Anti-stress plant | Efficacy |
|---|---|
| Roses | harmonizing and balancing |
| marigold | anti-anxiety |
| Violet | calming |
| Oats | sleep-promoting, calming |
| Basil | encouraging |
| Fennel | relaxing |
| Geraniums | balance moods, harmonizing |
| Hops | Anxiety Bath Additive |
| Valerian | against nervousness |
| Chamomile | calming, balancing, relaxing |
| Marjoram | for insomnia and stress-related migraines |
| celandine | sedative, antispasmodic |
| Thyme | Reduces nervous phenomena |
| Pine | against nervousness and anxiety |
| Peppermint | calming |
| Dill | encourages sleep, promotes digestion |
| Kava Kava | calms the stomach |
| Passion Flower | also sleep-inducing and calming |
| Snakeroot | also in combination with St. John's wort, anxiolytic |
| Lavender | as a bath additive, relieves tension |
| White cabbage | against everyday stresses |
| Yarrow | promotes restful sleep |
| Pasque Flower | helps with depression |
| lime tree | calming, relaxing |
| sage | for nervous weakness of any kind |
| Rosemary Leaves | have a relaxing effect as a bath additive |
| Taiga Root | Asian root plant, acts as a tonic in case of enormous everyday stress |
| Ginseng | similar to taiga root, usable in any kind of stress |
For many people, just looking at a soothing green, i.e. at the garden oasis itself, is enough to relieve enough stress. We therefore recommend that you spend as much time as possible in your own garden in the evening hours - and not to work, but purely to relax!
By the way:
Plants can also suffer from stress. Enormous stress factors are, for example, transplanting and rearranging flower pots, since they then have to get used to their new environment again.