Capim-santo e o auxílio no tratamento dos transtornos de ansiedade

Abstract

Over the last few years, due to the advent of exacerbated technological use as the main social medium of communication and the construction of an exaggerated social standardization, with regard to the worship not only of the “standard body” but also of the “standard individual”, the number of cases of patients with anxiety disorders has grown alarmingly. The plant Cymbopogon citratus, popularly known as lemongrass, has soothing properties and can be introduced to the diet of anxiety patients as an aid in the treatment and control of symptoms caused by the pathology. Ayurvedic medicine, originally from India, uses lemongrass as a source of cure for various existing pathologies, including the combat of anxiety symptoms. It is becoming increasingly important the understanding that organisms must function together and not individually, in the performance of a harmonious experience among all beings that are part of a whole and, therefore, interconnected in the development of a synergy, as the realization that healing requires a balance between body, mind and soul. The present work tried to demonstrate, through a bibliographical review about the four subjects approached: anxiety disorders, Ayurvedic medicine, lemongrass and systemic thinking, the collection of opinions from professionals and people who live with the symptoms of anxiety that the food insertion of lemongrass, as well as the change in general habits, may assist in the treatment of this and various other conditions that affect the mind and body.