Herbal Home Remedies for Appetite

There are several reasons why we suddenly lose our desire to eat. Coming down with a viral cold, different types of illnesses, emotional upsets and just plain having a "blah" day are some of the reasons. In the short term the body usually knows what it's doing in limiting our food intake.

Digestion takes bodily resources and there are times when these resources are needed by other body systems to make repairs. The time to take note is when there is evidence of prolonged depression or if the lack of appetite could more accurately be described as excessive as in the case of young people who may be on the deadly road to anorexia. If the appetite is not slowly regained after illness or if there is accompanying pain, it is necessary to have a complete checkup by your medical professional. There could be serious underlying problems. And we tend to normally lose our appetites as we age. In the case of old people or the terminally ill, total loss of appetite is usually the natural prelude to the end.

There is a very long list of herbs used traditionally for non-specific appetite loss, but in glancing at the list it becomes obvious that each is suited to assisting the body in overcoming a variety of conditions that could be at the real heart of the problem, rather than the loss of appetite as an entity in itself.

Herbs used for appetite


Alpine cranberry
American centaury
Anise
Bitter milkwort
Black mustard
Black pepper
Blackthorn
Buck bean
Burnet saxifrage
Chamomile
Caraway
Cardamom
Cayenne
Celery

Dandelion
Dill
English walnut
European angelica
Garlic
Ginseng
Goldenseal
Greater pimpernal
Hops
Horseradish
Iceland Moss
Imperial masterwort
Ironweed

Leek
Madder
Milfoil
Milk thistle
Mint (all)
Plum Privet
Purple goatsbeard
Red currant
Rhubarb
Rosemary
Rough avens
Saffron
Savory
Silvery lady's mantle

Sweet marjoram
Tarragon
Turkey corn
Turtle bloom
Virginia snakeroot
Watercress
White mustard
Wild angelica
Wild clover
Wild marjoram
Winter savory
Wormwood
Yellow Goatsbeard

 

 

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