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Certain herbs act as nervines and relaxants to reduce the physiological impact of stress on the body.

Towards the end of last year, I felt a sense of positivity that I hadn’t experienced for most of 2020. With Christmas on the way, I had hopes of seeing family as the restrictions lifted for a short time. News of a vaccine sounded positive, signalling for the first time, a possible end to the isolation and worry that have become our normal way of life.

Then, like so many of you, I felt fresh worries rise to the surface as the media spoke of coronavirus mutations and increasing death rates across the country. I feared for my family, for my patients, for the friends I have working in frontline jobs.

Anxiety hit me anew and I was not alone.

Medical herbalist Nicola Parker explains explains how to manage anxiety and stress.