Here are three surprising herbs for stressed.

First up is milky oats.

So this isn't oatmeal, this is not oat straw tea.

I'm talking about the fresh milky stage of Avina Sativa.

So this is when the seeds are still green and immature.

And if you squeeze one, this milky white substance comes out,

and that's your window of opportunity for this particular use.

We reach for milky oats for a very specific kind of person, someone who's completely fried,

not just stress, but like fried, right? The person who's been running on empty for so long

that their nervous system feels like it's made of dry paper, depleted, exhausted, emotionally thin-skinned.

They can't handle stimulation the way that they used to. The energetic description that I

love for this is that it's like rain to a drought. So it doesn't stimulate or sedate, it deeply

nourishes and restores. It's slow, but not that slow. It works best of taken consistently, but for someone

who's genuinely running on empty, it can be really remarkable. So if you want to try it,

look for a fresh plant tincture made from the milky stage specifically. That's where the action is,

right? Dried oat straw has its own merits, but it's a different preparation for a different purpose.

All right, next up, number two is lavender.

And you're probably thinking, lavender is surprising.

Everyone knows about lavender.

But here's the thing.

People know lavender as a nice smell.

They put it in a bath or they have candles scented with

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