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WebMD’s migraine blogger Michele Jordan likes to backyard. She has turned her yard right into a “helpful backyard” the place she grows issues like lavender and lemon balm that assist her when she has a migraine. Learn extra to search out out what different vegetation she’s rising and the way the act of gardening itself helps her cut back stress.
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Video Transcript
MICHELE JORDAN: I’ve turn out to be very interested by gardening. I can not say that I’ve a inexperienced thumb but. Possibly it is mild inexperienced. However I have been interested by discovering methods to develop issues that may assist with my migraines, so I am rising lemon balm within the backyard, which has some calming properties. I do develop lavender as properly, and I am studying find out how to harvest and dry lavender, which additionally has some stress-relieving properties if made into a vital oil.
And so I’ve actually been finding out and researching that a little bit bit extra since you get the good thing about working in a backyard and having some sort of stress-relief via the gardening apply, but additionally can develop issues that will assist with migraines. So it is like a two-for-one.