Depression is a persistent change of mood deeper than superficial sadness. It is a mental state characterized by excessive sadness. Depression can develop after a stressful event like losing your job, bereavement or housing difficulties, or it can be brought on by a physical condition such as an illness or from taking drugs.

Symptoms of depression include an inability to feel pleasure, loss of appetite, sleep disturbances, fatigue, anxiety, poor libido, thoughts of death, feelings of hopelessness and low self esteem.

Depression may be caused by alcohol or drug abuse, death in the family or a friend, chronic stress nutritional deficiencies, sleeping problems or social isolation.

Simple things to help you with mild depression include: adequate sleep, regular exercise, quality time with loved ones, avoidance of alcohol and drugs and follow a healthy, balanced diet.

Fushi has developed a range of products that can assist with alleviating mild depression and uplifting your mood. They include the herbal Blues Tincture or Tonic, Siberian Ginseng or several essential oils that are also beneficial.

The tincture and tonic combine herbs that initiate the re-balancing within the nervous system.

St. John's Wort is one of the most frequently used herbs for people suffering from mild depression. The constituents within prevent the re-uptake of serotonin by the brain tissue, thus allowing this mood-controlling brain chemical to fight depression.

Siberian Ginseng is used as an adaptogen and tonic for the body.  It functions by inhibiting the stress response in the body by reducing the activity of the adrenal cortex.

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