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| Respiratory system: Most sedatives will help in asthma, but black cohosh, lobelia, motherwort and wild lettuce are especially helpful. |
| Digestive system: All the relaxing and antispasmodic remedies may be of value here to ease colic, but sedatives that actively aid digestion include balm, chamomile and lavender. |
| Reproductive system: Black cohosh, blue cohosh, crampbark, motherwort and wild lettuce all have an affinity for this system. |
| Muscles and skeleton: All sedative remedies will ease muscular tension and thus pain in this complex system. Black cohosh is especially helpful. |
| Nervous system: All the remedies mentioned above relate here. |
| Skin: All these nervines may help the skin in an indirect way, but the following herbs are especially beneficial for the skin: red clover, St. John's wort, pulsatilla and black cohosh. |
| While any of the above nervines will be generally relaxing, another way to select the herb (or herbs) that will prove most appropriate is to take into account their other properties. The range of options and the various subtleties can be daunting and complex, but as examples consider the list below. It combines the need for relaxation with other common symptoms as an indication for relevant herbs. |
| Delayed menstruation: black cohosh, motherwort, mugwort. |
| Diarrhea: black haw, crampbark, hops, linden. |
| Muscle tightness: black cohosh, black haw, crampbark, hops, lavender, lobelia, valerian. |
| Colic: balm, black haw, chamomile, hops, hyssops, lavender, linden, mugwort, valerian. |
| Sinus congestion: chamomile, hyssop, linden. |
| Heartburn: balm, chamomile, linden. |
| Arthritis: black cohosh, Jamaican dogwood. |
| Skin problems: red clover. |
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