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Herbal Actions

Adaptogen

Helps the body resist and adapt to stress

Helps the body resist and adapt to physical, mental and emotional stress, nudging an over- or under-active stress response back toward balance. Used for fatigue, burnout, poor stamina and stress-related illness; the more stimulating ones can disturb sleep taken late in the day.

Indications:

  • Eucommia alsinoides

  • Rhaponticum carthamoides

  • Aralia pyrethrum

  • Licorice

  • Rhodiola rosea

  • Bacopa monieri

  • Bryonia alba

  • damiana

  • Notoginseng

  • Guarana

  • Dioscorea

  • Ocimum sanctum

  • Terminalia cordifolia

  • Stercula plantanifolia

  • Centella asiatica

  • Asparagus racemosus

  • Piper longum

  • Schisandra

  • Withania

  • American ginseng

  • Codonopsis

  • Gynostemma?

  • maca

  • Asian ginseng

  • Muira puama

  • Eleutherococcus

  • rhodiola

  • Schisandra

  • polyrhachis

Herbs with a adaptogen action (23)

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Arjuna Terminalia arjuna Ashwagandha Withania somnifera Asian Ginseng Panax ginseng Astragalus Astragalus membranaceus Bacopa Bacopa monnieri Black Ant Polyrhachis spp. Cat's Claw Uncaria tomentosa Chaga Inonotus obliquus Codonopsis Codonopsis pilosula Cordyceps Cordyceps sinensis Eleuthero Root Eleutherococcus senticosus Guarana Paullinia cupana Gynostemma Gynostemma pentaphyllum Holy Basil Ocimum tenuiflorum Kid Ginseng Pseudostellaria heterophylla Maca Lepidium meyenii Muira Puama Ptychopetalum olacoides Rehmannia Rehmannia glutinosa Reishi Ganoderma lucidum Rhodiola Rhodiola rosea Schisandra Schisandra chinensis Shatavari Asparagus racemosus Suma Pfaffia paniculata