Adaptogens are herbs and other substances that increase our ability to adapt, and are used for a variety of reasons such as to support us as we age, to build resilience, to regulate our immune system, to help with all sorts of degenerative diseases, to regulate our metabolism, to help with fatigue, to increase survival, in sports medicine…and to help us handle stress better.

Adaptogens is really a Russian term,…..

This article will explain some ways to deal with acute or chronic anxiety and stress in a safe and immediate way with herbal medicine. Often, when we are in an anxious or otherwise distressed state of mind, we can forget the resources we have available to us to calm our activated nervous system. I work with herbs, nutrition and other simple but effective tools, but this article will just focus on a few of the herbs.