Adaptogens -- Herbal Gems to Help Us Adapt © by Christopher Hobbs LAc, AHG
Our health depends on our ability to adapt--whether it be the specific, close-up everyday environment of our home, workplace or office, the wider environment of the Amazon jungles, or the planet on which we live. Dorland's medical dictionary defines 'adaptation' as "the adjustment of an organism to its environment, or the process by which it enhances such fitness."
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Herbal Adaptogens Fitting into the Modern Age © by Christopher Hobbs LAc, AHG
James Ryan never thought he would be drinking herbal tea straight from an apple-juice bottle. But a lot of things had changed over the last year. He never thought he would be alive now, either, and here he was talking to me about his incredible journey back to health.
Drugs with Adaptogenic Effects for strengthening the powers of resistance© by Christopher Hobbs LAc, AHG
Adaptogens, first defined in the 1950s by Lazarev are substances that normalize body functions, strengthen systems and functions compromised by stress and have a protective effect against a wide variety of environmental and emotional stress.