We all deal with stress every day and every day our bodies strive to adapt and stay balanced and healthy. In ADAPTOGENS authors David Winston and Steven Maimes provide a comprehensive look into adaptogens non-toxic herbs such as ginseng eleuthero and liquorice that produce a defensive response to stress in our bodies. Formerly known as rejuvenating herbs or tonics adaptogens help the body to adapt to the many influences it encounters. They increase stamina and counter the normal effects of aging and thus are becoming important tools in sports medicine and in the prevention and treatment of chronic fatigue and other stress-related disorders. · Reveals how adaptogens increase the body's resistance to adverse influences · Provides a history of the use of these herbal remedies and the actions, properties, preparation and dosage for each herb Winston and Maimes present the historical uses of these herbal remedies in India Russia China and the Americas and explain how they work and why they are so effective at combating stress-induced illness. Monographs for each adaptogen also present the latest scientific research and include the origin traditional use actions properties preparation and dosage for each herb.
- ISBN10 1594771588
- ISBN13 9781594771583
- Publish Date 22 March 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 July 2020
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Healing Arts Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 336
- Language English