adaptogenic herb
Herbs that have the ability to enhance the body-mind's capacity
to adapt optimally and accurately to changes in the environment
are known as adaptogenic herbs.
An adaptogenic is is one that demonstrates a nonspecific
enhancement of the body's ability to resist a stressor. The term
was first introduced in 1947 by Russian scientist N.V. Lazarev
to describe the unique action of a material claimed to increase
nonspecific resistance of an organism to an adverse influence.
In 1958, I.I. Brekhman, a Russian holistic medical doctor, and
his colleague I.V. Dardymov, established the following
definition of an adaptogen:
It "must be innocuous and cause minimal disorders in the
physiological functions of an organism, it must have a
nonspecific action, and it usually has a normalizing action
irrespective of the direction of the pathological state."
Many Chinese herbs have exactly these properties, and not by
coincidence, they are all in the superior class of herbs, also
known as the tonics. Adaptogenic herbs are plants with
properties that exert a normalizing influence on the body,
neither over-stimulating nor inhibiting normal body function,
but rather exerting a generalized tonifying effect.
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