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For a comprehensive list of available adaptogens, follow this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptogen
We have complete descriptions on each product page. The general descriptions are below. We currently carry the following adaptogens in powdered form and will be carrying more in the future:
Shilajit, Iron and Gold. In extract form ~ Whole Body Tonic, Immune Booster
Ashwaganda in extract form ~ Whole Body Tonic, Immune Booster
Ginseng, American and Korean ~ Energy, Immune Booster
Rhodiola Rosea, in extract form ~ Mood Lifter, Anti-depressant
Fo-Ti - He Shou Wu in extract form ~ Health Tonic, Anti-constipation
Shitake Mushroom Extract ~ Immune Booster, Vegan Protein Replacement
Reishi Mushroom Extract ~ Immune Booster, Whole Body Tonic
Piper Methysticum Extract ~ Anti-anxiety, Anti-constipation
Adaptogen is a term used by herbalists to refer to a natural herb product that is proposed to increase the body's resistance to stress, trauma, anxiety and fatigue. In the past, they have been called rejuvenating herbs, qi tonics, rasayanas, or restoratives.
The term adaptogen is often applied to plants even when the criteria of an adaptogen is not met with, such as the important and significant general adaptive effect on stress involving the whole organism and its main functions. It is claimed that adaptogenic herbs are distinct from other substances in their ability to balance endocrine hormones and the immune system, and they help the body to maintain optimal homeostasis.
Adaptogens are proposed to have a normalizing effect on the body and to be capable of either toning down the activity of hyperfunctioning systems or strengthening the activity of hypofunctioning systems. However, they are also proposed to be functional at the level of allostasis, which is a more dynamic reaction to long term stress, lacking the fixed reference points of homeostasis.
All adaptogens contain antioxidants, but antioxidants are not necessarily adaptogens and that is not proposed to be their primary mode of action.
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