Adaptogens: What They Are and What Science Says

Adaptogens are natural substances, such as some plants and fungi, that help the body better adapt to physical, mental or emotional stress.The concept was born in 1947, when the Russian scientist Nikolai Lazarev proposed the term. Later, Dr. Israel Brekhman defined three requirements: to be safe, to increase the resistance of the organism to different types of stress and to normalize functions of the body without altering those that are well.Alth…