Adaptogen

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Adaptogen

Substance that improves the body's ability to adapt to stress.

Mentioned in: Ginseng, Korean

adaptogen (

·dapˑ·t

·jen),

n a substance that helps the body regenerate after being fatigued or stressed.

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ashwagandha bidirectionality Ginseng Ginseng, Korean maitake			In summary, the bulb of the garlic plant is used to provide adaptogen, alterative, antibiotic, anticoagulant, antifungal, antineoplastic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, blood purifier, diaphoretic, digestive, expectorant, febrifuge, rubefacient, stimulant, and vulnerary properties. Boost Your Health with Garlic by Darrell Miller / Food/cooking/nutrition community These attributes are remarkably similar to the properties ascribed to adaptogens like Panax ginseng (PG) in contemporary medicine. Adaptogenic activity of Withania somnifera: an experimental study ... by Life Extension The herb Pueraria mirifica (PM) is considered a rejuvenating adaptogen in Thai folk medicine and is rich in phytoestrogens. Pueraria mirifica and dyslipidemia by Finney-Brown, Tessa / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism			Adams-Stokes disease Adams-Stokes syndrome adamsite Adamson's fringe adansonian classification adapalene Adapin ADAPT adaptation adaptation energy adaptation model adaptation response adaptation syndrome adaptation to physical disability adapted clothing adapter adapter, band adaptic adaption adaptive behavior scale adaptive device adaptive functioning adaptive hypertrophy adaptive nephron hypothesis adaptive response Adaptogen adaptogenic adaptometer adaptor RNA ADAPTS ADC ADC Van Disal ADCC ADD add-on test add. Addams addax added filtration adder addict addicted addiction addiction medicine Addiction Specialist Addictionologist addictive addictive personality Addis count Addis test Addison			Adaptive Wireless System Adaptive zone Adaptive zone Adaptive-Basis Function/Diagonal Moment Matrix Adaptive-Buffer Rate Control adaptive-control function Adaptive-Reference Echo Cancellation Adaptive-Response-Rate Single Exponential Smoothing Adaptive-Subspace Growing Cell Structures Adaptive-Subspace Self-Organizing Map Adaptive-Template Movement Adaptive-Transform-Excited Linear Prediction Adaptive/Automatic Beamforming adaptively adaptively adaptively adaptively Adaptively Controlled Beam Facing Adaptively Weighted Vector-Median Filter adaptiveness Adaptivität und Benutzermodellierung in Interaktiven Softwaresystemen adaptivity adaptivity adaptivity adaptivity Adaptivity and Personalization in Ubiquitous Learning Systems Adaptivity and User Modeling in Interactive Systems Adaptivity, Wavelets & Finite Differences Adaptly Adaptness Adaptogen Adaptogenesis adaptogenic Adaptogens adaptometer adaptometer Adaptomorphosis Adapton Sleep Adapton Sleep adaptor adaptor adaptor adaptor Adaptor Australia Adaptor molecules Adaptor protein Adaptor Protein 2 Adaptor Protein 3 Adaptor Protein Complex 1 Adaptor proteins, signal transducing Adaptor proteins, vesicular transport adaptor RNA Adaptorial adaptors adaptors Adaptotrophic Function adapts adapts adapts adapts adapts

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