Overall, “adaptogens help your body handle stress,” says Dr. Brenda Powell, co-medical director at Center for Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.
They’re meant to bring us back to the middle - homeostasis
Adaptogens help the body by interacting with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the sympathoadrenal system.
Both of which are involved in the body’s response to stress.