The Essential Guide to Adaptogens - by Rachel Rozelle (Paperback)

About the Book

"Your essential guide to adaptogenic herbs for healing and stress relief. In the world of natural medicine, adaptogens are superstars. These herbs and mushrooms have been used for centuries to help the body cope with stress of all kinds. The Essential Guide to Adaptogens puts the unique healing power of adaptogens in your hands. This up-to-date, research-driven guide walks you through using adaptogens like holy basil, shatavari, cordyceps, and turmeric to support your body in managing depression, insomnia, hypertension and more. Explore the history of adaptogens and learn about their wide range of benefits. Discover how they can be harnessed today to benefit immune health, sleep, hormone balance, brain function, and energy. Easy-to-follow recipes will empower you to introduce adaptogens into your lifestyle so you can begin healing, invigorating, and stress-proofing your mind and body. The Essential Guide to Adaptogens includes: Adaptogen essentials: Get introduced to the medicinal uses of adaptogens, and find out how to safely prepare the right dosage in a variety of forms; 15 Plant and mushroom profiles: Meet each all-star adaptogen and learn its background, benefits, and usage guidelines, then dig in to nourishing recipes; Complementary practices: Find healthy lifestyle recommendations to further support you in achieving and maintaining optimal vitality and longevity. Bolster your resilience and innate healing abilities with The Essential Guide to Adaptogens"--

Book Synopsis

Your essential guide to adaptogenic herbs for healing and stress relief

In the world of natural medicine, adaptogens are superstars. These herbs and mushrooms have been used for centuries to help the body cope with stress of all kinds. The Essential Guide to Adaptogens puts the unique healing power of adaptogens in your hands. This up-to-date, research-driven guide walks you through using adaptogens like holy basil, shatavari, cordyceps, and turmeric to support your body in managing depression, insomnia, hypertension and more.

Explore the history of adaptogens and learn about their wide range of benefits. Discover how they can be harnessed today to benefit immune health, sleep, hormone balance, brain function, and energy. Easy-to-follow recipes will empower you to introduce adaptogens into your lifestyle so you can begin healing, invigorating, and stress-proofing your mind and body.

The Essential Guide to Adaptogens includes:

• Adaptogen essentials-Get introduced to the medicinal uses of adaptogens, and find out how to safely prepare the right dosage in a variety of forms.
• 15 Plant and mushroom profiles-Meet each all-star adaptogen and learn its background, benefits, and usage guidelines-then dig in to nourishing recipes.
• Complementary practices-Find healthy lifestyle recommendations to further support you in achieving and maintaining optimal vitality and longevity.

Bolster your resilience and innate healing abilities with The Essential Guide to Adaptogens.

Review Quotes

"Dr. Rozelle's wisdom reads beautifully through this book. She's woven the knowledge of adaptogenic plant medicine into creative culinary recipes while also presenting easy-to-understand herbal formulas for today's most common and chronic condition, stress. There is something wonderful and new for all readers in this book." --Dr. Emily Maiella, ND, Windhorse Naturopathic Clinic

"Health is our number one asset, and handling too much stress often leads to health problems. A great way to better handle stress and improve your health is with adaptogenic herbs along with lifestyle adjustments. I use many of these herbs on a daily basis, both personally and with patients. This book is an excellent introduction to these powerful plants and lifestyle improvements to help take control of your health." --Dr. Mychael Seubert, ND

"In a world where there is a pandemic of stress, Dr. Rozelle lays out a timely and extremely useful guide to helping the body cope with and manage the multitude of stress and its effects on the body, with the help of herbs! This is a practical and useful daily guide whether you're a practicing physician or just want to improve your health and resilience. The recipes in this book are amazing; I highly recommend trying them all!" --Dr. Douglas Estrada, ND

"The release of Dr. Rozelle's book, The Essential Guide to Adaptogens, couldn't have come at a better time seeing the stress we've all been through this past year! If you're looking for a thorough and easily digestible resource that discusses stress-reducing herbs among other ailments, this is your answer!" --Dr. Nicole Lean Lyons, ND, Lean Into Health

About the Author

DR. RACHEL ROZELLE is a naturopathic physician who has honed her skills in pediatric and family medicine with expertise in homeopathy and botanical medicine. She has served as a Board Member and Committee Chair for the California Naturopathic Doctors Association and currently practices at the Windhorse Naturopathic Clinic in Brattleboro, Vermont.