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Adaptogen alchemy

From ancient art and tradition to modern wellness offering, incorporating adaptogenic plants into your lifestyle is a timeproven method for cultivating a strong immune system, helping your body cope with stress, supporting healthy hormones, protecting your brain, increasing vitality, providing anti-ageing actions and returning your body to a state of balance. It is time to become the alchemist of your own wellbeing with a dive into the world of medicinal mushrooms and tonic herbs. Discover the health-enhancing potential of these incredible substances and how to invite them into your kitchen apothecary.

What is an adaptogen?

The word “adaptogen” is used to describe a collective of non-toxic plants that are believed to help the body resist and cope with all kinds of stressors, from physical and chemical to biological and emotional. These adaptogenic plants are usually herbs, roots or mushrooms which are steeped in age-old medicinal traditions. Adaptogens have been used for centuries by the Chinese and Ayurvedic healing modalities and have earned deep reverence from people all around the world over tens of thousands of years. They are commonly consumed in

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