Herbal Remedies for Weak Adrenals
Weak adrenals often result from overextending ourselves too much. According to traditional medicine, every person has a given amount of vital energy from their ancestors, and when this is gone, there is no way to build it back up. It is important to learn how to manage and focus the vital energy we have, and acquire as much daily energy as we can through our food.
Weakened adrenals syndrome is called "Yin Deficiency" in Chinese medicine, and it is treated with digestive herbs (Digestive Bitters formula), adrenal tonics which are also called "adaptogens" (eleuthero, licorice, schisandra, reishi, rehmannia, American ginseng), and relaxing herbs (valerian, California poppy, passion flower).
Herbs Used To Treat Weak Adrenals
| Herb | Treatment Support | Application |
| American Ginseng | tonifies weak adrenals | capsules, tablets, tea, or tincture |
| Licorice | tonifies weak adrenals | capsules or tablets (safe kind is called DGL) |
| Ligustrum | kidney and adrenal tonic | extract in capsules, tablets, tea |
| Rehmannia | adrenal nourisher | Chinese patent formula called Rehmannia 6 (Liu Wei Di Huang Wan) |
| Schisandra | restorative | tincture, tea, capsule |
| Siberian Ginseng | adrenal tonic | capsules, tablets, tea, or tincture |
| Solomon's Seal | tonifies weak adrenals | tincture, tea |