Coping Mechanisms and Herbal Adaptogens Found in Organic CBD Tinctures

What do holy basil, reishi mushrooms, and CBD tinctures all have in common? They work as adaptogens – which are herbs and roots that help your body handle and resist stress. In other words, they can potentially help you cope with whatever comes your way. More research is needed, but people have believed in the healing benefits of adaptogens and other hers since the ancient days that became the foundation of eastern healing traditions, such as traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. If you’re interested in learning more, you can easily purchase an adaptogen – such as an organic CBD tincture – in health stores and online; they’re legal!

Common Uses of Herbal Adaptogens

Some people choose adaptogens over stimulants such as caffeine. If you drink coffee or tea in the morning to give you a lift, you generally get that afternoon crash. Adaptogens are marketed as a cleaner form of energy for your body because they are said to provide a more gentle support to your adrenal glands rather than putting the strain on those glands that caffeine does. The idea is that adaptogens strengthen your adrenal glands, much in the same way that working out strengthens your muscles.

Others incorporate adaptogens into their diet for the anti-inflammatory benefits. Ginseng is an example of an anti-inflammatory adaptogen. It is also used for its proposed benefits of boosting energy and increasing sexual performance.

Additional adaptogens include holy basil, maitake mushrooms, and ashwagandha. Granted, the marketing schemes of energy drink companies and, even worse, adult novelty manufacturers have done serious damage to the reputation of herbal remedies in the collective modern frame of mind. But, while more research is needed, there seems to be a growing number of people who are reporting anecdotal success.

Organic CBD Tinctures

Organic CBD tinctures are prized, not because they are adaptogens (technically, they’re not in the same category as ginseng, mushrooms, and the like), but because the effects cannabis has on the body is very much like those of traditional adaptogens. As a result, many organic CBD tinctures include herbal adaptogens to compliment the blend. However, even if your CBD tincture does not include cordycep mushrooms, for example, that doesn’t mean that you won’t enjoy the anti-inflammatory, stress-managing, and other adaptogen-like benefits of the cannabinoid. 

Building Coping Mechanisms

Coping mechanisms are the natural ways in which we are equipped to deal with stresses that arrive. Examples of these stresses include anything from getting cut off when we’re driving to running out of milk when we’re about to eat a bowl of cereal to facing the loss of a loved one. How we react to these stresses is a result of our biological and psychological readiness. It is for this reason that many people herald the benefits of natural and organic ways to enhance our stress response. CBD tinctures are one of the ways some people believe can be helpful to building up the ability to respond to stress in a less hurtful way. 

Our Modern Stressful Lives

Most jobs today are extremely high in stress. Working any position on a restaurant staff, for example, will expose one to extended periods of stress on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Raising children might be one of the most stressful experiences a human can ever encounter. Air traffic controllers and airline pilots, police officers and firefighters, journalists, doctors, nurses, and many other professions fill the lists of the most stressful jobs around, but most jobs are stressful in some way or another to the person who works them. Even not having a job – being unemployed – carries its own sets of stressors. And then there are the situations we deal with as we grow as humans, as we relate with our friends, family, and loved ones. 

As a result, we can all possibly benefit from the effects of adaptogens and tinctures with adaptogen-like effects.