Beat Stress and Anxiety with Licorice Root

Licorice is an underused herb that offers beneficial properties. People who suffer from stress and anxiety may find benefit from taking licorice as support to the adrenal glands.

The adrenal glands are nicknamed the stress glands. They are your body's response system for emotional, physical or chemical stress. In the fast paced lifestyle that most people live there are many unforgiving stresses that you deal with daily. Starbucks offers a daily fix of caffeine for millions across the nation and the city of Atlanta to get their day started. Yes it is good, but the problem is it creates a "boy who cried wolf" scenario by sending false signals to your body system saying there is some sort of stressful event that needs to be dealt with. When in actuality you just wanted a warm cup of joe to get you going.

Over the course of time this pattern of false alarms and chemical stress begins to slowly cause a miscommunication problem. Add in any emotional stress from family, finances or work and you have all the ingredients for fatigue, breathing problems, anxiety and much more. Your body starts to get the impression that it is always under firehas a weakened response to "real" stress when the response is actually needed.

Symptoms of poor adrenal function include belly fat (that won't go away with diet and exercise), high blood pressure, anxiety, joint pain, and other hormonal issues. Poor sleeping patterns and male pattern hair growth on females are also signs of an adrenal problem that needs investigation.

Besides prayer and meditation you have to find a way to balance the stressors that trigger the activity of the adrenals. You also may need an herbal remedy for stress like licorice.

Taking licorice the herb is not the same as eating licorice the candy. Just thought that needed to be mentioned. It is native to North America and Europe and the root of the herb is the beneficial part of the plant and since it can help to promote the function of the adrenal gland it's been known to create a sense of well being and combat the ill effects of stress.

Licorice is an easy to use herb that you can find in a liquid or powder form at many local Atlanta herbal shops. Be sure to always consult your doctor before starting a course of herbal treatment.

For more info: Dr. Branden Evans is one of many alternative doctors in Atlanta. To contact him for more information please visit his website http://www.evansclinic.com.