Stress TOO HOT to handle? DOUSE burnout with this cooling cork trick
Friend, a LITTLE stress can be a good thing…
Like when you’re being CHASED by a tiger…
Or you have to RESCUE your beloved pup from a burning building.
Fortunately, most of us will NEVER have to face a circumstance that comes anywhere NEAR that level of stressfulness.
But sometimes, our bodies OVERREACT to everyday stresses…
Whether it’s money worries… family conflicts… health concerns… or just too much traffic on the way to an appointment.
And once stress takes hold… it can be pretty tough to SHAKE IT OFF.
You can’t always THINK your way out of it… or EXHALE it away through deep breathing exercises.
Most times, it’s going to take A LOT MORE than meditation!
Big Pharma would LOVE it if you’d self-medicate with one of their mood meds…
But I’ve got an intervention you can try first.
It’s a more NATURAL way of adapting to the stressors that surround us all…
And it’s got SOLID science backing it up.
The ‘feel-better bark’
The amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) grows along the Amur River of Northeastern China… and provides a valuable type of timber used for building houses throughout Asia.
And an extract of its inner yellow bark also has got 1500 years of medicinal use under its belt… dating back to the indigenous people of Japan.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it’s known as “Huang Bai”… which translates to mean “yellow fir.”
It’s one of the 50 fundamental herbs of TCM…
Because it’s only harvested during just a couple of weeks during the month of April… it’s especially TREASURED among Chinese medicines.
You’ve read right here in eAlert how amur cork bark acts as a natural painkiller…
And could help EASE cancer side effects… and even fight cancer cells DIRECTLY.
In TCM terms, amur cork “cools heat” – which we in the Western world understand to mean it bears anti-inflammatory action.
And that’s just one of the ways it helps to BANISH stress.
I’m not just talking about oxidative stress… though it does offer antioxidant potential…
But also the kind of stress that WEIGHS US DOWN… both physically and mentally.
Amur cork contains compounds that INFLUENCE brain chemicals called neurotransmitters…
Including berberine, which acts as a natural MAO inhibitor.
INHIBITING the enzyme monoamine oxidase helps maintain healthy levels of the “feel-good” hormone, dopamine…
Which is why amur cork is sometimes known as Mother Nature’s own anti-depressant!
This “bark trick” offers another kind of “hormone hack” – one that LOWERS elevated levels of the “stress hormone,” cortisol.
Cortisol is what SURGES through your body when you feel “stressed out”… and is associated with feelings of anxiety and “burnout.”
Too much cortisol has been shown to IMPAIR or even SUPPRESS immune function…
Not to mention how it could make you feel like GARBAGE!
In one study, amur cork combined with magnolia bark extract helped significantly REDUCE cortisol levels in study subjects who were moderately stressed out.
Not only that, but the subjects also reported LESS… depression
tension
anger
fatigue, and
confusion.
Participants also reported feeling more ENERGIZED…
And in just 4 weeks.
You can find amur cork supplements on their own… sometimes known by the Latin name Cortex Phellodendri.
You can also find amur cork as a star ingredient in the formula called “Dopamine Advantage” from Life Extension at your local health food store or online.
A recommended dosage is 500 mg daily.
A patented formula called Relora combines amur cork with magnolia bark extract… and is available on its own from several quality makers at your local health food store or online.
You can also find Relora as the star ingredient in the “Super Cortisol Support” formula from NOW Foods.
