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What herbs can i take to increase cortisol besides licorice?
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None: You do not need to increase cortisol levels if your adrenals are functioning normally. You only need to allow them to respond to physiologic influences. Herbs will not help. You would not want to artificially increase cortisol, if it were possible. That would cause cushing's syndrome.
Answered 4/11/2013
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