Schisandra berry gets its name "five-flavor" because it contains all five basic flavors - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and pungent (spicy). It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as an adaptogenic herb that helps the body adapt to various stressors and traumas.

The vagus nerve serves as your body's built-in stress management system, playing a crucial role in everything from gut health, to hormone balance to emotional wellbeing.

Ashwagandha root is an adaptogen herb. Like all adaptogen herbs and mushrooms, this class of herbs help the body resist and adapt to various types of stress - physical, chemical, and biological.

Stress is a silent but powerful hormone disruptor that is harmful to menstrual cycles and hormone balance, making PMS symptoms worse.