Golden root extract |
was included in the first Swedish Pharmacopoeia (1755). Vikings used the herb to enhance their physical strength and endurance.
IDENTIFICATION DATA | |
Commercial name | Golden root |
Botanical name | Rhodiola rosea |
Botanical family | Crassulaceaae |
Plant part | Root |
Origin | China |
Manufacturing place | China |
Active ingredient(s) | Salidrose (rhodioloside), Rosavin |
PROPERTIES |
• Powerful adaptogen • Antifatigue, anti-stress, antihypoxic (protection against damaging effects of oxygen deprivation), anticancer, antioxidant • Immune enhancing • Sexual stimulating effects |
APPLICATIONS |
Medicinal |
About Rhodiola rosea
Traditional folk medicine used R. rosea to increase physical endurance, work productivity, longevity, resistance to high altitude sickness, and to treat fatigue, depression, anemia, impotence, gastrointestinal ailments, infections, and nervous system disorders.
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