Rhodiola rosea.Rhodiola rosea extract, as a superfood

Plants have long been used by people in the treatment of their ailments, some of them are used only by folk medicine and healers, but many are guarding human health and scientific medicine.

Contents:

1. Rhodiola rosea
2. Useful ingredients, properties and effects of rhodiola rosea
3. Rhodiola rose extract

Rhodiola rose

Rhodiola rosea is a perennial plant that is also known as a pink root or golden root, prefer a moderateAnd a cold climate, is widespread in the Russian Federation, Ireland, North America, and the United Kingdom.

Rhodiola is a pink herbaceous succulent dioecious plant that has a horizontal, powerful rhizome with numerous subordinate thin rootlets.The plant has many non-branching upright stems, reaching heights up to forty centimeters, on each stalk there are alternately dense sheets with pointed or elliptical corners, egg-shaped.On the top of the stem appear inflorescences, consisting of many small flowers of yellow color, later appear peculiar fruits - greenish multi-leafs that stand straight.Blooms in early summer, August, fruits are already ripening, reproduction takes place in two ways - seed and vegetative.The plant perfectly tolerates the shadow, cold, heat, but does not accept the drought, it is important to abundant and regular moisturizing.

Useful components, properties and effects of rhodiola rosea

Valuable is the root of rhodiola rosea, in which approximately 140 different components are found.So it contains: phenols, carbohydrates, sucrose, aromatic compounds, fructose, glucose, organic acids, essential oils, terpenoids, steroids, tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, anthraquinones, etc.

But the aerial part contains no less important phenols,Coumarins, flavonoids, tannins, organic acids, phenolcarboxylic acids and other acids.

As a result, we can say that because of the many useful components, rhodiola rosea preparations:

• Have an activating and tonic effect;
• Widely used in neuroses, asthenic conditions, hypotension, infections and colds;
• Capable of relieving heart pain, fatigue;
• Increase physical activity and performance, this is important especially for sports people and those who work physically, as long-term use leads to increased muscle strength.
• Regulate the cardiovascular system.
• Stimulates mental performance.

Applications of Rhodiola rosea

Rhodiola pink preparations recommend to healthy people:

1. To increase the tone after the infection and physical illnesses;
2. On the eve of hard work;
3. For work that requires excessive mental effort;
4. With unexpected weakness;
5. For restoring the body's strength after hard physical work.

Traditional medicine likes to use rhodiola rosea, which is included in the treatment of hypoxia, mountain sickness, impotence, diarrhea, gout, liver disease, anemia, dental and stomach pains and many other cases.Also, rhodiola rosea is applied externally as lotions, poultices with cutaneous spi, conjunctivitis, with pyorrhea, to cleanse wounds.

Tibetan medicine uses the plant for gastrointestinal and cardiac problems.In Mongolian medicine, the plant is used in the presence of wounds, tuberculosis, fractures, skin diseases and as a febrifuge.

Rhodiola rosea is very popular in cosmetic production, as there is evidence of its positive effect on the fading and sensitive skin, the plant improves the overall, both external and internal skin condition, relieves irritation and heals lesions, due to its adaptogenic and stimulating properties, leadsTo the appearance of the stability of the skin to external negative effects.Creams based on rhodiola rosea improve the effectiveness of energy metabolism, regulate the processes of metabolism in skin cells, promote the restoration of the skin, reduce the loss of water, increase its protective barriers, remove dryness and skin rejuvenates.

Not infrequently the top part of a plant is consumed in food as greens, adding it to salads.

Extract of Rhodiola rosea

One of the preparations that is made on the basis of rhodiola rosea is its extract, a medical preparation whose main properties are adaptogenic and toning.The medicine is obtained from rhizomes and roots of the plant with 40% ethanol.As a result, the preparation contains useful biological additives, including tannins, crystalline substances, organic acids, beta-sitosterol, etc.

Thanks to its useful and therapeutic substances, the extract of rhodiola rose significantly increases the body's defenses to any unfavorable andA harmful factor( including lack of oxygen, overfatigue, decreased immunity, etc.).Also, the drug reduces mental stress, increases physical and intellectual performance, improves the stability of the nervous system.

Extract of rhodiola rosea is prescribed:

1. In general therapy for those who notice increased fatigue, neurasthenia, vegetative-vascular dystonia and akineto-hypotonic syndrome are diagnosed.
2. Those who have a reduced ability to work effectively, who have general weakness and exhaustion of the body, as well as those who are in the period.

The drug should be used with care, as some people experienced side effects in the form of insomnia, excitability, headaches, allergic reactions.

The extract can not be used by anyone who has sensitivity to the drug, hypertension, fever, nor does it prescribe to children under the age of twelve, pregnant women and other categories of patients at the doctor's discretion.