Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is an exciting herb, now available outside of Asia for the first time at Ron Teeguarden's HerbGarden. It is a relatively rare substance that grows in one of the harshest environments in the world. In the Orient, it is called "Plateau Ginseng," and as the species name "sacra" indicates, the Tibetans considered Rhodiola to be a sacred herb. It has been used by the Tibetan people as a powerful adaptogenic vitalizer and as a substantial medicinal agent since the beginning of Tibetan civilization. Rhodiola has also been prized by the Chinese and was very positively reviewed in the first Chinese herbal classic over two thousand years ago. It was regarded as a life-prolonging, wisdom enhancing "superior herb." However, the rarity of Tibetan Rhodiola has prevented it from becoming a well-known commodity outside of Asia. This incredible herb was used by the Tibetan monks to enhance their inner spiritual power, the power of concentration and physical endurance. It has undoubtedly played a major role in the development of Tibetan culture.

Evidence has shown that Tibetan Rhodiola is in many ways more powerful than Ginseng. It is a superb herb for people who work very hard, either physically or mentally. Tibetan Rhodiola has been shown to improve endurance and mental capacity, including memory enhancement. It has been shown to be a superb tonic and energizer for those into physical fitness, and a superior tonic for those stuck behind a desk or at a computer terminal for long periods of time. Consumption of a small amount of Rhodiola extract significantly improves a person's capacity to absorb and utilize oxygen.

Tibetan Rhodiola is especially beneficial to those who live under stressful conditions. It has been proven that Tibetan Rhodiola reduces the body's stress reactions, and thus relieves mental stress as well. People stay focused and suffer far less from fatigue even under severe stress. It is the ideal herbal supplement for the modern world.

Tibetan Rhodiola has been found to be extremely beneficial to the cardiovascular system, and has been found to prevent heart disease, the number one cause of death in the United States. It is also a powerful immune modulator, building the immune system into a well tuned fighting machine. Tibetan Rhodiola also is being used as a powerful and safe antidepressant. It is believed to be more powerful than St. Johns Wort, currently the world's number one selling natural antidepressant substance.

The powdered extract of Tibetan Rhodiola is standardized to its primary active ingredient, Salidroside. Tibetan Rhodiola is effective in very small quantities and its effects are felt almost immediately. It is an ideal ingredient in a super-tonic beverage, capsule or pill and may serve as the primary ingredient in a new, proprietary formulation. Rhodiola is extremely safe, having no side effects in humans.

Rhodiola grows on the Himalayas more than 4500 meters above sea level under extremely adverse conditions, with dry air, insufficient oxygen, strong ultraviolet radiation and a huge day-and-night temperature variance. Rhodiola crenulata, which belongs in to the Crassulaceae family, is a sub-shrub plant with a succulent stem. Its adaptability to the various environmental circumstances and its vitality are seldom found in any other plants. The region in which Rhodiola grows is extremely barren due to the extreme climatic conditions of the Tibetan plateau.

Rhodiola's root and stem are mainly used for medicine or as a precious tonic. However, the whole plant body can also be used for the same purpose. The major effective contents are salidroside (C₁₄H₂₀O₉), tyrosot (C₈H₁₀O₂), P-Sitosterol, Ethyl gallate, gallic acid, flavones, phenol compounds, 35 kinds of biologically active trace elements (i.e., Fe, Al, Zn, Ag, Co, Cd, Ti, Mo, Mn, etc.), as well as volatile oil. Rhodiola crenulata also contains18 amino acids which are needed by the human body, 7 of which cannot be produced by the body. Such a spectrum of bio-nutrients is seldom seen in any other natural plant.

Salidroside, Tyrosot and Sitosterol mainly enhance the resistance of the human body for adapting to stressful conditions and adjust physiological functions for restoration. It has double-direction adjusting effects on the nervous system and endocrine system, and possesses many kinds of physiologically active components which studies have shown have anticarcinogenic, antiviral, and antimicrobial activity.

The people of Tibet knew over a thousands years ago that by decocting Rhodiola with water or extracting it in wine, it can be drunk to overcome fatigue from heavy physical labor and to help increase the vitality necessary for completing extraordinary physical tasks. The benefits of Rhodiola were recorded in the Jingzhu Materia Medica (the Tibetan Medicine Documents). According to that ancient Tibetan medical classic, Rhodiola is nourishing to the lungs and respiratory functions, it is antipyretic, and vitalizing. It was said by "Supernatural Peasant's Materia Medica Classics" that "Rhodiola will make the body light and relaxed, and will make the eyes bright." Now it is used for cardiovascular disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, tracheitis, lung congestion and coughing. It has been used for hypertension of the aged, high blood sugar, plateau reactions

As a tonic, it strongly increases vitality. It is good for strengthening the body and mind, resisting fatigue, resisting a lack of oxygen and excessive radiation, and for prolonging life. It is especially well known for increasing the intelligence of those who consume it regularly. Tibetan Rhodiola has the action of "supporting and strengthening the human body" and the immune potentiating effects of Rhodiola are stronger than those ginseng, and there is no potential side effect like those of the latter. It has notable restorative effect if one consumes a preparation while the tired body is recovering or is failing to recover from strong or excessive exertion. It has been found to be stimulating to the appetites and strengthening for weakened individuals and for those recovering from illness and surgery.

According to a large numbers of pharmacological experiments and clinical reports, weak and sick men and women can be helped in building up their strength, intelligence and efficiency of working or exercising power by taking a Rhodiola product frequently. A healthy man or woman can noticeably raise his or her memory and power of concentration. Rhodiola has also been used stimulating the mental energy and working efficiency of those who work primarily with their brains.

It can be used for relieving internal heat and for detoxification. It is used for invigorating blood circulation, stopping bleeding, reducing blood pressure, relieving rheumatism and nerve paralysis as well as bringing down a fever and diarrhea. With respect to gynecology, it has an effect on women's consumptive diseases, abnormal menstruation, either excessive or deficient.

It has remarkable curative effect on neurosis and asthenia resulting from various causes. Therefore, it plays a very important role in military medicine, space medicine and sports medicine. The Rhodiola Development Company of the Tibet Autonomous Region has conducted investigations on Tibetan Rhodiola, experiments for toxicology and physicochemical analyses and pharmacological analyses together with various large hospitals, the Chinese Ministry of Space, the Chinese Military Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Medical and Scientific University, Qinghua University, Chinese Preventive Medical and Scientific College, and the Capital Academy of Medical Sciences. As a result a large body of supportive research is confirming the benefits of Tibetan Rhodiola, and is discovering new functions.

And Rhodiola is a very safe, non-toxic herbal nutrient. Numerous studies have been presented to the Chinese Ministry of Public Health. It has reached the following evaluation: "Rhodiola has no poison, no sub-slow poison and does not cause any sudden change and deformity."

The series of products of Rhodiola manufactured by the Rhodiola Development Company of the Tibet Autonomous Region takes Tibet's specialty, Dahua Rhodiola, and the raw material and refines it with modern scientific productive measures coordinating science principle of nutritious function in the line of traditional Tibet Medicine Documents. It is the principle of nutritious function in line of traditional Tibet Medicine Documents. It is the sole one product that producing and packing in Tibet with no pollution condition.

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