Methods for receiving the golden root

The same plant may contain medicinal substances in different quantities in different geographical areas. It depends on humidity, soil composition, height of the terrain above sea level, climatic conditions and other factors. This all applies fully to the rhodiola rosea, or the golden root. How and where the golden root grows, the composition of nutrients and ways of taking the golden root will be considered in this publication.

Description.

The correct name for the golden root is rhodiola rosea, a plant of the Tolstyan family, having a short thick straight root, weighing up to 0, 9 kg and up to 15 cm long, with thin roots extending from it. The root is brown with a light pearl shade on the outside, inside is white, and after drying it becomes pinkish. Stems high up to 50-70 cm, several of them, not branched, erect. Blooms in June-July, the flowers are yellow, on the tops of the stems are collected in dense corymbose inflorescences, the seeds ripen to July-August.

The golden root is growing in the Urals, in the European northern part of Russia, in Siberia, and in the Far East. In Altai, industrial billets are carried out. It grows on the shores of lakes and mountain rivers, on stony slopes. The roots of plants that grow in the Far East and Altai are more appreciated.

Medicinal raw materials and its chemical composition.

As a medicinal raw material, the roots of the plant are used. Dig them out in July-August after the seeds ripen, leaving young plants intact.

Rinse the raw material in running water, then dry it in the shade. Then the roots are cut lengthwise, dried at 50-60C. Store the dried raw materials in a well-ventilated, dry room.

Roots of rhodiola rosea contain a large amount of manganese, flavonoids, tertiary alcohols, proteins, fats, waxes, sterols, a significant amount of sugars, organic acids (succinic, malic, oxalic, citric), essential oil, glycosides, tannins.

Medical properties.

It normalizes metabolic processes, improves energy metabolism in the brain and muscles, promotes the economical use of energy resources, because it acts as a source of energy of fats and carbohydrates. Preparations from rhodiola rosea have a pronounced stimulating property, which allows to significantly increase the person's mental and physical capabilities.

The golden root has a stimulating effect on a person's mental performance, improving attention and memory. Like ginseng, rhodiola rosea preparations have adaptogenic properties - they contribute to the fact that adaptation to environmental factors, including climate changes and stresses, is faster. Immunity increases (protective properties of the body). In patients with neuroses, there was a tendency to normalize the inhibitory and excitatory processes in the central nervous system. They normalized sleep, appetite improved, discomfort disappeared in the heart area, they became more calm.

Preparations from Rhodiola reduce the duration of sleep after taking sleeping pills.

Indications for root intake.

Already many years ago, a golden root was used to increase working capacity (making tincture on vodka), with gastrointestinal and nervous diseases, as an antiplatelet and tonic.

Today, preparations from rhodiola rosea are used:

Contraindications and side effects when taking drugs based on the root.

Contraindications for taking medications are:

If you experience such side effects as headaches, insomnia, agitation, you must stop taking the medication and consult your doctor.

Methods of taking medications.

You can buy in the pharmacy liquid extract of rhodiola rosea. It is recommended as a stimulant for nervous and physical exhaustion, vegetative-vascular dystonia, neuroses, increased fatigue. You can use healthy people with reduced performance and increased fatigue. Usually prescribe it 2 - 3 times a day for 10 drops for half an hour before meals.

From the root of the house you can make a tincture. To do this for a week in a dark place insist on vodka crushed roots (pour 1 part shredded roots 5 parts of vodka), filter and take 3 times a day for 15 drops for half an hour before meals.

Golden root, or rhodiola rosea is a plant used for centuries to stimulate mental abilities and physical strength.