How much do you know about the efficacy of Rhodiola rosea?

Refer to rhodiola rosea, we are most familiar with which is used to prevent altitude reaction, but its medicinal value is not just a kind, let's take a look.   

Rhodiola rosea is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is a rare wild plant growing in the alpine forest at the altitude of 1800 ~ 2500 meters. Most of them are distributed in the alpine zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Rhodiola's root and rhizome are into medicine, its sexual taste: sweet, bitter. Rhodiola was first used in Tibetan medicine, with the effect of activating blood circulation.

Modern pharmacological studies have shown that rhodiola rosea contains salidroside, aglyrogentyrol, gallic acid, flavonoids, coumarins, tannins, trace elements, amino acids and other components, among which salidroside is the main effective component of rosea plants.

The efficacy of rhodiola:

1. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis
Rhodiola can invigorate qi and promote blood circulation, relieve pain, and is suitable for chest pain caused by qi deficiency and blood stasis, heart palpitations and shortness of breath, god fatigue.

2. Tonify spleen
Rhodiola sweet taste, into the lung, spleen meridian, can nourish qi and spleen, asthma cough.

3. Regulate the nervous system
Rhodiola can effectively eliminate people's nervous mood, balance and regulate the central nervous system, improve sleep and irritability, hyperactivity or depression, improve energy, enhance memory.

4. Anti-fatigue
Rhodiola contains 35 kinds of trace elements, 18 kinds of amino acids, a variety of vitamins and anti-aging activity superoxide, complete nutrition ingredients, can eliminate fatigue, enhance memory and attention, improve the state of the body.

5. Anti-aging, skin care
Rhodiola can delay cell senescence, inhibit the formation of lipofuscin and reactive oxygen species, enhance cell metabolism and synthesis, and improve cell vitality. In addition, it also has the effect of skin care.