In different geographic areas it is the same plant may contain different amounts of drug. It depends on the climatic conditions, soil composition, humidity, altitude above sea level and other factors. All this fully applies to the golden root or rhodiola rosea.

Where and how to grow golden root

The correct name of the golden root - Rhodiola rosea. This is a perennial plant of the family Crassulaceae with thick short straight roots up to 15 cm and a weight of 900 g, which runs a few fine roots. Outside the root is brown with a light pearl shade, inside color white root, but after drying it takes on a pinkish tinge. Stems from a few plants, they are upright, not branched, up to 50-70 cm. The leaves are oblong-ovate, fleshy. Flowers are yellow, clustered at the tips of stems in dense corymbose inflorescences. It blooms in June and July, the seeds ripen in July and August.

It grows in Western and Eastern Siberia and the Far East. In addition, the root grows in the north of the European part of our country and in the Urals. Industrial harvesting is carried out in the Altai. It grows on rocky slopes, on the shores of mountain rivers and lakes. Most prized roots of plants growing in the Altai and the Far East.

Medicinal raw materials and chemical composition of the golden root

Medical raw material are the roots of the plants. They dug after ripening seeds (July-August), leaving intact a part of the underground organs of adult plants and young plants.

The raw material is washed in running water, dried in the shade. The roots were cut longitudinally and dried at 50-60˚S. Dried raw materials stored in a dry, well-ventilated area.

Rhodiola rosea roots contain tannins, glycosides, essential oil Essential oils and conception: can help the roses? Organic acids (oxalic, citric, malic, succinic), a significant amount of sugars, proteins, fats, waxes, sterols, tertiary alcohols, flavonoids, a large amount of manganese.

Medicinal properties

Preparations of Rhodiola rosea have a pronounced stimulating property, significantly increases the physical and mental abilities of a person. In this golden root normalizes metabolism and promotes more economical use of energy resources and improves energy metabolism in muscle and brain by using as energy source not only carbohydrates, but also fats.

Drugs like rhodiola rosea has adaptogenic properties of ginseng - contribute to a more rapid adaptation to various environmental factors, including the stress and climate change. Also enhances the protective properties of the body (immune system). Patients neurotic tended to normalize the excitatory and inhibitory processes in the central nervous system. They became calmer, disappeared unpleasant sensations in the heart, improve appetite and normal sleep.

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This shows the supplementation of golden root

Once many years ago golden root is used to improve performance (in the form of tincture on vodka), as a tonic and febrifuge, nervous and gastrointestinal diseases.

Currently, drugs are golden root are used:

• in the treatment of neuroses (disorders of the nervous system, developing a stress response);
• Low blood pressure Blood pressure - dangerous if his swing?   (hypotension);
• in the vegetative-vascular dystonia (disorders of the nervous system in which there are frequent contraction and expansion of the circulatory system);
• in fatigue in healthy people.

Contraindications for receiving drugs from the golden root and side effects

Contraindications preparations of Rhodiola rosea are:

• idiosyncrasy of the drug;
• pronounced agitation, insomnia;
• high blood pressure, including hypertensive crisis Hypertensive crisis: how to protect themselves from the consequences of ;
• fever;
• headache.

If you have any side effects in the form of excitation, insomnia, headaches need to stop taking the drug and consult your doctor c.

How to make drugs from the golden root

The pharmacy you can buy a liquid extract of Rhodiola rosea, which is recommended as a stimulant by physical and nervous exhaustion, fatigue, neurosis, vegetative-vascular dystonia. It can be used in fatigue and decreased performance in healthy people. It is usually prescribed Po 10 drops 2 - 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.

At home, you can prepare a tincture of golden root. To do this, crushed roots insist on vodka (one of the crushed roots pour 5 parts vodka) in a dark place for a week, filter and take 15 Po drops 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.

Rhodiola rosea, or Golden Root - a plant which for centuries was used for stimulation of physical strength and mental capacity.

Galina Romanenko

We often try to seek the most difficult way to treat simple diseases. Runny nose - the most common and seemingly simple problem, at the same time deliver a lot of troubles. What we do not only treat up to antibiotics Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future? Without noticing on his window standing forlornly prickly plant - aloe, which is hidden in the leaves of all that we are so necessary.

What is a runny nose

Nasal mucosa has a special cilia, which, together with a secret, is produced in the nose, detain and neutralize dust and pathogens that are in the inhaled air. At a cold nasal mucosa becomes edematous, increases in volume, the cilia become less mobile, the movement of air through the nasal passages slows down - all this promotes the growth of pathogens.

In addition, there is a shortage of oxygen supply to the vital organs, and as a result - a violation of their work and poor overall health. The first oxygen deprivation affects the heart and blood vessels (may increase blood pressure), as well as on the work of the digestive system (loss of appetite, broken processes of digestion and absorption of food, decreased motor activity of the intestine). Often, runny nose accompanied by the appearance of headache Headache: Causes and Complications   (including migraine). If time does not cure the common cold, the inflammatory process can go down to the bronchi and lungs, or climb into the maxillary and frontal sinuses, go to the hearing aid. Thus, treatment of the common cold must be timely, fast and effective.

What is aloe

Aloe vera - a unique plant, known and loved by the people since ancient times, has many useful properties. Today it is unfairly forgotten and left to gather dust on the window sills. The beauty of it is that it does not require any special care and can be grown under any modern flat without any physical and financial costs. Before the leaves of this plant is widely used mainly for the treatment and healing of surface wounds, but also for manufacturing face masks.

Aloe Aloe - its amazing healing properties   has significant anti-inflammatory properties, and in addition, the ability to cleanse the body from harmful toxins and accelerate recovery of damaged tissues. A very important component of the aloe juice is a carbohydrate acemannan (found mostly in the aloe vera), which has a powerful immunostimulatory effects (increases the number of immune cells) and the expression of antiviral activity.

How does aloe vera with a cold

On the inner surface of the nasal passages are numerous blood vessels, therefore, when we aloe juice instilled into the nose, its treating elements are absorbed faster and faster accordingly visible effects: decreases swelling of nasal mucosa, breathing becomes looser. Once in the blood, components of aloe juice neutralize toxins found in the blood and helps the body fight infection. Aloe neutralize bacteria and viruses (including influenza viruses Influenza - expect the unexpected but always   and herpes) and accelerates the transport of oxygen to the organs and tissues and helps the nasal mucosa will recover its barrier properties.

How to cook the drug aloe home

If you have an aloe house, cook out of it a perfect cure for the common cold is easy: take the aloe leaf (preferably older than three years), my good, then wrap in paper and put in the refrigerator, where it must remain for about 12-16 hours (sheet thus prepared can be used for two weeks). Aloe juice is very bitter, and in concentrated form can cause irritation of the nose, so before applying the juice should be diluted with water 1: 1, 5 (Aloe: water), children better diluted 1: 2. Also adding to the effective nasal drops honey (honey water: aloe juice - 1: 1: 1).

This can not be used

You can not use aloe juice during pregnancy, since it stimulates the uterine muscles. Do not use aloe juice and in the presence of hypersensitivity to the drug.

Aloe - a drug of choice in the treatment of the common cold. In addition to eliminating the most common cold aloe still has the ability to restore and stimulate the vital functions of the whole organism.

Galina Romanenko