Therapeutic properties of rhodiola rosea
Preparations from this plant:
- improve mental abilities and preserve the energy potential of the brain;
- improve the work of the hearing;
- beneficially affect the sex glands, liver, thyroid gland, adrenal glands;
- strengthen the body's resistance to unfavorable factors;
- increase physical strength;
- relieve stress.
Excellent results show the use of rhodiola rosea in sports - the plant helps quickly recover from injury, improves physical activity and endurance, mobilizes internal reserves of muscle energy. In addition, rhodiola is an effective remedy for mountain sickness.
Being low-toxic, rhodiola-based drugs do not cause addiction and side effects, have a wide range of effects on the body and have a small list of contraindications.
Collection of raw materials
Rhodiola rose at an altitude of 1500-2500 m above sea level, and in some areas this plant is protected by the Red Book.
Roots and rhizomes are excavated from August to September in plants no younger than four years of age. Raw materials are washed under running water, dried in the shade. Roots are cut with strips of 2-5 cm, and then dried in a stove or oven at 50-60 ° C. If on a break the dried root of white or pink color - raw material is suitable for use. Roots of brown color should be discarded.
In the finished form, rhodiola roots can be bought at the pharmacy.
Decoction of rhodiola rosea
Tonic drink from rhodiola rosea is prepared from 1 teaspoon of ground roots. Raw materials are poured into 1 liter of water, boiled for 10 minutes. Another 40 minutes a remedy should be infused.
Tea from rhodiola rosea is drunk 3 cups a day, but only on the condition that the body badly needs to mobilize internal reserves. You can not take such a decoction daily.
Infusion of Rhodiola rosea
For the preparation take 10 g of dry finely chopped roots of plants, pour boiling water (200 ml), insist in a thermos for 4 hours. It is drunk 150 g three times a day.
Infusion of Rhodiola rosea found application in gynecology - the drug helps with treatment:
- adnexitis;
- dysmenorrhea;
- fibrocystic mastopathy;
- polycystic ovary .
Taking the infusion for several weeks allows you to eliminate the symptoms of chronic stress, improve immunity. This increases the resistance of the body not only to infections, but also to ionizing, x-ray irradiation, the action of various toxins. In the form of an external agent for lotions and compresses, the infusion is used to treat:
- wounds;
- trachoma;
- skin diseases;
- conjunctivitis;
- abscesses;
- rashes;
- jaundice.
Rhodiola rosea tincture
50 g of crushed rootlets are put in a half-liter container and poured into it to the brim with vodka. Under the lid, the drug stays for 20 days in a dark place. The finished product is drunk on 15 drops 2 times a day. The tincture is stored in the refrigerator. Roots from the bottle are not removed until the product is finished.
The drug helps in the fight against stress, chronic fatigue, hypotension. Such a treatment is also useful when:
- tuberculosis;
- tumors and metastases;
- diabetes mellitus;
- problems with the thyroid gland;
- climacteric syndrome ;
- impotence.
In pharmacies, you can find a ready-made extract of rhodiola rosea, the use of which is shown to increase mental and physical activity.
Precautionary measures
As already mentioned, to drink drugs from the rhodiola follows a small course - systematic their intake is harmful.
In addition, rhodiola rosea has contraindications - in pregnancy, lactation, hypertensive crisis, excessive nervous excitability, fever, postgripposis encephalitis, preparations from this plant can not be taken.