Rhodiola rosea is an important plant in the time we live and among the most common names we have: rhodiola, orpina rose, ginseng tundra, golden root or golden root.
Of the 30 Rhodiola species that exist, Rhodiola rosea is the only one that is actually used as a medicinal plant.
Rhodiola is one of the adaptogenic plants, since it has the ability to handle stress in all its forms (physical, moral, intellectual. It has the advantage of being safe to use, since they do not stimulate the body more than necessary, not they alter the normal functioning of the body and do not generate addiction.
The mechanism of action of rhodiole can be explained in part because it reduces the level of cortisol. To understand this, cortisol is a hormone that occurs when the body is stressed for more than a few minutes. This stress can be physical, psychic or emotional. This hormone allows the body to be put into surveillance and fight mode for a period, to get out of the stressful situation. Unfortunately, when stress is prolonged, cortisol has harmful effects on the body: associated fatigue and nervousness; anxiety and mood swings; decreased vitality; trouble sleeping; hormonal deregulation (thyroid, ovaries, pancreas, infertility ...); memory loss; immune problems (fragility or allergies).
Rhodiola improves physical and intellectual fatigue during stress. It helps with fitness, concentration, the ability to work intellectually. She has shown interest in overworked people or students on exams, for example. It is even effective in case of exhaustion resulting in exhaustion and loss of interest in the activity.
Rhodiola is recommended for people who want to improve their: ability to handle daily stress; ability to find resources in them and set them in motion; physical fitness, energy and your general well-being; and psychic and intellectual abilities: concentration, memorization, reasoning.
Therefore, it will improve people who: are stressed, tired, overworked, struggling to cope with the rhythm of everyday life; people who are chronically tired or even depleted, who have difficulty mobilizing their energy; people who have to face a difficult situation to handle or an unfavorable environment.
Rhodiola improves mild to moderate depression with its accompanying symptoms: malaise, emotional instability, sleep disorders, physical somatization. It is less effective than chemical antidepressants, but it provides significant well-being and is very well supported.
It also helps to combat anxiety, therefore, Rhodiola is aimed at people: anxious and stressed by the worries of everyday life, subject to depression, malaise, emotional instability and who have trouble relaxing, having a restful sleep.
Rhodiola is appreciated because it has a significant impact on physical performance: it improves endurance and muscular endurance; improves performance; accelerates muscle recovery after exercise; protects against the effects of intense or prolonged exercise; Normalizes heartbeats faster after intense physical exertion.
Rhodiola proves to be an interesting tool to prevent Alzeihmer's disease because: it would have a protective effect against oxidative stress of interest for the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. It has a neuroprotective capacity: it would help protect neurons against oxidation. It reduces the stress and cortisol levels that attack neurons and the hippocampus (memory center). And it promotes hippocampal cell proliferation.
Rhodiola can be used to strengthen immunity, promote fertility and improve erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation.
Rhodiola helps control diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a disease that occurs as a result of a decrease in the body's ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin, which leads to an increase in blood sugar.