Rhodiola rosea is an herb that's almost too good to be true. In this video, "Medicine Hunter" and author Chris Kilham lists the many ways that his favorite herb can impact your life.
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Every herbalist has their favorite herb, I know this to be so, because I hang out with a lot of herbalists. Mine is Rhodiola Rosea, Rhodiola comes either from Siberia, or from north western China, and it's also grown a little bit in the far north of Scandinavia, and this is an amazing herb. In fact it's hard to convince people that Rhodiola does as much as it does, it's good for the heart, it's good for the immune system, it enhances mental function including mental concentration, memory, thought formation.
If you can typically concentrate for two hours and then you sort of tire out, with Rhodiola, you may be able to go three four hours. Rhodiola is very good for energy, endurance and stamina. It has profound anti-depression properties which is why more and more psychiatrists and medical doctors throughout the united States and in the rest of the world are using Rhodiola first as an anti-depressant instead of some of the drugs for that purpose.
Rhodiola is also a significant sex booster. In women, we know that rhodiola helps to balance menstruation so that you have a regular cycle and we've seen at least one good human clinical study with men who suffered from ED, about 68% improvement just as a result of taking rhodiola. Rhodiola is a super plant, it makes you feel good, you can take it every day, if you're a traveller like me it helps to reduce or completely eliminate jet lag, I think rhodiola is a miracle, I take it all the time, I can't recommend it highly enough.
Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author, educator and founder of Medicine Hunter Inc. He has conducted medicinal research in over 30 countries and has been featured on CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, 20/20, Good Morning America and in the NY Times.
