Guest guest Posted June 10, 2000 Report Share Posted June 10, 2000 > Does anyone know where we can find out more info on this? What is the better > brand to take? What does it do? Is anyone taking it? , Do an archive search on this topic. Lots of people are getting results, there are a lot of posts, including some research. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2000 Report Share Posted June 10, 2000 ROSAVIN is an adapogen ... for others in the same " family " see http://www.herb.com/adapt-2.html. Laurie is about to start ordering others adapogens because of the research on adrenelin, etc encouraging (4000x /day) CFIDS bacterium growth, plus adrenelin, etc being vascioconstrictors (which the CFIDS bacterium toxins are also according to old 1958 publication). [ Vascioconstrictors causes hypertension, and the hard pumping heart that is sometimes reported with CFIDS] We want to be as mellow as the mellow can be.... and adapogen seems the " best, safest path " to this state that we can find. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: luke@... >Do an archive search on this topic. Lots of people are getting <BR> >results, there are a lot of posts, including some research.<BR> ><BR> >Luke<BR> ><BR> ></tt> > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > ><hr> ><!-- |@|begin eGroups banner|@| runid: 5276 crid: 1429 --> ><a target= " _blank " href= " 1/5276/4/_/531724/_/960681463/ " ><center> ><img width= " 468 " height= " 60 " > border= " 0 " > alt= " " > src= " http://adimg./img/5276/4/_/531724/_/960681463/468mcsearch.gif " ><\ /center><center><font color= " black " ></font></center></a> ><!-- |@|end eGroups banner|@| --> ><hr> > ><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > ><tt> >This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment discussed here, please consult your doctor.</tt> ><br> > ></body></html> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 I wasn't particulary anxious, but I felt wired and agitated so I never tried more that one dose. Maybe PWCs with low blood pressure may get a better reation from it. It also may be one of those supplements that someone (not you Roxy) is trying to 'promote'. Also, any supplement that gives you more energy without addressing the 'partial blockade in the Crebs cycle', as Rich puts it, is probably not a long term alternative. It may be kind of like taking Ritalin. Mike C. PS My BP tends to run normal/high, never low. > Has anyone tried the herb rhodiola rosea, which is reputed to address many of > the symptoms of CFS and FM? > " Overall, R. rosea has very few side effects. Some individuals, particularly > those who tend to be anxious, may feel overly activated, jittery, or agitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 We use Rhodiola Rosea, and have found that it is helpful. If you do a search on Medline you will find over 40 abstracts on Rhodiola Rosea currently. None are specifically about CFS. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi Here are exerpts from a couple of them. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=11862018 & dopt=Abstract " It [rhodiola rosea] prevents hypoxia-induced biological changes by increasing intracellular oxygen diffusion and efficiency of oxygen utilization. Alternatively, it reduces hypoxia-induced oxidative damage by its antioxidant activities. " And http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=11081987 & dopt=Abstract " Rhodiola rosea in stress induced fatigue--a double blind cross-over study of a standardized extract SHR-5 with a repeated low-dose regimen on the mental performance of healthy physicians during night duty. " " A statistically significant improvement in these tests was observed in the treatment group (RRE) during the first two weeks period. No side-effects were reported for either treatment noted. These results suggest that RRE can reduce general fatigue under certain stressful conditions. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=7756969 & dopt=Abstract " [The cardioprotective and antiadrenergic activity of an extract of Rhodiola rosea in stress] " We use it whenever stress is a concern. We also have found passionflower to be helpful. Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 I take Rhodiola rosea. Actually, I have an anxiety disorder and a panic attack disorder on top of my CFS, and from the information that you wrote, I would probably not be a candidate for using it. However, since I didn't know this before starting it, and since I already started taking it and have been taking it for about 10 months now, I have my own reaction to go by rather than what they say would happen. (I rarely react to medications the way that is expected, so I'm not surprised that I react to Rhodiola rosea in a way that is not expected.) From my own personal experience, it has a calming effect on me, rather than making me more jittery. Perhaps it works somewhat like Ritalin, which can make someone who doesn't need it more agitated, but can have a calming effect on someone with ADHD. It has helped a little bit with mental clarity, but it has also helped me with mood instability much more. Didn't really do a thing for energy. I could not tolerate St. 's Wort, which made me very agitated and constantly angry, and supposedly Rhodiola rosea is supposed to have some antidepressant effects as well, like St. 's Wort. But it didn't affect me negatively like St. 's Wort did. As for it causing jitteryness, I don't tolerate caffeine or thiabromine such as in chocolate at all, even in the small amounts like in decaffeinated coffee's or tea, and I don't tolerate ginseng either, because of the jittery effects it has on me. But Rhodiola rosea doesn't seem to have even the slightest stimulating effect on me. I've been told that it's an adaptogen similar to ginseng, but with a milder effect. I started it after starting bioneurofeedback therapy, and it actually helped to decrease my excess high beta wave activity a little bit, and reduced excess theta wave activity a little tiny bit. As for it addressing CFS symptoms, it didn't decrease any of my symptoms, other than improving mental clarity slightly and some mood stabilization. I still have sleep problems, circadian rhythm problems, pain, soar throats and lymph gland pain, dizzy spells, neurally mediated hypotension, neuropathy in my feet, infections, multiple chemical sensitivities, poor natural killer cell activity, lead weight fatigue, heart arrhythmia's, etc., and they haven't diminished in the least since starting it. Rhodiola rosea was a small drop in the bucket, symptom wise, and not one of the most useful supplements that I've taken concerning my CFS symptoms. But because it has helped with the mood instability, I continue to take it, even though it hasn't seemed to impact any of my CFS symptoms. lindaj@... Rhodiola rosea > Has anyone tried the herb rhodiola rosea, which is reputed to address many of > the symptoms of CFS and FM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 , Have you ever tried ashwaganda or made any research about it? I read that it is also milder adaptogen compared to ginseng but don't know where exactly it stands.Milder than rhodiola or not? Thanks. Nil Re: Rhodiola rosea | I take Rhodiola rosea. Actually, I have an anxiety disorder and a panic | attack disorder on top of my CFS, and from the information that you wrote, I | would probably not be a candidate for using it. However, since I didn't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 , if you don't mind answering, is the anxiety/panic disorder secondary to CFS in your opinion, or did you have the disorders a long time before CFS? Anxiety and panic disorders are well documented as 'byproducts' of CFS. Mike C. > I take Rhodiola rosea. Actually, I have an anxiety disorder and a panic > attack disorder on top of my CFS><<snip<<<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 I developed them after developing CFS. I've had CFS since I was 17, although I was able to function enough to be able to be a homemaker and raise children for years. (I couldn't manage working, but I functioned at least well enough to do basic housecare and childcare) I'm currently 43. I've had panic attacks for the last 4 years, although there was some anxiety problems for about the past 10 years, but that also became severe about 4 years ago, several months after I had a really severe flu that knocked me down to a severe level of CFS that I'm still not back to my previous CFS levels of functioning from. It also triggered the development of MCS, and IBS. The outright panic attacks were only occasional, like maybe once a month when they began. About a year ago I started having some severe stress and stupidly started taking antidepressants at the urging of my doctor to try to deal with the stress (and hoping that it might help with the CFS, but in fact it made it much worse) and became very debilitated from the panic attacks that began happening repeatedly through out the day. The panic attacks were far worse than the stress that I had been going through. I'm convinced that the antidepressants were the trigger for the increase in the panic attacks, because the increase started immediately after starting on the antidepressants. Two days after starting Remeron, I ended up hospitalized in the psychiatric ward because of the panic attacks, but instead of taking me off the Remeron, they tried adding Celexa and Ativan. Even though I had been going through severe stress for about a month before, it was the antidepressants that triggered the increase in the panic attacks. They released me from the hospital four days later because I demanded it, and I went home and quit the Remeron, which helped a little, but the panic attacks continued. When I discontinued the Celexa a month later, the panic attacks reduced in intensity and frequency, but haven't returned to the previous level that they were before taking antidepressants. I also discontinued the Ativan at that time, because it seemed to have a rebound effect that made the panic attacks worse, and did nothing to stop them once they started. I had tried a couple other benzodiazepines, but one (Buspar) made me hallucinate, and the other (Vallium) did nothing at all. During the last 10 months I've also developed neuropathy in my feet and hands, and localized seizure activity in my left temporal lobe that registers on EEG's, plus occasional episodes of high blood pressure. (I normally have abnormally low blood pressure) I don't know if this is the result of having had CFS for so many years, or if the flu that I had 4 years ago started an additional disorder and the stress increased it, or if the antidepressants caused some sort of permanent damage, or if I had some sort of blood clotting that might have caused micro strokes, or what. (I've had veins break in my hands and feet on a half dozen different occasions, for no apparent reason) I have a major problem getting good medical care, and I've had to depend on my bioneurofeedback therapist and a naturopath who is not able to prescribe or order tests, and a BioSET practitioner for what little I know about what's going on with me, although I did manage to get in to see an infectious disease specialist about six months ago who at least tested me for basic hypercoagulation problems (and said I didn't have any, in spite of the occasional blood vessels in my hands and feet breaking. but I' haven't had an ISAAC panel done) and natural killer cell function, which was barely within normal levels, but still very low, in spite of taking Moducare, PineExtra and Beta Glucan for a couple years. If nothing else, at least he confirmed that I did in fact have CFS, and he didn't think I had something else going on. I was hoping he'd at least test for pathogens, but he didn't even do that. So at this point, I'm not sure what caused the increase in the panic attacks, but I do know that I didn't have panic attacks before CFS, and in fact didn't start having them till about 4 years ago. lindaj@... Re: Rhodiola rosea > , if you don't mind answering, is the anxiety/panic disorder > secondary to CFS in your opinion, or did you have the disorders > a long time before CFS? Anxiety and panic disorders are well > documented as 'byproducts' of CFS. > > Mike C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Actually, my naturopath just prescribed ashwaganda for me the last time I saw her, but I've just gotten it, (she had to order it and send it to me) and haven't started taking it, yet. I have a number of new things that she's starting me on, and I've learned from painful experiences in the past to only start one new thing at a time, and wait a while before starting something new, so I can tell what is doing what. I'm going to be starting on it on Monday. So I'll see what it does. I'll be taking it in addition to the Rhodiola rosea, so I won't be able to do any kind of side-by-side comparison of the two. lindaj@... Ynt: Rhodiola rosea > , > > Have you ever tried ashwaganda or made any research about it? I read that it > is also milder adaptogen compared to ginseng but don't know where exactly it > stands.Milder than rhodiola or not? > Thanks. > Nil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Dear , You referred to your bioneurofeedback therapist, and said that he/she has helped. Can you tell us any more? Sue B. upstate New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Well, I'll try to explain a little more about it. it's been a somewhat rocky ride, because my bioneurofeedback therapist hasn't ever treated anyone else with CFS, and I came in with a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia from a rheumetologist who didn't know what else to call it, which kind of got things off to a confusing start, because I didn't seem to fit the typical brain wave activity that she often sees in Fibromyalgia patients. I also didn't fit the brain wave activity of someone suffering from depression, so at least she didn't start out thinking that I was just depressed. I definitely had some weird stuff going on, and it's baffled her repeatedly. She's been very sympathetic, in part because she suffers from some sort of arthritis and has major brain fog and sleep problems herself, and she was the first therapist I've seen (and I've seen a half a dozen different therapists) who actually believed that my problems weren't just some form of depression or a result of poor coping skills, and that there are in fact physiological causes for my problems. I came in with excess high beta wave activity throughout my brain, and some spikes of localized seizure activity in my left temporal lobe, and I kept getting these episodes where my brain wave activity would just flatline, even though I am every bit as alert and conscious as normal. She sometimes has that happen when there is electrical interference in nearby areas of the building, but it happens several times EVERY time I go to see her, and it only happens a couple times a week with all her other clients combined, and it's happened to me regardless of when I see her, or what room we do it in, so she's convinced that it's got something to do with me, and not just electrical interference. If I hadn't seen it on the EEG, I wouldn't have known it, because I'm not consciously aware of it, aside from some occasional visual distortion problems that I've learned are the spikes of seizure activity in my left temporal lobe. So we've been working on reducing the excess high beta wave activity. I also have excess theta wave activity, but I've been less successful at reducing that, and we've lately begun focusing on that. Hopefully that will help a little with the daytime brain fog. I got a little pocket neurofeedback device to use in-between visits. My insurance covers about 2/3 of the cost of visits with the bioneurofeedback therapist, but not the cost of buying my own neurofeedback unit, so it was kind of a big chunk out of our pocket. (It ended up being a Christmas present) But I felt that my progress in just having treatments once a week was not working very quickly or effectively, and I can't manage going out more often without having the stress and energy drain of it making me worse. I get the flatline effects even at home, no matter where I go in my house, and even outside with nothing anywhere near me, so at the least, it's confirmed what happens to me at her office. Basically, the treatments involve having an electrode pasted onto my head (in different places, depending on what part of my brain we are trying to work on), and I sit in front of a computer screen and monitor my brain wave activity through different graphs on the computer, and try to influence it, by thinking calming thoughts, or relaxing, or just trying to will it to change. When I'm successful at getting it to change to fit the parameters that she's set it up for, the computer will make a sound to let me know that my brain wave activity is within the specified parameters. As time goes by, she adjusts the parameters closer and closer to what our goal is, kind of like raising the bar in pole vaulting. It has taken me a long time to be able to get it to change, and just when I start getting successful regardless of the parameters, she moves the electrodes to a different spot and I feel like I'm starting all over again. I do two sessions each visit, and each session lasts 20 minutes. Sometimes I just do one session and then we do something else, like talking, or heart rate attrainment, or like she tried to do hypnosis on me a couple times, but it didn't work because my high beta wave activity went up rather than down during the attempt. With the heart rate attrainment, right off the bat I excelled at being able to modulate it. (from years of having symptomatic mitral valve prolapse and I had already developed quite a bit of control over it) So after a couple months of dabbling with that, she decided that it was a dead end, (and her equipment had a difficult time picking up my heart rate clearly because of my low blood pressure, and would falsely report slower heart rate, even though it was just missing some of the beats) So we moved on to focusing on the neurofeedback. I don't think bioneurfeedback is a cure, it is really only a symptom management treatment. The underlying problem is still there, but I've stimulated my brain to compensate for some of it, which makes things a little bit easier to cope with. I'm still ill, and I still have panic attacks and sleep problems, etc., but I've had a reduction in the panic attacks and a little increased stress tolerance, and I sleep for a little longer at a time at night, and I've had a little more energy (enough to start doing the lunch time cooking, and a little more personal care stuff) which may seem small progress, but that's how I've made any progress with this disease all along - little steps here and there, and I'll take any progress that I can get. I've been doing bioneurofeedback therapy for almost a year now, so it's been a very slow and frustrating progress. I was at least well enough to be able to travel to her office for treatments once a week when I started going to her, which I would not have been able to do if I had been as ill as I was at my lowest point, but I still crash for a day or two after going. And some days I really struggle to get myself up and going to get to the appointments. But I'm so sick of being ill, and I'm determined to do whatever it takes to get as well as I can get, even if it takes a lot of effort to just make a little bit of progress. My quality of life has gone from being bedridden, and almost unable to shower and do basic grooming, to where I'm now able to do some cooking, a little shopping, some occasional light yard work and occasional light housework, and get away with playing with my 1 1/2 year old granddaughter now and then. I've wanted to get back into doing art work (I was an artist) but I have a lot of visual problems, and pain and small muscle control problems in my hands. The other thing that has helped is that she does offer a sympathetic/listening ear, and she hasn't condemned me as being a hypochondriac, or having poor coping skills (in fact, she agrees that I have exceptional coping skills) and she hasn't just chalked everything up to depression. She's believed in me, (although at times I've had to do a lot of talking to convince her of some of my problems) but she's been willing to listen. I've been to other therapists who knew nothing of CFS, and who automatically make the assumption that someone with panic attacks or CFS just has poor coping skills or some other poor behavior problems, and it can ultimately be somewhat abusing to have therapists make those kinds of false assumptions, creating it's own stressors and just adding to the burdens of stress, rather than helping. Just having someone who tries to understand is an immense emotional support. But the talking that we do doesn't evoke any brain wave activity changes. It's been the bioneurofeedback that seems to be making progress. But I'd probably continue going to her if I wasn't making any progress with the bioneurofeedback therapy, just because I've become so isolated with this illness, and I'd take social contact, even if it meant paying someone to have it. Each session costs $75, and my insurance covers $50 of that. I'm paying about $100 a month out of my pocket in order to do this. There is a company that does home treatments, (www.siberimaging.com) but my insurance wouldn't cover the costs of home treatments, only the cost of treatments done in an office by a licensed therapist, and to have it done through siberimaging costs several thousands of dollars up front, which we couldn't afford, and you only lease the equipment. But for someone who is bedridden, that would be a possible option. We'll probably end up spending that much in the long run, but at least it will have been a little at a time. I think it would be possible for a person to do bioneurofeedback therapy on their own, but it is an incredibly complicated field with a really wacky vocabulary, and trying to understand it while also having brain fog makes having someone else do the directing invaluable. lindaj@... Re: Rhodiola rosea > Dear , > > You referred to your bioneurofeedback therapist, and said that he/she has > helped. Can you tell us any more? > > Sue B. > upstate New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Thanks to those who responded to my post asking about this a while ago. My emails were bouncing, so I didn't see the answers until recently. I tried Enzymatic Therapy's version of rhodiola, since it was the cheapest and had only the one ingredient, but didn't feel any different (though I think it may have helped me to lose a little weight). Perhaps this is because I am too tired to get out of bed and encounter anything stressful?! , Laurie and Nil -- and anyone else who has found it helpful -- can you please let me know the brand and dosage you use? Thanks again... BTW, I also have tried samples of the anti-narcoleptic Provigil in the meantime. It helped with fatigue, but turns out not to be covered by insurance except for narcolepsy. At $230+ for the brand name, I'll have to wait for the generic to come out. Roxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 I use Swedish Herbal Institute brand from Vitaminshoppe. It's labeled as Arctic Root, rather than Rhodiola rosea, so it won't come up in a search for rhodiola rosea, but will for arctic root. It's in tablet form, 180 mg. per tablet, and I take two per day. Solgar makes a rhodiola extract that has a higher potency (at least as far as I can tell with my brain fog), but I haven't tried it. There is also a Solary brand, but it has less than the Swedish Herbal Institute brand. As for how it affects me, it doesn't seem to have a whole lot of energy benefits. It does seem to improve my ability to emotionally handle stress better, and that is what I use it for. Everything I've tried that improves energy, peters out after a few days or weeks, and I haven't found anything that has had sustained benefits. But I've had a lot of emotional instability since becoming so ill, especially with stress intolerance, and so I've focused on improving the emotional stress tolerance, since I'm able to find things that work on that aspect. The rhodiola, while it hasn't been the total solution, does have a few " drops-in-the-bucket " benefits for me, and I tend to count even small advantages, because it's only through the accumulated benefits of a wide variety of things that I've been able to make any progress. lindaj@... Re: Re: Rhodiola rosea > , Laurie and Nil -- and anyone else who > has found it helpful -- can you please let me > know the brand and dosage you use? Thanks > again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Has anyone tried this herb? If so, how did it make you feel and where did you purchase it? Thanks. Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 last week i started rhodiola tincture, herb pharm, 1:5. this is part of my attempt to explore ways to better support my adrenals and reduce fatigue. the tincture directions say: 30-40drops 3-4xday. day 1: i started with only 15drops 1xd before 3pm--didn't notice anything. day 2, increased to 15 drops 2xd--severe reaction, speedy (like when taking " speed " ), can't stop moving, yet body is totally exhausted, feel terrible. day 3, reduce to 15 drops 1xd--same speedy reaction. day 4, reduce to 10 drops 1xd--same speedy reaction. day 5, reduce to 5 drops 1xd--same speedy reaction. day 6, reduce to 2 drops 1xd--not severe " speedy " but still feel unnaturally " pushed " . day 7, reduce to 1 drops 1xd--finally okay. i've stayed at 1 drop 1xd and felt slight reduction in fatigue. note that rhodiola is noted for being sedating at higher doses and energizing at lower doses. good luck. kendra -----Original Message----- Has anyone tried this herb? If so, how did it make you feel and where did you purchase it? Thanks. Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 The dude I get it from has written me several times expressing how it will cure LD all by itself. I have not done the tea yet but am getting ready to when I figure out how to do it here at work. I have, however, been taking the whole root caps, along with the 'core' protocol and have noticed some slight improvements in libido, alertness and physical endurance. Seekverta, from www.tibetangold.com, thinks the only way to do it is the tea fusion thing - not cap form. Here's some more info. Hope this helps.....Sam *** TibetanGold™ Natural Tibet Organic Rhodiola Tea Starting at: A delicious yet curatively potent tea: A little bit goes a long way with this herb and makes the whole house smell great when being brewed. Tibetan Rhodiola ( Rhodiola sacra) is a very safe, non-toxic herbal nutrient tea. It may be consumed daily as a tonic and health maintaining supplement. • The bright red Rhodiola flower sits atop a thick fluted cactus- like stem system, and has a root system with tree-like bark. It is the root and root-bark which is used to make this delicious herbal tea. • It grows at altitudes of between 11,000 and 16,000 ft on the edges of the snow. • The main active principle in Rhodiola is glucoside, in addition includes flavonoids, and polyphenols class volatile oils; also contains18 amino acids which are needed by the human body, 7 of which cannot be produced by the body. Such a broad spectrum of bio- nutrients is seldom seen in any other natural plant. • This beautiful cinnamon-colored tea from the Rhodiola roots tastes a little like sarsaparilla (used to make root beer) and contains 15 biological trace elements, most assuredly Ormus-like. • Rhodiola is one of the most popular adaptogenic herbs, used for treatment of a multitude of ailments, including anemia, depression, fatigue, impotence, and infections. • Rhodiola Root has been shown to improve cognitive function, athletic performance, and sexual function. • Tibetan Rhodiola also is used as a powerful and safe antidepressant. It's been shown to be more a more powerful anti- depressant than St. 's Wort • Recently, Rhodiola preparations have been shown to have the following effects: • Easing chronic fatigue syndrome: through a variety of mechanisms-- including raising levels of neurotransmitters, improving metabolism of fatty acids, and enhancing energy molecules, such as ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and CP (creatine phosphate). • Enhances body endurance, reinforces physical strength, relief of tiredness and weakness, • Rhodiola tea significantly improves a person's capacity to absorb and utilize oxygen. compensates for low oxygen, • Improves performance capacity: In a double-blind study, measures of mental fatigue (such as impaired short-term memory, associative thinking, and audio-visual perception) were very much improved after supplementation with Rhodiola tea as opposed to a placebo. • Rhodiola has also been shown to have aphrodisiac properties, and has been used to treat premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction. • Improves efficiency of physical and mental work. • Rhodiola Root is now being studied for its positive attributes in fighting depression, Parkinson's, ADD, and fibromyalgia. • In Germany , Rhodiola Root has been used for pain, headache, hemorrhoids, and as an anti-inflammatory. • The combination of green tea, or especially, Qololangma White Sacred Tea ©, Rhodiola is of potential value in normalizing the blood content of lipids, glucose, and hemoglobin, and calming nervousness, while helping to overcome fatigue. Precautions: • Don't take Rhodiola tea during pregnancy or while breast-feeding; risks have not been adequately studied. • Because of its stimulating nature, avoid Rhodiola by individuals with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder. • For fibromyalgia: 200-400 ml of tea in the morning on an empty stomach is recommended > > Has anyone tried this herb? If so, how did it make you feel and where > did you purchase it? Thanks. Ann > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 IMHO there is no herb that will cure Lyme all by itself. IF there was, we would all be cured on here by now. He sounds like a salesman to me. That is not to say it is not good. I haven't checked with Buhner, as to WHY he hasn't recommended it. Have you? Would be interesting to hear what he has to say about it. Jim. ### Sam <dudehorner@...> wrote: The dude I get it from has written me several times expressing how it will cure LD all by itself. I have not done the tea yet but am getting ready to when I figure out how to do it here at work. I have, however, been taking the whole root caps, along with the 'core' protocol and have noticed some slight improvements in libido, alertness and physical endurance. Seekverta, from www.tibetangold.com, thinks the only way to do it is the tea fusion thing - not cap form. Here's some more info. Hope this helps.....Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Thank you so much for this info.! Very informative. -- [ ] Re: Rhodiola rosea The dude I get it from has written me several times expressing how it will cure LD all by itself. I have not done the tea yet but am getting ready to when I figure out how to do it here at work. I have, however, been taking the whole root caps, along with the 'core' protocol and have noticed some slight improvements in libido, alertness and physical endurance. Seekverta, from www.tibetangold.com, thinks the only way to do it is the tea fusion thing - not cap form. Here's some more info. Hope this helps.....Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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