Rhodiola

stephanie447

Rhodiola is an adaptogen and may also boost serotonin and dopamine. Any experience with this herb?

JodieDownUnder

@stephanie447 i am drinking rhodiola tea after my shoulder surgery. To help with stress on my body. Time will tell as to what my experience is.

Torey

@stephanie447 I have suggested Rhodiola for tendon and ligament injuries as well as physical stress injuries (overdoing exercise) and it has worked pretty well in those circumstances. I suggested it once for SAD but it didn't seem to have any effect in that case. I have never tried it for depression or any other mental symptoms.

This is a link to the American Botanical Council's resources on Rhodiola. If you click on the link under Herbalgram Articles it will take you to the Herbalgram home page where you can type Rhodiola into the search box and it will give you several pages of links on studies and articles about Rhodiola. https://abc.herbalgram.org/site/SPageServer/;jsessionid=00000000.app20052b?NONCE_TOKEN=76817DE4493A2B5353E401841A2366B1&pagename=AAH_Rhodiola&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhP2BBhDdARIsAJEzXlGvsTROjiFItUKw-545MwN1YEOj6pmaFUjze_d4BatVS1hJ6Nb7RLYaAgR8EALw_wcB

This is a link to Rosalee de la Foret's article on Rhodiola with some cautions regarding commercial adulterations. Robert Rogers (very experienced herbalist) has a formula on this page for a Rhodiola tincture that looks like a very good way to make it. https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/rhodiola-rosea-benefits.html