The Rhodiola Revolution: Transform Your Health with the Herbal Breakthrough of the 21st Century

Compelling scientific evidence about this commonly available herbal supplement confirms its ability to help: The Rhodiola Revolution - by Richard P. Paperback , pages. Published November 5th by Rodale Books first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Rhodiola Revolution , please sign up.

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jul 03, Katharine Kimbriel rated it really liked it Shelves: This book was recommended to me by a friend, because I've been dealing with serious chronic illness. Turns out Rhodiola rosea Rr is the famous "golden root" of antiquity, and it's been used for thousands of years to help people cope with harsh conditions and stress.

Rr is an adaptogen, like the various forms of ginseng and ashwagandha. This means it interacts with the body to reduce forms of stress and stress damage. It has been used in arctic regions for literally thousands of years, and has This book was recommended to me by a friend, because I've been dealing with serious chronic illness. It has been used in arctic regions for literally thousands of years, and has more serious scientific studies in its hip pocket than most herbs. Rr was actually a classified secret under the Soviet Union.

They considered it their secret military weapon in improving soldier stamina, and also protecting against stress, fatigue and short sleep. It was not until the USSR broke up that various Russian doctors and scientists began translating classified documents chronicling Rr studies. Well, for starters, it has almost no side effects. Occasionally people who are actually ill must start with tiny doses, and build up to standard doses slowly, but unless you are bipolar and your cycles are NOT under control, the herb should be safe for you to try out.

I was reading the edition, so if you have any medical concerns, I'd definitely recommend more research and consulting your doctor about medical interaction. There may be newer studies you need to read. Rr works for many different problems -- it can increase your energy, it can fight off many of the effects of stress and aging it is used by those Russian peasants who get up on their roofs and clean them at 95 years of age. These tough old folks also are healthy and still have a sex life.

It can sharpen memory and fight ADD, ease anxiety and depression, help balanced your hormones, improve sexual function, enhance physical performance Olympics, soldiers, etc. It worked for one of the two doctors who wrote this book for a condition I'm dealing with, so I've decided to try it. If it can work as well for me as it did for the doctor, I will consider my time reading this book well spent. Any other health benefits will be lagniappe. The book does explain the doses the doctors used with their patients, depending on what the patient needed to improve.

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You can take it in capsules, powdered or as a tea. I found this a fairly quick read, even going straight through the book. Jun 14, Sandra Bloom rated it really liked it. Jul 02, G. Galt rated it it was amazing.

This is an excellent book. I received it as a gift but was too sick to read it at the time. A relative kept telling me how she swears by it——that her husband asks her if she remembered to take it when she is grouchy or not feeling well. It supposedly makes an immediate difference. Sick again, this time with a low thyroid, I was desperate enough to read it.

I began taking it yesterday and hope that it along with my vitamins, will return me to optimal health, Btw, I notice it is now This is an excellent book. I began taking it yesterday and hope that it along with my vitamins, will return me to optimal health, Btw, I notice it is now available as an e-book.

Also, I found the story the authors told, amazing.

She went through hell with Lyme Disease for years and is cured now. Mar 04, Sheri Goodwin rated it it was amazing. Deborah rated it liked it Jul 09, But we have seen so many patients respond remarkably well to the herb that we consider it an important addition to the pharmacopoeia for mood and anxiety disorders.

Until we began working with Rhodiola rosea, we were troubled by the fact that many patients taking prescription antidepressants never seemed to get as well as we believed they could. Even if they did improve, all too often they couldn't tolerate the side effects of the drugs.

We continue to use medications in our practice because they can help to manage the symptoms of mood disorders so people can reclaim their lives. What bothered us is that while symptoms may subside, they seldom go away completely. Our patients described themselves as not exactly depressed or anxious, but not really happy either. This is where Rhodiola rosea can make a dramatic difference. The herb seems to add spice to life -- feelings of joy, pleasure, and excitement.

Many formerly depressed or anxious patients have told us how Rhodiola rosea has enabled them to be happy again, to connect with other people, to feel grounded. The side effects, if any, tend to be extremely mild; in our experience, very few people are unable to tolerate them. Although more research is necessary, the positive effects of Rhodiola rosea on depression and other mood disorders are not surprising. To begin with, by helping to calm an overactive stress response system and replenish depleted energy reserves, the herb enhances our ability to tolerate stress -- the primary cause of depression and anxiety.

And just like conventional antidepressants, Rhodiola rosea boosts the levels of neurotransmitters that play a critical role in regulating mood, energy, and the ability to enjoy life -- only without the negative side effects. In recent studies, scientists have determined that besides acting on neurotransmitters, antidepressants affect the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -- an essential component of the stress response system.

Rhodiola rosea does the exact same thing. So it stands to scientific reason that the herb and its pharmaceutical counterparts would share many of the same benefits. In the s and s, a few studies of Rhodiola rosea as a treatment for depression were published in the Soviet Union. Although these studies don't meet all the modern criteria for scientifically rigorous research, they do provide valuable clinical observations about the herb's therapeutic value. For example, in a group of adult patients with depression and neurasthenia a general term for patients with fatigue, weakness, and the inability to recover by resting , treatment with milligrams of Rhodiola rosea three times a day significantly reduced or eliminated symptoms in 64 percent of the study participants.

And among a group of patients hospitalized for depression , the addition of Rhodiola rosea to a treatment regimen of tricyclic antidepressants reduced the length of hospital stays -- as well as improved the patients' mood, thought processes, and motor activity. Even better, the herb not only appeared to reduce the troublesome side effects of antidepressants, but it also proved effective in treating less severe forms of depression without other medications.

So why have so few studies examined Rhodiola rosea as a treatment for depression and other mood disorders?

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We don't know for sure, but we suspect that in the former Soviet Union -- where the government controlled all the scientific research -- the priority was to improve physical and mental performance, especially in competitive fields such as science, space exploration, and military development.

Mental illness simply wasn't on the radar screen. So despite the very promising results of early studies, scientists didn't pursue this aspect of research until after the collapse of the communist regime.