The Rhodiola rosea grows spontaneously in the regions of northern Europe, Alaska and the mountains of Tibet. It has a long history as a traditional medicinal product in Europe, Asia and North America, and has been used by Chinese medicine since 700 A.C. Since the 1960s, numerous studies have been initiated mainly by Russian doctors and pharmacologists, which have confirmed its many properties.

The root of the plant contains numerous active ingredients: phenolic glucoside compounds (salidroside, rosavin, rosin), flavonoids, proanthocyanidins and derivatives of gallic acid.  

It is a powerful adaptogen, that is, it helps the body to adapt to physical and psychological stress reactions: it exerts a normalizing action on the central nervous system, with a regulatory effect on the production and release of neurotransmitters that are released during stress. Many clinical studies have been carried out on physical and mental performance under stress, which have detected a decrease in fatigue, fatigue and irritability, an increase in physical resistance to fatigue and an increase in learning, concentration and storage capacity.

Rhodiola rosea also has an anxiolytic and antidepressant action, due to an increase in serotonin levels, with an improvement in the quality of sleep and the symptoms of generalized anxiety of up to 50%.

In the studies it has shown to carry out an antioxidant and neuroprotective activity, it seems due to the salidrosides and the proanthocyanidins and an anti-inflammatory and immunostimulating action mainly attributable to the salidrosides present.

It has effects of normalization of metabolism, in particular it has been seen that it improves blood sugar, with hypoglycemic effects, inhibits the accumulation of lipids in adipocytes and promotes the mobilization and dissolution of fat deposits, with effect on reducing body weight in overweight people.