Medicinal plant Rhodiola rosea (folk name-Golden root – is a perennial herb most common in the Urals, Eastern Siberia anCarpathian. It can be found in the subalpine zone on the coasts reservoirs’, on rocky slope, e, in cracks of rocks, thickets of bushes, on polonins.
Rhodiola rosea has long been used for medicinal purposes. It stimulates the Central nervous system, improves brain function, and normalizes metabolic processes, improves performance, contributes to the preservation of energy potential increases the body’s resistance to various extreme factors.
In Tibetan medicine preparations based on the roots of this plant it is used for the treatment of cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases. In Mongolian medicine treats tuberculosis, bone fractures, skin diseases with the Golden root diseases, and also used as an antipyretic and tonic.
Scientists have proved that the use of Rhodiola rosea extract in the right conditions in proportion, it contributes to the prolongation of life by an average of 15% and has a positive effect on the reproductive system function.
In Ukraine Rhodiola rosea is included in the Red book.
Golden root 
Rhodiola rosea
