Sedum, Rhodiola, (more), was RE:research help needed

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More on Rhodiola..I am assuming you can go to the sites and read the whole

articles?

The more I read, the more I feel that the species you have, Sedum maximum,

is just a subspecies of the one I have here growing wild, Sedum or Rhodiola

telephium....and the cultivar name does not change that...anyway...

 

about 15 or 20 summations of studies done using various species of Rhodiola

(= sedum)

on Michael Moore's site...

http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/Abstracts/Sedum-Rhodiola-AB.txt

 

here is a page specifically on Sedum maximum and its properties, but here

called Sedum telephium subspecies maximum...but the same plant as you

have...just yours has spent more time under cultivation and is probably of a

deeper color or something...this also makes me think it really is the same

species, pretty much, as the telephium...which is what i would seek out in

the books

http://www.odont.aau.dk/LibHerb2/Pn0232.HTM

and that is from a list of plants, including other sedums

http://www.odont.aau.dk/LibHerb2/-PlanteNavne0_S.htm

 

one of many articles on the closely related Rhodiola rosea, Arctic root, can

be found on this page

http://www.execpc.com/~keephope/v2000.html

from that-

 

" Arctic Root (Rhodiola Rosea) in the treatment of stress-related conditions

<sn>

Arctic root called Rhodiola Rosea, has been used in India, China and Russia

for centuries. A new book on this herb called an “adaptagen” has been

published by Kensington books (www.kensingtonbooks.com). It is written by

Carl Germano RD, CNS, LDN and Zakir Ramazanov Ph.D. The 170 page paperback

book contains 14 pages of published scientific references on its unique and

beneficial health properties.

 

" Folk legend in Siberia is that whoever drinks Rhodiola Rosea tea daily will

live to be 100. In their book, Germano and Ramazanov report that Mongolian

doctors have prescribed Rhodiola Rosea in the treatment of tuberculosis and

cancer and that the species contains several phytochemicals including

phenylpropanoids, proanthocyandiins, flavinoids, rosin, rhodiolin,

salidroside, p-tyrosol and its most active ingredient called “rosavin.”

Several controlled studies have found no toxicities with the use of this

herb. Studies have found that Rhodiola Rosea increases Serotonin and

Dopamine levels and reduces cortisol and glucocorticoid levels in persons

under stress or normalizes their values. Arctic root also is anti-mutagenic

and significantly reduces cancer incidence in animals on cancer-producing

diets.

 

" Rhodiola Rosea also repairs the DNA in damaged cells, even in the bone

marrow. It reduces stress on the heart and normalizes irregular heart beat

(arrhythmias). It increases ATP production in all cells. It increases the

sex drive. It is a powerful antioxidant and protects against lipid

peroxidation. In athletes, it increases endurance and performance and

increases the muscle to fat ratio. It improves memory and mental function.

In diabetics, it stimulates the production of more insulin. It protects the

liver against toxins. The authors of the book say the herb is

contraindicated (not recommended) for persons in these states: nervous

excitability, fever or high blood pressure. "

<snip>

 

on this page of Darwin's garden encyclopedia

http://www.darwinsgarden.com/resource/s/stonec91.html

you will find stuff about several Sedum/Rhodiola species....

this about the Sedum/Rhodiola telephium species, again, of which S. Maximum

seems to be a subspecies, if not the same thing-

 

" Sedum Telephium <snip>

" CONSTITUENTS:

The whole plant is mucilaginous and slightly astringent. It contains lime,

sulphur, ammonia and probably mercury.

The leaves have sometimes been used as a salad, like the other Sedums, but

though sheep and goats eat it, horses will refuse it.

 

" HISTORICAL MEDICINAL ACTION AND USES:It has been used as a popular remedy

for diarrhoea. The leaves are boiled in milk, and a large teacupful of the

decoction taken three or four times a day is said also to stimulate the

action of the kidneys, and to be serviceable for piles and haemorrhages.

Orpine has also an anticancerous reputation.

 

" Culpepper stated that it was seldom used internally in his days, but that

the celebrated German herbalist, Tragus, considered its distilled water -

'profitable for gnawings or excoriation in the stomach or bowels, for ulcers

in the lungs, liver or other inward parts and cures those diseases, being

drunk for days together,'

and that the root has the same action, even stronger. He says that it is:

'used outwardly to cool inflammations upon any hurt or wound, and easeth the

pain of them; as also to heal scaldings and burnings, the juice thereof

being beaten with some green salad oil and anointed. The leaf bruised and

laid to any green wound in the head or legs doth heal them quickly, and

being bound to the throat cureth the quinsy; and it reduceth ruptures. If

you make the juice into a syrup with honey or sugar, you may safely take a

spoonful or two at a time for sore throat and quinsy.' "

 

not much in King's dispensatory..just a page on the related stonecrop, Sedum

acre

http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/sedum-acre.html

 

the info on the sedum genus in Mrs. Grieve's herbal is about identical the

that in Darwin's above...and as I think Mrs. Grieve's 1931 volume came

first...i think it is the source of Darwin's and other information..in fact,

I found a LOT of books back in the 70's, when I was learning all this stuff,

copied straight out of Mrs. Grieve's herbal....mistakes and all.....

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/stonec91.html

 

Well, that's all for now...sleepy/...Joanie

[Guest guest]

" Rhodiola Rosea also repairs the DNA in damaged cells, even in the bone

marrow. .................

 

Joanie MacPhee wrote:

 

> More on Rhodiola..I am assuming you can go to the sites and read the whole

> articles?

> The more I read, the more I feel that the species you have, Sedum maximum,

> is just a subspecies of the one I have here growing wild, Sedum or Rhodiola

> telephium....and the cultivar name does not change that...anyway...

>

> about 15 or 20 summations of studies done using various species of Rhodiola

> (= sedum)

> on Michael Moore's site...

> http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/Abstracts/Sedum-Rhodiola-AB.txt

>

> here is a page specifically on Sedum maximum and its properties, but here

> called Sedum telephium subspecies maximum...but the same plant as you

> have...just yours has spent more time under cultivation and is probably of a

> deeper color or something...this also makes me think it really is the same

> species, pretty much, as the telephium...which is what i would seek out in

> the books

> http://www.odont.aau.dk/LibHerb2/Pn0232.HTM

> and that is from a list of plants, including other sedums

> http://www.odont.aau.dk/LibHerb2/-PlanteNavne0_S.htm

>

> one of many articles on the closely related Rhodiola rosea, Arctic root, can

> be found on this page

> http://www.execpc.com/~keephope/v2000.html

> from that-

>

> " Arctic Root (Rhodiola Rosea) in the treatment of stress-related conditions

> <sn>

> Arctic root called Rhodiola Rosea, has been used in India, China and Russia

> for centuries. A new book on this herb called an “adaptagen” has been

> published by Kensington books (www.kensingtonbooks.com). It is written by

> Carl Germano RD, CNS, LDN and Zakir Ramazanov Ph.D. The 170 page paperback

> book contains 14 pages of published scientific references on its unique and

> beneficial health properties.

>

> " Folk legend in Siberia is that whoever drinks Rhodiola Rosea tea daily will

> live to be 100. In their book, Germano and Ramazanov report that Mongolian

> doctors have prescribed Rhodiola Rosea in the treatment of tuberculosis and

> cancer and that the species contains several phytochemicals including

> phenylpropanoids, proanthocyandiins, flavinoids, rosin, rhodiolin,

> salidroside, p-tyrosol and its most active ingredient called “rosavin.”

> Several controlled studies have found no toxicities with the use of this

> herb. Studies have found that Rhodiola Rosea increases Serotonin and

> Dopamine levels and reduces cortisol and glucocorticoid levels in persons

> under stress or normalizes their values. Arctic root also is anti-mutagenic

> and significantly reduces cancer incidence in animals on cancer-producing

> diets.

>

> " Rhodiola Rosea also repairs the DNA in damaged cells, even in the bone

> marrow. It reduces stress on the heart and normalizes irregular heart beat

> (arrhythmias). It increases ATP production in all cells. It increases the

> sex drive. It is a powerful antioxidant and protects against lipid

> peroxidation. In athletes, it increases endurance and performance and

> increases the muscle to fat ratio. It improves memory and mental function.

> In diabetics, it stimulates the production of more insulin. It protects the

> liver against toxins. The authors of the book say the herb is

> contraindicated (not recommended) for persons in these states: nervous

> excitability, fever or high blood pressure. "

> <snip>

>

> on this page of Darwin's garden encyclopedia

> http://www.darwinsgarden.com/resource/s/stonec91.html

> you will find stuff about several Sedum/Rhodiola species....

> this about the Sedum/Rhodiola telephium species, again, of which S. Maximum

> seems to be a subspecies, if not the same thing-

>

> " Sedum Telephium <snip>

> " CONSTITUENTS:

> The whole plant is mucilaginous and slightly astringent. It contains lime,

> sulphur, ammonia and probably mercury.

> The leaves have sometimes been used as a salad, like the other Sedums, but

> though sheep and goats eat it, horses will refuse it.

>

> " HISTORICAL MEDICINAL ACTION AND USES:It has been used as a popular remedy

> for diarrhoea. The leaves are boiled in milk, and a large teacupful of the

> decoction taken three or four times a day is said also to stimulate the

> action of the kidneys, and to be serviceable for piles and haemorrhages.

> Orpine has also an anticancerous reputation.

>

> " Culpepper stated that it was seldom used internally in his days, but that

> the celebrated German herbalist, Tragus, considered its distilled water -

> 'profitable for gnawings or excoriation in the stomach or bowels, for ulcers

> in the lungs, liver or other inward parts and cures those diseases, being

> drunk for days together,'

> and that the root has the same action, even stronger. He says that it is:

> 'used outwardly to cool inflammations upon any hurt or wound, and easeth the

> pain of them; as also to heal scaldings and burnings, the juice thereof

> being beaten with some green salad oil and anointed. The leaf bruised and

> laid to any green wound in the head or legs doth heal them quickly, and

> being bound to the throat cureth the quinsy; and it reduceth ruptures. If

> you make the juice into a syrup with honey or sugar, you may safely take a

> spoonful or two at a time for sore throat and quinsy.' "

>

> not much in King's dispensatory..just a page on the related stonecrop, Sedum

> acre

> http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/sedum-acre.html

>

> the info on the sedum genus in Mrs. Grieve's herbal is about identical the

> that in Darwin's above...and as I think Mrs. Grieve's 1931 volume came

> first...i think it is the source of Darwin's and other information..in fact,

> I found a LOT of books back in the 70's, when I was learning all this stuff,

> copied straight out of Mrs. Grieve's herbal....mistakes and all.....

> http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/stonec91.html

>

> Well, that's all for now...sleepy/...Joanie

>

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..BONANZA - ANOTHER HERB THAT REPAIRS DNA!!!!

Great work, Joannie, very valuable. That makes two herbs that I know of that

repair dmanged DNA - ALoe and

Rhodiola Rosea.......

Those herbs are the ones to grow to ensure that your own DNA is not damaged

by the Genetically engineered

food that we are consuming involuntarily...Love Penny (anyone out there know of

any other herbs that repair

DNA?)